Synonyms for grate
greɪt

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1. grate, grating(noun)

   a frame of iron bars to hold a fire

   Synonyms:
   grating, diffraction grating

2. grate(noun)

   a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something

   Synonyms:
   grating

3. grate, grating(verb)

   a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air

   Synonyms:
   grating, diffraction grating

4. grate(verb)

   furnish with a grate

   "a grated fireplace"

   Synonyms:
   scrape, grind, fret, eat into, rankle

5. eat into, fret, rankle, grate(verb)

   gnaw into; make resentful or angry

   "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"

   Synonyms:
   grind, fret, rankle, gag, chafe, erode, eat into, scrape, scratch, fuss, gall, choke, niggle, eat away, fray, rub

6. grate(verb)

   reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface

   "grate carrots and onions"; "grate nutmeg"

   Synonyms:
   scrape, grind, fret, eat into, rankle

7. grate, grind(verb)

   make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together

   "grate one's teeth in anger"

   Synonyms:
   dig, craunch, grind, travail, rankle, cranch, fret, eat into, labour, toil, bray, labor, crunch, scrape, mash, comminute, moil, drudge

8. scrape, grate(verb)

   scratch repeatedly

   "The cat scraped at the armchair"

   Synonyms:
   scrape up, eat into, scratch up, kowtow, rankle, fret, come up, grind, scrape, scratch, skin, genuflect

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1. grate(1)

   Synonyms:
   grille

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. grate

   Synonyms:
   bub, scrape, jar, scratch

   Antonyms:
   glide, slip, lubricate

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. grate(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   rub, scrape, abrade

2. grate(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   rasp, comminute, reduce to particles by rubbing

3. grate(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   be irritating, be disagreeable, be offensive

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   grille, grid, grill, louver

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1. Parzival:

   Grate power comes with grate responsibility. so use it wisely.

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