Synonyms for rubber
ˈrʌb ərrub·ber

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1. rubber, natural rubber, India rubber, gum elastic, caoutchoucnoun

   an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products

   Synonyms:
   prophylactic, pencil eraser, condom, safety, galosh, safe, natural rubber, rubber eraser, golosh, arctic, gumshoe, synthetic rubber, caoutchouc, gum elastic

   Antonyms:
   good

2. rubber, synthetic rubbernoun

   any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber

   Synonyms:
   prophylactic, pencil eraser, condom, safety, galosh, safe, natural rubber, rubber eraser, golosh, arctic, gumshoe, synthetic rubber, caoutchouc, gum elastic

   Antonyms:
   good

3. rubber eraser, rubber, pencil erasernoun

   an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil

   Synonyms:
   prophylactic, pencil eraser, condom, safety, galosh, safe, natural rubber, rubber eraser, golosh, arctic, gumshoe, synthetic rubber, caoutchouc, gum elastic

   Antonyms:
   good

4. condom, rubber, safety, safe, prophylacticnoun

   contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse

   Synonyms:
   condom, caoutchouc, base hit, preventive, safe, guard, arctic, safety, safety device, refuge, pencil eraser, golosh, preventative, rubber eraser, gumshoe, synthetic rubber, galosh, gum elastic, prophylactic, natural rubber

   Antonyms:
   good

5. arctic, galosh, golosh, rubber, gumshoeadjective

   a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow

   Synonyms:
   condom, caoutchouc, safe, arctic, safety, hawkshaw, pencil eraser, golosh, dick, rubber eraser, gumshoe, synthetic rubber, galosh, gum elastic, prophylactic, natural rubber

   Antonyms:
   good

6. rubber, no-goodverb

   returned for lack of funds

   "a rubber check"; "a no-good check"

   Synonyms:
   no-good, meritless, sorry, no-count, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, no-account

   Antonyms:
   good

7. rubberize, rubberise, rubberverb

   coat or impregnate with rubber

   "rubberize fabric for rain coats"

   Synonyms:
   rubberize, rubberise

   Antonyms:
   good

Matched Categories

1. • Contraceptive
   • Eraser
   • Synthetic

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1. rubbernoun

   Synonyms:
   caoutchouc, india-rubber, gum-elastic

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1. rubbernoun

   Synonyms:
   caoutchouc, india-rubber, overshoe, galoshe, galoche, eraser

   Associated words:
   vulcanize, vulcanization

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1. List of paraphrases for "rubber":

   goma, styrene-butadiene-styrene, builet, booby, plastic, condom

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How to use rubber in a sentence?

1. Andrew Noymer:

   Hospitalizations are where the rubber meets the road, it’s a more objective measure.

2. Baland Jalal:

   Exposure therapy can be very stressful and so is not always effective or even feasible for many patients, if you can provide an indirect treatment that's reasonably realistic, where you contaminate a rubber hand instead of a real hand, this might provide a bridge that will allow more people to tolerate exposure therapy or even replace (it) altogether.

3. Raimundo Mendes de Barros:

   Our condom factory, aside from guaranteeing a fair price for the rubber, employs hundreds, it gives the world a product - the condom - that will be very present there in Rio, to fight disease and help with birth control.

4. House Minority Leader Pelosi:

   It is the most exhilarating thrill to be a leader in a party that has that kind of diversity of opinion, it’s our strength.We’re not a rubber stamp.… It isn’t about some of the things that you talked about interparty.It’s a dynamic, but it certainly can work to our advantage.So I don’t see it as an obstacle, no.

5. Phil Orlando:

   The knee-jerk reaction on the Fed lift-off is negative, we think the Fed lift-off is a positive for the economy and stocks, because it means the Fed is rubber-stamping the fact they truly believe the economy is strong enough.