Synonyms for sheet
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1. sheetnoun

   Synonyms:
   coating, blanket, layer, coat

2. sheetnoun

   Of rain, or other precipitation. To pour heavily.

   We couldn't go out because the rain was sheeting down all day long.

   Synonyms:
   page

3. sheetnoun

   A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.

   Synonyms:
   rope

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1. sheetnoun

   any broad thin expanse or surface

   "a sheet of ice"

   Synonyms:
   plane, sheet of paper, weather sheet, sail, rag, tack, bed sheet, canvass, piece of paper, flat solid, tabloid, shroud, canvas, mainsheet

2. sheet, piece of paper, sheet of papernoun

   paper used for writing or printing

   Synonyms:
   plane, sheet of paper, weather sheet, sail, rag, tack, bed sheet, canvass, piece of paper, flat solid, tabloid, shroud, canvas, mainsheet

3. sheet, bed sheetnoun

   bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs

   Synonyms:
   plane, sheet of paper, weather sheet, sail, rag, tack, bed sheet, canvass, piece of paper, flat solid, tabloid, shroud, canvas, mainsheet

4. plane, sheetnoun

   (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape

   "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane"

   Synonyms:
   plane, shroud, airplane, bed sheet, weather sheet, carpenter's plane, flat solid, tack, planing machine, sheet of paper, sail, canvass, woodworking plane, tabloid, canvas, rag, mainsheet, piece of paper, planer, aeroplane

5. tabloid, rag, sheetnoun

   newspaper with half-size pages

   Synonyms:
   plane, shroud, bed sheet, tag end, weather sheet, canvas, canvass, flat solid, tack, sheet of paper, sail, tatter, ragtime, shred, yellow journalism, tabloid, tab, mainsheet, rag, tag, piece of paper, rag week

6. sheet, flat solidnoun

   a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width

   Synonyms:
   plane, sheet of paper, weather sheet, sail, rag, tack, bed sheet, canvass, piece of paper, flat solid, tabloid, shroud, canvas, mainsheet

7. sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroudnoun

   (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind

   Synonyms:
   plane, bed sheet, weather sheet, canvas, pall, flat solid, tack, winding-sheet, sheet of paper, sail, canvass, shroud, tabloid, winding-clothes, saddlery, mainsheet, stable gear, cerement, piece of paper, rag, tacking

8. sail, canvas, canvass, sheetverb

   a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

   Synonyms:
   rag, canvas tent, bed sheet, public opinion poll, weather sheet, plane, flat solid, tack, sheet of paper, sail, canvass, shroud, poll, tabloid, mainsheet, canvas, opinion poll, piece of paper, cruise

9. sheetverb

   come down as if in sheets

   "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon"

10. sheetverb

    cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping

    "sheet the body"

Matched Categories

1. • Artifact
   • Cover
   • Expanse
   • Line
   • Math
   • Newspaper
   • Paper
   • Pour
   • Seafaring
   • Shape

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1. List of paraphrases for "sheet":

   leaf, map, road, sheets, feuille, worksheet, slip, fiche, plate, tarp, tarpaulin, blade, leaves, spreadsheet, piece, sheeting, bladed, zhang

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1. Damian Thong:

   They'll try to keep workers conscious of the fact that they're in there for the long haul. I doubt they'll go in and do a clean sheet restructuring. That may help them reduce confrontation in labour management.

2. Jason Feer:

   They use their balance sheet, they're willing to go places other people aren't, they're willing to take risks that major oil companies aren't.

3. Luke Bartholomew:

   It seems like a step away from the whole notion of monetary union, secondly, it is a pretty explicit acknowledgement of the credit risk that the ECB doesn't want to have on the balance sheet and that is a signal that they don't want to send.

4. Marisa Moss:

   If your balance sheet forces you into bankruptcy, your equity is worth zero, so would you rather do debt for equity, be diluted, but live to see another day? I think the answer is yes.

5. Jamie Alexander:

   She would take a bed sheet and wrap it around her hair, and go up the stairs and throw the sheet down the stairs, this is when' Tangled' came out. She was always the princess.