Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "scab" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

blight flash

Derived Terms

antiscab apple scab crown scab powdery scab scab duty scab union scabbery scabbish scabby scabland scabless scablike scabwort

Etymologically Related To

shab shabby

Context

australia founding nz offensive plant disease slang uk

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

do work heal solid body substance work worker

Type Of (IsA)

dried blood on wound solid body substance worker

Manner Of

heal work

Part Of

skin

Related Terms

scabies scabrous

Related Terms

beg blood bum cadge common scab crusted crusted over disease dried dried blood fungus healing incrustation irregular mange mold old old wound over paltry potato protuberance scabies scabrous sheep streptomyces strikebreaker trade union wound wound healing

Similar Terms

blight flash

Synonym Network

blackleg

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