What are some alternative words for scour?
Synonyms for scour
skaʊər, ˈskaʊ ər
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Princeton's WordNet
scour(verb)
a place that is scoured (especially by running water)
scour(verb)
examine minutely
"The police scoured the country for the fugitive"
scrub, scour(verb)
clean with hard rubbing
"She scrubbed his back"
Synonyms:
abrade, scrub up, purge, scrub, cancel, scratch, flush, call offscour, abrade(verb)
rub hard or scrub
"scour the counter tops"
Synonyms:
abrade, purge, corrade, rub off, scrub, abrase, rub down, flushflush, 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
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, wipeAntonyms:
befoul, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, contaminate, corrupt, debase, defile, deprave, pollute, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, vitiatePreposition:
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
Dictionary of English Synonymes
scour(v. a.)
Synonyms:
clean (by friction), make brightscour(v. a.)
Synonyms:
range over, brush along, pass swiftly overscour(v. a.)
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purge (violently)scour(v. a.)
Synonyms:
rake, search closelyscour(v. n.)
Synonyms:
course, career, scamper, range, run swiftly
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#270 | even | |
#364 | level | |
#1760 | cat | |
#1809 | clean | |
#2394 | cast | |
#3439 | cancel | |
#4358 | sick | |
#4566 | dust | |
#5204 | wash | |
#6165 | brush | |
#6367 | chuck | |
#7665 | scratch | |
#9330 | flush | |
#10237 | erosion | |
#12312 | sweep | |
#12536 | crimson | |
#14260 | wipe | |
#15888 | scrub | |
#16301 | sponge | |
#18173 | rinse | |
#18477 | mop | |
#19173 | blush | |
#21908 | purge | |
#23960 | cleanse | |
#30664 | vomit | |
#36357 | purify | |
#38443 | puke | |
#44163 | scour | |
#45020 | scouring | |
#49599 | spew | |
#53287 | honk | |
#54814 | barf | |
#65827 | disinfect | |
#70462 | sanctify | |
#71750 | sluice | |
#72424 | redden | |
#79573 | lave | |
#116093 | regurgitate | |
#154506 | disgorge | |
#175654 | retch | |
#224903 | abrade | |
#234056 | upchuck | |
#242376 | washouts |
How to use scour in a sentence?
With ongoing COVID-19 changes and closures, please know there is a chance that your test center may close between now and test day. even with a list, why is ACT expecting us to scour websites every day for cancellations ?
It’s their money, which leads them to play it safe and scour the same homogeneous networks for deals.
Even with a list, why is ACT expecting us to scour websites every day for cancellations ?
We have to get through the boil water first, which could take two to three weeks, after that we have to get chlorine levels to a state that can burn the entire system, scour the system, and kill the amoebas, that could take up to an additional 60 days.
Translations for scour
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- scheuern, absuchenGerman
- récurer, écumer, purgerFrench
- मांजना, परिमार्जनHindi
- súrol, suvickol, sikálHungarian
- 磨ぐJapanese
- afschuimen, purgeren, schurenDutch
- skure, skrubbe, finkjemmeNorwegian
- отчистить, отдраивать, рыскать, прочёсывать, отскабливать, отскоблить, отчищать, отдраить, прочесатьRussian
- ribati, рибатиSerbo-Croatian
- prečesatiSlovene
- genomsöka, skura, skrubbaSwedish
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