Synonyms for blister
ˈblɪs tərblis·ter

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. blisternoun

   Synonyms:
   vesicate, bleb

2. blisternoun

   To cause blisters to form.

   Synonyms:
   bleb, vesicate

3. blisterverb

   To criticise severely.

   Synonyms:
   bleb, vesicate

4. blisternoun

   Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.

   Synonyms:
   vesicate, bleb

5. blisternoun

   A bubble, as on a painted surface.

   Synonyms:
   bleb

6. blisternoun

   An enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable layers of felt or between the membrane and substrate.

   Synonyms:
   bleb

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. blisternoun

   a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)

   Synonyms:
   bleb, bulla

2. blisternoun

   (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin

   Synonyms:
   bleb, bulla

3. blister, bulla, blebverb

   (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid

   Synonyms:
   bleb, bulla

4. blister, vesicateverb

   get blistered

   "Her feet blistered during the long hike"

   Synonyms:
   scald, whip, vesicate

5. blister, scald, whipverb

   subject to harsh criticism

   "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community"

   Synonyms:
   whip, whisk, scald, rack up, mop up, trounce, vesicate, flog, lash, pip, lather, welt, worst, slash, strap

6. blisterverb

   cause blisters to form on

   "the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet"

   Synonyms:
   scald, whip, vesicate

Matched Categories

1. • Attack
   • Botany
   • Change
   • Defect
   • Plant Process
   • Swell

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blisternoun

   Synonyms:
   vesicle, pustule, blain

2. blisternoun

   Synonyms:
   vesicatory, blistering plaster

3. blisterverb

   Synonyms:
   raise blisters on

4. blisterverb

   Synonyms:
   rise in blisters

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. blisternoun

   Synonyms:
   vesicle, pustule, pustulation, bleb, vesicatory, vesicant, epispastic, pustulant

2. blisterverb

   Synonyms:
   vesicate, pustulate

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "blister":

   vesicular, bulb, vesicle, ampoule

Suggested Resources

1. blister

   Song lyrics by blister -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by blister on the Lyrics.com website.

How to pronounce blister?

How to say blister in sign language?

