Synonyms for strip
strɪpstrip

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1. strip

   Synonyms:
   divest, denude, bare, pull off, despoil, dismantle, disencumber, flay, fleece, rob

   Antonyms:
   invest, endow, clothe, enrich, compensate

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1. stripnoun

   a relatively long narrow piece of something

   "he felt a flat strip of muscle"

   Synonyms:
   landing strip, comic strip, striptease, slip, airstrip, flight strip, strip show, cartoon strip, funnies

2. strip, slipnoun

   artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material

   Synonyms:
   cutting, landing strip, berth, cartoon strip, parapraxis, trip, case, faux pas, pillowcase, miscue, gaffe, slickness, slipperiness, elusion, mooring, gaucherie, slick, chemise, comic strip, funnies, teddy, flight strip, sideslip, eluding, shimmy, moorage, airstrip, skid, slip of paper, shift, pillow slip, striptease, solecism, strip show, slip, slip-up

3. airstrip, flight strip, landing strip, stripnoun

   an airfield without normal airport facilities

   Synonyms:
   landing strip, comic strip, striptease, slip, airstrip, flight strip, strip show, cartoon strip, funnies

4. comic strip, cartoon strip, strip, funniesnoun

   a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book

   Synonyms:
   landing strip, comic strip, striptease, slip, airstrip, flight strip, strip show, cartoon strip, funnies

5. stripnoun

   thin piece of wood or metal

   Synonyms:
   landing strip, comic strip, striptease, slip, airstrip, flight strip, strip show, cartoon strip, funnies

6. strip, striptease, strip showverb

   a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music

   "she did a strip right in front of everyone"

   Synonyms:
   landing strip, ecdysiast, stripper, comic strip, striptease artist, peeler, striptease, slip, airstrip, exotic dancer, flight strip, stripteaser, strip show, cartoon strip, funnies

7. deprive, strip, divestverb

   take away possessions from someone

   "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"

   Synonyms:
   strip down, clean, discase, leach, foray, divest, pillage, unclothe, dismantle, disrobe, undress, reave, rifle, denude, uncase, impoverish, despoil, ransack, loot, deprive, peel, plunder, bare, denudate, disinvest

8. undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peelverb

   get undressed

   "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"

   Synonyms:
   strip down, flake off, clean, discase, leach, foray, divest, pillage, dismantle, unclothe, undress, peel off, reave, rifle, pare, denude, uncase, skin, disrobe, flake, ransack, loot, deprive, peel, plunder, despoil, bare, denudate, disinvest

9. stripverb

   remove the surface from

   "strip wood"

   Synonyms:
   strip down, clean, leach, foray, divest, pillage, unclothe, dismantle, deprive, disrobe, undress, reave, rifle, denude, uncase, despoil, ransack, loot, discase, peel, plunder, bare, denudate, disinvest

10. leach, stripverb

    remove substances from by a percolating liquid

    "leach the soil"

    Synonyms:
    strip down, clean, discase, leach, foray, divest, pillage, unclothe, percolate, dismantle, disrobe, undress, reave, rifle, denude, uncase, despoil, ransack, loot, deprive, peel, plunder, bare, denudate, disinvest

11. denude, bare, denudate, stripverb

    lay bare

    "denude a forest"

    Synonyms:
    strip down, publicise, clean, leach, foray, divest, pillage, unclothe, deprive, plunder, publicize, dismantle, rifle, reave, air, denude, uncase, disrobe, ransack, loot, discase, peel, undress, despoil, bare, denudate, disinvest

12. plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, forayverb

    steal goods; take as spoils

    "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

    Synonyms:
    foray, comb, disrobe, spoil, clean, discase, leach, rape, divest, violate, sack, dismantle, unclothe, undress, reave, rifle, denude, uncase, denudate, strip down, despoil, go, ransack, loot, deprive, peel, plunder, bare, pillage, disinvest

13. clean, stripverb

    remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely

    "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"

