Antonyms for POWDER
ˈpaʊ dərpow·der

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. powderverb

   To reduce to fine particles.

   Synonyms:
   pound, pulverize, triturate, grind, comminute

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1. • Explosive
   • Make Up
   • Solid

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. powder, pulverization, pulverisationnoun

   a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized

   Synonyms:
   pulverisation, grind, powder, mill, pulverization, gunpowder

2. gunpowder, powdernoun

   a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks

   Synonyms:
   pulverisation, powder, pulverization, gunpowder

3. powderverb

   any of various cosmetic or medical preparations dispensed in the form of a pulverized powder

   Synonyms:
   pulverisation, pulverization, gunpowder

4. powderize, powderise, powder, pulverize, pulveriseverb

   make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust

   "pulverize the grains"

   Synonyms:
   pulverise, demolish, powderise, powder, pulverize, powderize

5. powderverb

   apply powder to

   "She powdered her nose"; "The King wears a powdered wig"

   Synonyms:
   powderise, pulverize, powderize, pulverise

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. powdernoun

   Synonyms:
   dust, pulverulence, cosmetic, rouge, pounce, efflorescence

2. powderverb

   Synonyms:
   pulverize, triturate, comminute, levigate

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. powder

   Synonyms:
   Chinese medicine San

How to use POWDER in a sentence?

1. Scott Clemons:

   Higher long-term rates are fuel to boost margins and improve earnings, and there is a lot of dry powder and pent-up demand. It's the best of all possible worlds for investors.

2. Randy Grossman:

   What we're seeing at the border is just a lot of it. We're seeing of large loads of fentanyl and not only in powder and pills, but we're seeing mixed loads of fentanyl with methamphetamine powder and pills, and it's its on a daily basis… that those drugs are being seized at the border, both in cars, in various panels, hidden compartments in cars, but also on body carriers, people that are being recruited at the border to bring it over with several sometimes kilos of fentanyl concealed on their person.

3. Laura Tijerina:

   It looked like Adam Levine wanted to fight the guy, i think this guy had it planned. It was a brown bag with tape around it, which was weird. I just saw powder everywhere. It was just so quick.

4. Constance Seltzer:

   She taught Johnson Johnson to use talcum powder. Everybody in Johnson Johnson family used it, she was the matriarch of this family. She was my glue. There's not a day that goes by that I don't miss my grandmother.

5. Las Vegas:

   There are large portions of the watershed you can see that are completely burned. It looks like burnt toothpicks sticking out of the ground for acres and acres, with the soil instability, during a heavy rain event it would be like putting water on a bunch of baby powder where it doesn't absorb at all ; it just falls.

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