Synonyms for scratch
skrætʃscratch

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.6 / 5 votes

1. abrasion, scratch, scrape, excoriationnoun

   an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

   Synonyms:
   lolly, start, attrition, cacography, scrawl, clams, cabbage, wampum, starting line, lucre, detrition, boodle, mark, incision, gelt, scratch line, scratching, bread, scraping, slit, lettuce, prick, loot, sugar, chicken feed, simoleons, abrasion, grinding, moolah, pelf, dough, dinero, kale, scrape, scar, corrasion, scribble, dent, shekels, excoriation

2. incision, scratch, prick, slit, dentnoun

   a depression scratched or carved into a surface

   Synonyms:
   lolly, start, pricking, clams, cacography, scrawl, starting line, cabbage, wampum, tool, lucre, cunt, boodle, peter, mark, incision, gelt, section, gouge, snatch, scratch line, scratching, pecker, cock, nick, bread, scraping, slit, dick, lettuce, surgical incision, pussy, prick, shit, loot, bastard, sugar, son of a bitch, dough, simoleons, abrasion, pelf, asshole, dickhead, chicken feed, ding, dinero, puss, kale, cocksucker, scrape, putz, excoriation, scar, shaft, twat, scribble, whoreson, dent, shekels, moolah

3. boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampumnoun

   informal terms for money

   Synonyms:
   lolly, net, popsicle, clams, cacography, scrawl, abrasion, cabbage, borecole, kail, net profit, lucre, boodle, scratching, staff of life, starting line, plunder, gelt, colewort, pillage, booty, start, cole, net income, bread, earnings, slit, lettuce, kale, prick, stops, loot, dent, sugar, cultivated cabbage, carbohydrate, prize, chicken feed, scraping, swag, profits, dirty money, pelf, profit, refined sugar, incision, scratch line, wampumpeag, dough, dinero, saccharide, breadstuff, scrape, wampum, excoriation, scar, peag, chou, scribble, ice lolly, mark, simoleons, lollipop, shekels, moolah

4. scratchnoun

   a competitor who has withdrawn from competition

   Synonyms:
   lolly, start, clams, cacography, starting line, cabbage, wampum, lucre, boodle, mark, scrawl, gelt, scratch line, scratching, bread, scraping, slit, lettuce, prick, loot, sugar, chicken feed, dinero, simoleons, abrasion, pelf, incision, dough, kale, scrape, excoriation, scar, scribble, dent, shekels, moolah

5. start, starting line, scratch, scratch linenoun

   a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game

   Synonyms:
   lolly, starting, get-go, cacography, scrawl, starting line, cabbage, excoriation, showtime, offset, abrasion, clams, boodle, pelf, mark, incision, gelt, scratch line, scratching, scar, first, bread, scraping, slit, kickoff, lettuce, prick, loot, sugar, chicken feed, startle, simoleons, head start, start, outset, jump, dough, dinero, starting time, kale, scrape, wampum, starting signal, lucre, scribble, beginning, dent, commencement, shekels, moolah

6. chicken feed, scratchnoun

   dry mash for poultry

   Synonyms:
   lolly, start, crank, clams, cacography, scrawl, abrasion, cabbage, excoriation, starting line, lucre, chicken feed, gelt, mark, incision, chalk, boodle, scratch line, scratching, bread, scraping, slit, lettuce, methamphetamine hydrochloride, prick, simoleons, loot, ice, sugar, deoxyephedrine, trash, shabu, meth, methamphetamine, pelf, dough, dinero, kale, scrape, glass, wampum, scar, scribble, dent, shekels, moolah

7. scrape, scraping, scratch, scratchingnoun

   a harsh noise made by scraping

   "the scrape of violin bows distracted her"

   Synonyms:
   lolly, start, clams, cacography, scrawl, starting line, cabbage, wampum, lucre, boodle, mark, incision, gelt, scratch line, scratching, bread, scraping, slit, lettuce, prick, loot, sugar, chicken feed, simoleons, abrasion, pelf, dough, dinero, kale, scrape, excoriation, scar, scribble, dent, shekels, moolah

8. scribble, scratch, scrawl, cacographynoun

   poor handwriting

   Synonyms:
   lolly, start, clams, starting line, cabbage, wampum, lucre, boodle, gelt, mark, scrawl, cacography, scratch line, scratching, bread, scrabble, slit, lettuce, prick, loot, sugar, chicken feed, scraping, simoleons, abrasion, pelf, doodle, incision, dough, dinero, kale, scrape, excoriation, scar, scribble, dent, shekels, moolah

9. scratchnoun

   (golf) a handicap of zero strokes

   "a golfer who plays at scratch should be able to achieve par on a course"

   Synonyms:
   lolly, start, clams, cacography, starting line, cabbage, wampum, lucre, boodle, mark, scrawl, gelt, scratch line, scratching, bread, scraping, slit, lettuce, prick, loot, sugar, chicken feed, dinero, simoleons, abrasion, pelf, incision, dough, kale, scrape, excoriation, scar, scribble, dent, shekels, moolah

10. scratch, scrape, scar, markverb

    an indication of damage

    Synonyms:
    lolly, marking, start, brand, clams, cacography, starting line, cabbage, wampum, cicatrice, gull, lucre, boodle, bell ringer, mark, scrawl, gelt, crisscross, fall guy, scratch line, scratching, stigma, score, bread, scraping, slit, grade, lettuce, prick, chump, target, loot, cicatrix, sugar, home run, chicken feed, dinero, simoleons, abrasion, sign, sucker, pelf, mug, incision, patsy, dough, fool, marker, kale, scrape, cross, print, excoriation, scar, stain, bull's eye, scribble, dent, shekels, soft touch, moolah

11. rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratchverb

    cause friction

    "my sweater scratches"

    Synonyms:
    fuss, eat into, itch, excise, gag, choke, scratch up, nark, erode, fret, excoriate, bother, rile, scrub, gravel, strike, rub, inscribe, rankle, get to, eat away, come up, scrape up, scrape, cancel, nettle, gall, call off, chafe, get at, engrave, irritate, annoy, frazzle, niggle, rag, expunge, vex, grate, fray, devil, grave

12. scratch, scrape, scratch upverb

    cut the surface of; wear away the surface of

    Synonyms:
    itch, call off, scrape up, expunge, fret, grave, strike, chafe, skin, come up, cancel, inscribe, kowtow, grate, engrave, scrub, scrape, fray, genuflect, excise, scratch up, rub

13. rub, scratch, itchverb

    scrape or rub as if to relieve itching

    "Don't scratch your insect bites!"

    Synonyms:
    itch, call off, scrape up, expunge, spoil, fret, grave, strike, chafe, come up, cancel, inscribe, engrave, scrub, scrape, fray, excise, scratch up, rub

14. cancel, call off, scratch, scrubverb

    postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled

    "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill"

    Synonyms:
    itch, call off, scrape up, expunge, fret, strike down, strike, scour, chafe, come up, invalidate, grave, delete, excise, cancel, inscribe, call, engrave, scrub, scrape, fray, offset, scrub up, set off, scratch up, rub

15. strike, scratch, expunge, exciseverb

    remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line

    "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"

    Synonyms:
    chance upon, itch, excise, impinge on, hit, fret, attain, chance on, scrub, take, come up, fall upon, strike, rub, inscribe, move, assume, call off, collide with, coin, scrape up, cancel, fall, walk out, chafe, shine, affect, engrave, run into, happen upon, scratch up, come across, mint, strickle, impress, come to, scrape, expunge, come upon, light upon, take up, fray, discover, grave

16. scrape, scrape up, scratch, come upverb

    gather (money or other resources) together over time

    "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"

    Synonyms:
    line up, skin, itch, excise, rise, come, scratch up, get hold, fret, muster, inscribe, uprise, find, kowtow, scrub, lift, go up, surface, rub, arise, call off, come on, come up, scrape up, cancel, bob up, chafe, ascend, engrave, go on, move up, summon, genuflect, muster up, scrape, expunge, rally, strike, rise up, grate, fray, grave

17. scratch, engrave, grave, inscribeverb

    carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface

    "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"

    Synonyms:
    itch, call off, scrape up, enrol, expunge, enter, fret, grave, recruit, strike, etch, chafe, sculpture, code, cipher, cypher, come up, autograph, cancel, inscribe, write in code, encrypt, engrave, scrub, sculpt, scrape, fray, encipher, enroll, excise, scratch up, rub

Matched Categories

1. • Accumulate
   • Competitor
   • Delete
   • Depression
   • Golf
   • Handicap
   • Handwriting
   • Irritate
   • Line
   • Mash
   • Money
   • Wound

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. scratchverb

   Synonyms:
   mark with a scratch, or with scratches

2. scratchverb

   Synonyms:
   wound slightly (as with the nails)

3. scratchverb

   Synonyms:
   scribble, write carelessly

4. scratchverb

   Synonyms:
   dig (with the claws)

5. scratchnoun

   Synonyms:
   incision (slight and ragged)

6. scratchnoun

   Synonyms:
   slight wound (as with the nails)

7. scratchnoun

   Synonyms:
   scratch-wig, small wig, periwig, peruke

8. scratchnoun

   Synonyms:
   scribble, scrawl

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. scratchadjective

   Synonyms:
   (Slang) haphazard, chance, improvised

2. scratchverb

   Synonyms:
   scrape, scribble, erase, expunge, scarify

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

1. List of paraphrases for "scratch":

   zero, graze, scrape, itch, scrawl, stripe, nothing, nil

NicknamesRate these nicknames:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of known nicknames for "Scratch":

   Kyle Jones

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How to use scratch in a sentence?

1. Yukari Sasaki:

   Converting an office building into a hotel is an ideal way to respond to the immediate needs for hotel rooms, building a hotel from scratch costs too much money now because of high construction costs.

2. Deepak Chopra:

   Skeptics squat by the road like guardians of truth, letting no one pass who doesn't come up to scratch. They never realize that they can see only what their paradigm tells them to look for. If you judge a person only by how well he plays pool, Mozart won't pass scrutiny, but the fault is in your lens.

3. Ryan Zeigler:

   Terrestrial samples and lunar samples are very different, so the Artemis team has already taken that into account as they design their tools, they didn't start from scratch. They started with Apollo 17 and what worked really well and are moving forward from there toward Artemis.

4. Edward Hoagland:

   Many divorces are not really the result of irreparable injury but involve, instead, a desire on the part of the man or woman to shatter the setup, start out from scratch alone, and make life work for them all over again. They want the risk of disaster, want to touch bottom, see where bottom is, and, coming up, to breathe the air with relief and relish again.

5. Ervin Smolinski:

   Every month, I buy some instant tickets and send them as gifts to family members who have birthdays that month, it’s turned into a bit of a tradition, and now everyone sends me scratch offs and chocolate for my birthday.