    Synonyms:
    strip down, clean, discase, cleanse, foray, divest, pillage, leach, unclothe, plunder, disrobe, dismantle, rifle, reave, pick, denude, uncase, scavenge, make clean, despoil, clean house, ransack, loot, deprive, peel, undress, houseclean, bare, denudate, disinvest

14. stripverb

    strip the cured leaves from

    "strip tobacco"

    Synonyms:
    strip down, clean, leach, foray, divest, pillage, unclothe, dismantle, deprive, disrobe, undress, reave, rifle, denude, uncase, despoil, ransack, loot, discase, peel, plunder, bare, denudate, disinvest

15. stripverb

    remove the thread (of screws)

    Synonyms:
    strip down, clean, leach, foray, divest, pillage, unclothe, dismantle, deprive, disrobe, undress, reave, rifle, denude, uncase, despoil, ransack, loot, discase, peel, plunder, bare, denudate, disinvest

16. stripverb

    remove a constituent from a liquid

    Synonyms:
    strip down, clean, leach, foray, divest, pillage, unclothe, dismantle, deprive, disrobe, undress, reave, rifle, denude, uncase, despoil, ransack, loot, discase, peel, plunder, bare, denudate, disinvest

17. strip, dismantleverb

    take off or remove

    "strip a wall of its wallpaper"

    Synonyms:
    leach, pull down, rifle, raze, undress, plunder, bare, take down, dismantle, break up, strip down, denudate, denude, pillage, ransack, peel, loot, despoil, clean, divest, level, discase, disinvest, deprive, tear down, break apart, disassemble, unclothe, take apart, foray, reave, disrobe, rase, uncase

18. stripverb

    draw the last milk (of cows)

    Synonyms:
    strip down, clean, leach, foray, divest, pillage, unclothe, dismantle, deprive, disrobe, undress, reave, rifle, denude, uncase, despoil, ransack, loot, discase, peel, plunder, bare, denudate, disinvest

19. strip, undress, divest, disinvestverb

    remove (someone's or one's own) clothes

    "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments"

    Synonyms:
    strip down, clean, leach, foray, divest, pillage, unclothe, dismantle, deprive, disrobe, undress, reave, rifle, denude, uncase, despoil, ransack, loot, discase, peel, plunder, bare, denudate, disinvest

Matched Categories

1. • Airfield
   • Artifact
   • Cartoon
   • Chemistry
   • Clear
   • Lumber
   • Milk
   • Part
   • Remove
   • Smooth
   • Take

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stripverb

   Synonyms:
   tear off, pull off, strip off

2. stripverb

   Synonyms:
   uncover, denude, peel, lay bare

3. stripverb

   Synonyms:
   divest, deprive, bereave, despoil, fleece, shave, make destitute

4. stripverb

   Synonyms:
   rob, plunder, pillage, spoil, sack, ransack, devastate, desolate, lay waste

5. stripverb

   Synonyms:
   milk dry

6. stripverb

   Synonyms:
   undress, uncover, take off the clothes

7. stripnoun

   Synonyms:
   piece (long and narrow, torn off), slip, shred

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1. stripnoun

   Synonyms:
   shred, fillet, batten, cleat, list

2. stripverb

   Synonyms:
   deprive, divest, dispossess, dismantle, plunder, desolate, devastate, pillage, sack, fleece, rifle, despoil, undress, disrobe, denude, uncover

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1. List of paraphrases for "strip":

   gaza, band, sector, bunch, strapping, strips, belt, gang, swathe, stripe, bande, gazan, tape, bands, zone, zoning, skelp, zones

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How to use strip in a sentence?

1. Georgia O'Keeffe:

   I said to myself, I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me - shapes and ideas so near to me - so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn't occurred to me to put them down. I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.

2. Chief Executive Keith Cochrane:

   Basic common sense would tell you that at some point you run out of units you can strip parts off.

3. Lisa Pruitt:

   They ought to do something - tear it down, make it a strip mall.

4. Chief Egunwale Amusan:

   We were building it in Greenwood, so to have someone to strip that from you it leaves you with a deep responsibility.

5. Democratic Senator Robert Menendez:

   Any effort to strip out the amendment is going to cause anything I can do under the rules for a floor battle.