Synonyms for fur
fɜrfur

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. fur, peltnoun

   the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

   Synonyms:
   pelt, hide, skin

2. furnoun

   dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel)

   Synonyms:
   pelt

3. furnoun

   a garment made of the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

   Synonyms:
   pelt

Matched Categories

1. • Animal Skin
   • Coat

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 4 votes

1. furnoun

   Synonyms:
   peltry, pelage

   Associated words:
   furrier, furriery, tippet, pelisse

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

1. List of paraphrases for "fur":

   furs, fuer, pelage, skin, oven, mink, coat, hair

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1. Stella McCartney:

   If the fashion industry just for one season gave up fur and did fake fur as its replacement, it would have a massive impact, over 50 million animals are being killed a year for fashion, and I don't agree with it.

2. William Ralph Inge:

   We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.

3. Spencer Haywood:

   There was so much chatter about it becoming a Black league, and we Black players didn't help the matter. We weren't refined. It was like, big fur coats, big fur hats. It was like Superfly in the NBA.

4. Lisa Keefe:

   I rushed to the machine and could see the color of his fur mixed in with the quilt, i was petrified.

5. Doug Larson:

   If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.