Synonyms for plume
plumplume

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.3 / 3 votes

1. plumenoun

   anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness

   "a plume of smoke"; "grass with large plumes"

   Synonyms:
   plumage, feather

2. plumenoun

   a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament

   Synonyms:
   plumage, feather

3. feather, plume, plumageverb

   the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds

   Synonyms:
   feathering, plumage, feather

4. 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, pluck, primp, snitch, hock, tweak, pinch, filch, knock off, purloin, pick, deplumate, overload, thieve, sop, addict, cabbage, imbue, inebriate, tear, fleece, intoxicate

5. pride, plume, congratulateverb

   be proud of

   "He prides himself on making it into law school"

   Synonyms:
   pride, felicitate, hook, primp, surcharge, overcharge, dress, congratulate, preen, compliment, rob, gazump, fleece, soak, pluck

6. plumeverb

   deck with a plume

   "a plumed helmet"

   Synonyms:
   hook, primp, fleece, surcharge, gazump, overcharge, dress, congratulate, preen, rob, pride, pluck, soak

7. preen, plumeverb

   clean with one's bill

   "The birds preened"

   Synonyms:
   pride, primp, gazump, preen, surcharge, overcharge, dress, hook, rob, congratulate, fleece, soak, pluck

8. plumeverb

   form a plume

   "The chimneys were pluming the sky"; "The engine was pluming black smoke"

   Synonyms:
   hook, primp, fleece, surcharge, gazump, overcharge, dress, congratulate, preen, rob, pride, pluck, soak

9. preen, primp, plume, dressverb

   dress or groom with elaborate care

   "She likes to dress when going to the opera"

   Synonyms:
   line up, pride, decorate, hook, dress, dress out, clip, preen, apparel, rob, primp, prune, garment, lop, trim, soak, overcharge, coif, surcharge, arrange, garb, raiment, coiffe, gazump, groom, coiffure, do, get dressed, pluck, garnish, curry, congratulate, fit out, habilitate, dress up, clothe, tog, cut back, enclothe, set, snip, crop, fleece

Matched Categories

1. • Adornment
   • Cheat
   • Deck
   • Dress Up
   • Feel
   • Shape

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plumenoun

   Synonyms:
   feather

2. plumenoun

   Synonyms:
   crest, tuft

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plumeverb

   Synonyms:
   preen, prink, pride, vaunt, boast, glory

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

1. List of paraphrases for "plume":

   panache, feather, pen, flume, quill, puff

How to pronounce plume?

How to say plume in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use plume in a sentence?

1. Richmond Fire Chief Tim Brown:

   Right now, there is no plume, there is no product being off-gassed from the fire itself, what we have coming off of it is mainly a white smoke or some steam. We have no plume. We have a slight wind, which is kind of pushing things out.

2. Omar Khayyam:

   By Fate full many a heart has been undone, And many a sprightly rose made woe-begone; Plume thee not on thy lusty youth and strength: Full many a bud is blasted ere its bloom.

3. Hillsborough Mayor Frank Delcore:

   The smoke plume is diminishing rapidly.

4. Nic Loyd:

   That would have been powerful enough to lift a good-size dust plume.

5. Village President Karen Darch:

   It is a huge danger, if they breach, if there's a derailment in the heart of my town and there's a breach of tank cars, there can be a plume of flame high into the sky.