Synonyms for chap
tʃɒp, tʃæpchap

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1. chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, blokenoun

   a boy or man

   "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke"

   Synonyms:
   swain, associate, logger, crevice, cranny, faller, sonny boy, pest, pesterer, curse word, fissure, blighter, feller, swearing, sonny, lumberman, curse, companion, fella, cub, laddie, bloke, confrere, familiar, young man, crack, expletive, lad, oath, lumberjack, dude, fellow, beau, comrade, gadfly, colleague, buster, mate, boyfriend, swearword, gent, cuss

2. crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chapnoun

   a long narrow depression in a surface

   Synonyms:
   go, feller, cracking, fracture, cuss, whirl, fling, sally, blighter, crack, fissure, wisecrack, gent, quip, pass, tornado, cleft, offer, snap, crevice, scissure, cranny, gap, crack cocaine, bloke, fellow, fella, shot, lad

3. chapnoun

   a crack in a lip caused usually by cold

   Synonyms:
   bloke, feller, cranny, gent, crack, fissure, fellow, fella, crevice, cuss, blighter, lad

4. chapverb

   (usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs

   Synonyms:
   bloke, feller, cranny, gent, crack, fissure, fellow, fella, crevice, cuss, blighter, lad

5. chapverb

   crack due to dehydration

   "My lips chap in this dry weather"

Matched Categories

1. • Crack
   • Depression
   • Male

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1. chapverb

   Synonyms:
   crack, split, cleave

2. chapverb

   Synonyms:
   crack, open in slits

3. chapnoun

   Synonyms:
   cleft, crack, opening

4. chapnoun

   Synonyms:
   boy, youth, fellow

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1. chapnoun

   Synonyms:
   crack, chink, boy, lad, youth, kibe

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1. List of paraphrases for "chap":

   cap, cape, chaps, chapter, ch, course, wtp, sect, pab, c, headland, clc, kap, sects

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How to use chap in a sentence?

1. Tony Hadley:

   At first I thought, is it a hoax ? Is someone on a wind-up ? , i looked into it and realized that this chap had, I thought, won fairly and squarely.

2. Loni Anderson:

   He’s such a handsome chap, really, what a handsome man.

3. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer:

   I've seen it on the video, it was Jesse [ Lingard ] and Fred and the chap must be ashamed of himself, it's unacceptable and I hope he will not be watching any football any more.

4. Kerene Barefield:

   Prince Charles came out and did a speech that supported Diana's positive work, it was lovely, but there were certainly questions. It also made people miss the cheeky chap we knew and love. But he’s got a lot to do before he gets back in the UK’s good books.

5. Eric knight:

   There's something about honesty...A chap's got to be honest. Never forget it all thy entire life. And there's a funny thing about honesty...No two ways about it; there's only one way about it....(Father to son, Joe)