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1588","3"],["1620","1"],["1667","1"],["1682","85"],["1685","2"],["1689","1"],["1692","1"],["1700","3"],["1701","2"],["1703","1"],["1706","1"],["1707","1"],["1714","2"],["1715","1"],["1722","4"],["1723","4"],["1725","6"],["1727","4"],["1728","5"],["1729","2"],["1730","1"],["1732","1"],["1733","4"],["1734","1"],["1735","1"],["1737","5"],["1738","6"],["1739","5"],["1740","3"],["1741","1"],["1742","1"],["1743","2"],["1744","10"],["1746","4"],["1747","4"],["1748","5"],["1749","4"],["1750","6"],["1751","11"],["1752","7"],["1753","20"],["1754","34"],["1755","15"],["1756","3"],["1757","16"],["1758","6"],["1759","41"],["1760","16"],["1761","5"],["1762","18"],["1763","10"],["1764","72"],["1765","45"],["1766","29"],["1767","52"],["1768","143"],["1769","25"],["1770","38"],["1771","23"],["1772","80"],["1773","73"],["1774","59"],["1775","153"],["1776","60"],["1777","19"],["1778","9"],["1779","70"],["1780","200"],["1781","68"],["1782","19"],["1783","128"],["1784","97"],["1785","63"],["1786","112"],["1787","37"],["1788","104"],["1789","32"],["1790","28"],["1791","71"],["1792","95"],["1793","89"],["1794","52"],["1795","52"],["1796","320"],["1797","31"],["1798","40"],["1799","126"],["1800","204"],["1801","421"],["1802","174"],["1803","321"],["1804","90"],["1805","267"],["1806","107"],["1807","153"],["1808","174"],["1809","291"],["1810","337"],["1811","206"],["1812","81"],["1813","409"],["1814","258"],["1815","201"],["1816","407"],["1817","495"],["1818","490"],["1819","461"],["1820","273"],["1821","300"],["1822","316"],["1823","325"],["1824","401"],["1825","624"],["1826","373"],["1827","562"],["1828","664"],["1829","494"],["1830","464"],["1831","842"],["1832","621"],["1833","629"],["1834","559"],["1835","901"],["1836","444"],["1837","722"],["1838","862"],["1839","987"],["1840","657"],["1841","684"],["1842","657"],["1843","1345"],["1844","738"],["1845","973"],["1846","602"],["1847","808"],["1848","672"],["1849","568"],["1850","700"],["1851","1012"],["1852","943"],["1853","953"],["1854","938"],["1855","1079"],["1856","1120"],["1857","1295"],["1858","954"],["1859","1105"],["1860","1899"],["1861","1195"],["1862","665"],["1863","715"],["1864","1068"],["1865","1032"],["1866","1450"],["1867","941"],["1868","1157"],["1869","1038"],["1870","1153"],["1871","1094"],["1872","981"],["1873","927"],["1874","1321"],["1875","862"],["1876","1382"],["1877","960"],["1878","952"],["1879","1322"],["1880","1550"],["1881","1419"],["1882","1624"],["1883","1394"],["1884","1792"],["1885","1225"],["1886","948"],["1887","1315"],["1888","984"],["1889","955"],["1890","1046"],["1891","1233"],["1892","1119"],["1893","1039"],["1894","1111"],["1895","1463"],["1896","1122"],["1897","1256"],["1898","1631"],["1899","1234"],["1900","1355"],["1901","1480"],["1902","1500"],["1903","1831"],["1904","1537"],["1905","1837"],["1906","1786"],["1907","2102"],["1908","1531"],["1909","1829"],["1910","1678"],["1911","2183"],["1912","1701"],["1913","1370"],["1914","1541"],["1915","1358"],["1916","1588"],["1917","1508"],["1918","2440"],["1919","1095"],["1920","1648"],["1921","1684"],["1922","1620"],["1923","1293"],["1924","1011"],["1925","1110"],["1926","880"],["1927","933"],["1928","1286"],["1929","991"],["1930","1506"],["1931","1105"],["1932","1090"],["1933","905"],["1934","953"],["1935","981"],["1936","1218"],["1937","1259"],["1938","1466"],["1939","1358"],["1940","1312"],["1941","1055"],["1942","1762"],["1943","1331"],["1944","872"],["1945","1001"],["1946","1328"],["1947","1443"],["1948","1461"],["1949","1476"],["1950","1662"],["1951","1497"],["1952","1683"],["1953","1482"],["1954","1766"],["1955","1459"],["1956","1454"],["1957","1637"],["1958","1620"],["1959","1965"],["1960","1730"],["1961","2173"],["1962","2289"],["1963","1941"],["1964","3197"],["1965","2423"],["1966","2151"],["1967","2313"],["1968","2746"],["1969","2380"],["1970","2607"],["1971","2912"],["1972","2967"],["1973","2747"],["1974","2862"],["1975","3336"],["1976","4243"],["1977","2928"],["1978","3805"],["1979","3362"],["1980","3554"],["1981","3285"],["1982","3916"],["1983","3386"],["1984","4966"],["1985","4260"],["1986","4707"],["1987","4559"],["1988","4494"],["1989","4832"],["1990","5083"],["1991","5107"],["1992","5128"],["1993","5824"],["1994","5697"],["1995","5888"],["1996","6490"],["1997","6909"],["1998","7334"],["1999","7292"],["2000","8525"],["2001","9412"],["2002","10008"],["2003","10318"],["2004","11521"],["2005","10749"],["2006","12060"],["2007","11943"],["2008","16454"]]

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use blister in a sentence?

1. National Intelligence James Clapper:

   [The Syrian government] has used chemicals against the opposition on multiple occasions since Syria joined the Chemical Weapons Convention. ISIL has also used toxic chemicals in Iraq andSyria, including the blister agent Sulfur mustard.

2. Tony Robbins:

   It’s so ridiculous. There is no difference between this event and any one I’ve done in [ 39 ] years except the reporting, at every event I do about one half of 1 percent of the people get a hot spot or a blister.

3. Emma Raducanu:

   [ The blister ] completely stopped me from moving.

4. Jess Kensky:

   I thought it would be like getting back on the bike again, but it wasn’t, but I should progress faster this time. Still, my mobility feels very fragile. Before, I was young and healthy and fit and hearty. Now it takes one little blister or something not fitting well that takes me back again.

5. Aristophanes, Wasps, 422 B.C.:

   This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never foughtShould contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native landNever to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.