Synonyms for fleece
flisfleece

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fleece

   Synonyms:
   strip, despoil, shear

   Antonyms:
   invest, endow, endue

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. fleecenoun

   the wool of a sheep or similar animal

   Synonyms:
   sheepskin, wool

2. sheepskin, fleecenoun

   tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing

   Synonyms:
   lambskin, wool, sheepskin, diploma, parchment

3. fleecenoun

   a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing

   Synonyms:
   sheepskin, wool

4. wool, fleeceverb

   outer coat of especially sheep and yaks

   Synonyms:
   woollen, sheepskin, wool, woolen

5. overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hookverb

   rip off; ask an unreasonable price

   Synonyms:
   crochet, pride, hook, nobble, dress, congratulate, cull, abstract, preen, glom, douse, sneak, rob, drench, hit it up, lift, displume, pick off, pilfer, roll, swipe, surcharge, soak, overcharge, pull off, cop, accost, souse, pull, pawn, deplume, gazump, hustle, solicit, snare, dowse, snarf, shear, plunk, plume, pluck, primp, snitch, hock, tweak, pinch, filch, knock off, purloin, pick, deplumate, overload, thieve, sop, addict, cabbage, imbue, inebriate, tear, intoxicate

6. fleece, shearverb

   shear the wool from

   "shear sheep"

   Synonyms:
   hook, surcharge, gazump, overcharge, shear, plume, pluck, soak, rob

Matched Categories

1. • Cheat
   • Fabric
   • Shave
   • Wool

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1. lambswool

   applies to lambswool too.

   the fleece was shorn from the lamb.

   Submitted by rinat on August 12, 2019  

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1. fleeceverb

   Synonyms:
   clip, shear

2. fleeceverb

   Synonyms:
   strip, rob, plunder, despoil, rifle, steal from

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1. fleeceverb

   Synonyms:
   plunder, swindle, despoil, strip

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1. List of paraphrases for "fleece":

   wool

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How to use fleece in a sentence?

1. The Trump cardWhile Obama:

   You can't run ads telling me you are a regular old hoops-playing, dish-washing, fleece-wearing guy, but quietly cultivate support from those who seek to tear down Terry McAuliffe democracy.

2. Martin Fischer:

   We were extremely surprised to find that the number of particles measured with the fleece actually exceeded the number of particles measured without wearing any mask, we want to emphasize that we really encourage people to wear masks, but we want them to wear masks that actually work.

3. Joachim du Bellay:

   Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family

4. Little Oak Sanctuary:

   We are heartbroken at the loss of this sweet, wise, friendly soul. Chris is known as the world record holder for having grown the heaviest fleece on record, he was so much more than this, so very much more, and we will remember him for all that he was - someone, not something.

5. Jim Acosta:

   You know, I seem to remember Glenn Youngkin campaigning in a fleece vest in Virginia. He was running as a different kind of Republican. I was told there was going to be a vest, not a Soviet-style police state across the Potomac from Washington.