Synonyms for skirt
skɜrtskirt

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. skirt

   Synonyms:
   border, trim, confine, bound, surround, encircle

   Antonyms:
   penetrate, enter, interpenetrate

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1. skirtnoun

   cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist

   Synonyms:
   doll, wench, annulus, dame, bird, chick

2. skirtnoun

   a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women

   Synonyms:
   doll, wench, annulus, dame, bird, chick

3. annulus, skirtnoun

   (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar

   Synonyms:
   doughnut, halo, bird, doll, chick, annulus, ring, anchor ring, dame, wench

4. dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, birdverb

   informal terms for a (young) woman

   Synonyms:
   gentlewoman, shuttlecock, fowl, wench, bird, razzing, lady, birdie, madam, dame, snort, chick, hiss, razz, boo, hoot, raspberry, annulus, biddy, ma'am, doll, dolly, shuttle

5. hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestepverb

   avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

   "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"

   Synonyms:
   put over, circumvent, set back, dip, turn off, confuse, sidestep, cook, douse, overreach, beat, surround, dishearten, hold over, hem in, environ, defer, outfox, deflect, parry, dodge, remit, fake, duck, border, flurry, prorogue, block, outsmart, hedge, manipulate, put off, evade, falsify, table, misrepresent, postpone, hedge in, shelve, beleaguer, elude, disconcert, ring, wangle, escape, fudge, outwit, besiege, bilk

6. skirtverb

   pass around or about; move along the border

   "The boat skirted the coast"

   Synonyms:
   parry, circumvent, evade, hedge, elude, surround, fudge, ring, put off, border, sidestep, duck, dodge, environ

7. skirtverb

   form the edge of

   Synonyms:
   parry, circumvent, evade, hedge, elude, surround, fudge, ring, put off, border, sidestep, duck, dodge, environ

8. surround, environ, ring, skirt, borderverb

   extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

   "The forest surrounds my property"

   Synonyms:
   adjoin, elude, circumvent, evade, band, butt against, frame, butt, butt on, echo, sidestep, surround, phone, peal, abut, environ, besiege, edge, wall, call up, parry, fence in, duck, call, knell, fence, hedge, border, resound, put off, reverberate, smother, bound, beleaguer, hem in, frame in, march, ring, fudge, palisade, telephone, dodge

Matched Categories

1. • Fungi
   • Avoid
   • Border
   • Cloth Covering
   • Garment
   • Pass
   • Plant Part
   • Touch

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1. skirtnoun

   Synonyms:
   flap, loose part (of a garment below the waist)

2. skirtnoun

   Synonyms:
   petticoat

3. skirtnoun

   Synonyms:
   edge, border, margin, verge, rim, extreme part

4. skirtverb

   Synonyms:
   border, form the border or edge of

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1. skirtnoun

   Synonyms:
   petticoat (underskirt), kilt, fustanella, kirtle, margin, border, edge, rim

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1. List of paraphrases for "skirt":

   bib, skirts, petticoat, diaphragm, hem, dress, d.

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1. Rue McClanahan:

   Bea came from a New York stage point of view, she always had what we call ‘the fourth wall.’ And Betty came from a television point of view. She would flirt with the audience, and pull up her skirt and say, ‘Hi sailor.’ But Bea never acknowledged the audience.

2. Hubert Malicote:

   We were not allowed any telephones or telegraphs — any kinds of communication that would identify where we were, one evening walking through the commissary, and there on the wall was a grass skirt.

3. Princess Eugenie:

   The label’s strikingly bold feminine style very much suits Eugenie and what we are used to seeing her wear, she most often looks fabulous in a full skirt with cinched waist, so I expect a definite contrast to Meghan’s slim, tailored look.

4. Katniss Everdeens:

   I made a hoop skirt out of toilet paper, tape and glue, it was definitely the most difficult part of Katniss Everdeens wedding dress, which, you do n’t even see in the end. But it created the silhouette that I wanted.

5. Bonnie Buratti:

   The rings and these moons are really the same kind of object the rings are made of small particles, and these moons are the biggest versions of these particles, these moons continue to accumulate small particles, explaining the weird skirt-like features around their equators.