Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "flake" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

bizarre self

Derived Terms

Flakegate antiflake beflake branflake bread flake cornflake flakable flakage flake down flake off flake out flake salt flake white flakeable flakeboard flakeless flakelet flakelike flakeproof flaker flaky microflake nanoflake oatflake pentaflake rye flake snowflake soap flake soapflake sootflake wheatflake

Inflected/Variant Forms

fake

Context

archaeology australia dialect ireland nautical slang technical uk

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

actor break away break off chip chip off come off cover crystal doer form fragment worker

Type Of (IsA)

non fluidlike substance

Manner Of

cover form

Related Terms

abandon calk carnation chip chiplike codfish desert dogfish filmy flighty flower follow through gummy shark hurdle impractical inconsistent layer living mass paling petal platform prehistoric scale stage stanchion unreliable

Synonym Network

bit eccentric peel off snowflake

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.