Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

Adjective

The word "scrub" can be used as noun, verb, adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

scrubber

Derived Terms

Gum Scrub brigalow scrub bug scrub hand scrub scrub baseball scrub bird scrub board scrub brush scrub dasher scrub down scrub game scrub gun scrub hare scrub in scrub jay scrub nurse scrub oak scrub off scrub out scrub pine scrub race scrub rider scrub robin scrub turkey scrub turpentine scrub typhus scrub up scrub wallaby scrubbable scrubbed scrubber scrubbing scrubby scrubland streaked scrub warbler trail ridge scrub grasshopper vine scrub

Etymologically Related To

shrub

Context

audio databases medicine stock breeding us video

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

botany cleaning cleansing cleanup defer flora hold over lave postpone prorogue put off put over remit rub set back shelve table vegetation wash

Type Of (IsA)

cleaning toiletry vegetation

Manner Of

rub wash

Related Terms

brush cancel cancellation contemptible correct dataset dirty eliminate exfoliant mean multitouch record rub scour substitute

Similar Terms

unimproved unimproved

Synonym Network

cancel surgical gown

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