Synonyms for scrub
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Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. scrub, chaparral, bush(noun)

   dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes

   Synonyms:
   bush, scrubbing, crotch hair, shrub, scouring, pubic hair, chaparral

   Antonyms:
   improved

2. scrub, scrubbing, scouring(adj)

   the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water

   Synonyms:
   scouring, bush, chaparral, scrubbing

   Antonyms:
   improved

3. scrub(verb)

   (of domestic animals) not selectively bred

   Antonyms:
   improved

4. scrub, scour(verb)

   clean with hard rubbing

   "She scrubbed his back"

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

   Antonyms:
   improved

5. scrub, scrub up(verb)

   wash thoroughly

   "surgeons must scrub prior to an operation"

   Synonyms:
   scratch, scour, call off, scrub up, cancel

   Antonyms:
   improved

6. cancel, call off, scratch, scrub(verb)

   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, scratch, cancel, inscribe, call, engrave, scrape, fray, offset, scrub up, set off, scratch up, rub

   Antonyms:
   improved

English Synonyms and Antonyms(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. scrub

   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, scour, 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.

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

1. scrub(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   scour, cleanse, clean, rub hard

2. scrub(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   work hard

3. scrub(n.)

   Synonyms:
   mean fellow

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

1. List of paraphrases:

   rub, papaya, brush, rubbing, scrubbing, shrub

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