Synonyms for scour
skaʊər, ˈskaʊ ər

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1. scour(verb)

   a place that is scoured (especially by running water)

2. scour(verb)

   examine minutely

   "The police scoured the country for the fugitive"

   Synonyms:
   abrade, flush, purge, scrub

3. scrub, scour(verb)

   clean with hard rubbing

   "She scrubbed his back"

   Synonyms:
   abrade, scrub up, purge, scrub, cancel, scratch, flush, call off

4. scour, abrade(verb)

   rub hard or scrub

   "scour the counter tops"

   Synonyms:
   abrade, purge, corrade, rub off, scrub, abrase, rub down, flush

5. flush, scour, purge(verb)

   rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid

   "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"

   Synonyms:
   redden, sluice, puke, regorge, honk, sanctify, crimson, vomit up, even out, cast, disgorge, vomit, regurgitate, blush, spue, upchuck, abrade, sick, purge, barf, throw up, spew, scrub, be sick, chuck, retch, cat, even, level, flush, purify

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. scour

   To clean is to make clean by removing dirt, impurities, or soil of any kind. Cleanse implies a worse condition to start from, and more to do, than clean. Hercules cleansed the Augean stables. Cleanse is especially applied to purifying processes where liquid is used, as in the flushing of a street, etc. We brush clothing if dusty, sponge it, or sponge it off, if soiled; or sponge off a spot. Furniture, books, etc., are dusted; floors are mopped or scrubbed; metallic utensils are scoured; a room is swept; soiled garments are washed; foul air or water is purified. Cleanse and purify are used extensively in a moral sense; wash in that sense is archaic. Compare AMEND.

   Synonyms:
   brush, clean, cleanse, disinfect, dust, lave, mop, purify, rinse, scrub, sponge, sweep, wash, wipe

   Antonyms:
   befoul, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, contaminate, corrupt, debase, defile, deprave, pollute, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, vitiate

   Preposition:
   Cleanse of or from physical or moral defilement; cleanse with an instrument; by an agent; the room was cleansed by the attendants with soap and water.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. scour

   Synonyms:
   purge, cleanse, rinse, scrub

   Antonyms:
   soil, begrime, besmear, foul, pollute, defile, dirt

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

1. scour(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   clean (by friction), make bright

2. scour(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   range over, brush along, pass swiftly over

3. scour(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   purge (violently)

4. scour(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   rake, search closely

5. scour(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   course, career, scamper, range, run swiftly

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

1. List of paraphrases:

   scouring, washouts, erosion

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