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Synonyms for woolly
ˈwʊl iwool·ly

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  1. flocculent, woolly, woolyadjective

    having a fluffy character or appearance

    Synonyms:
    muddled, addled, muzzy, flocculent, wooly, lanate, wooly-minded, befuddled, woolly-headed, wooly-haired, woolly-haired

    Antonyms:
    hairless, clear-thinking, hard, clearheaded

  2. addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-mindedadjective

    confused and vague; used especially of thinking

    "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas"

    Synonyms:
    befuddled, mixed-up, bemused, blurred, wooly-haired, blurry, flocculent, at sea, bleary, woolly-headed, foggy, confused, fuzzy, addled, muddled, baffled, lost, befogged, confounded, muzzy, wooly-minded, woolly-haired, hazy, lanate, wooly, mazed, bewildered

    Antonyms:
    hairless, clear-thinking, clearheaded, hard

  3. wooly, woolly, wooly-haired, woolly-hairedadjective

    covered with dense often matted or curly hairs

    "woolly lambs"

    Synonyms:
    muddled, addled, muzzy, flocculent, wooly, lanate, wooly-minded, befuddled, woolly-headed, wooly-haired, woolly-haired

    Antonyms:
    hard, clearheaded, clear-thinking, hairless

  4. lanate, woollyadjective

    covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments

    "the woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton"

    Synonyms:
    muddled, addled, muzzy, flocculent, wooly, lanate, wooly-minded, befuddled, woolly-headed, wooly-haired, woolly-haired

    Antonyms:
    hairless, clearheaded, hard, clear-thinking

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. woollyadjective

    Synonyms:
    woollen, made of wool

  2. woollyadjective

    Synonyms:
    like wool

  3. woollyadjective

    Synonyms:
    (Bot.) lanuginous, downy

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. woollyadjective

    Synonyms:
    downy, fleecy, nappy, lanate

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "woolly":

    fleecy, vague, imprecise, unclear, nebulous, fuzzy, confused, shoddy, confusing

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#49426confounded
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#95677befuddled
#101446bleary
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#113088fleecy
#321096flocculent

How to use woolly in a sentence?

  1. Tori Herridge:

    The authors present several dates for mammoth, woolly rhino, horse and steppe bison that are also substantially younger than the fossil record indicates, which builds a stronger case for late survival across the Arctic than has been made previously.

  2. Alan Cooper:

    We found that the Neanderthals from Spy Cave in Belgium consumed woolly rhinoceros and European wild sheep, supplemented with wild mushrooms, those from El Sidrón Cave on the other hand showed no evidence for meat consumption... showing quite different lifestyles between the two groups.

  3. Love Dalén:

    I think one of the simplest explanations is that hunter-gatherers may have caught wolf pups, which is extremely easy to do, and kept them in captivity as sentinels against the large predators that roamed the landscapes of the last Ice Age - bears, cave lions, etc. as well as other dangerous mammals - mammoths, woolly rhinos, other humans.

  4. Lucy Wendover:

    Aardman is excited to be joining ESA in making history by launching the first 'sheep' into space, as one of the first astronauts to fly on an Artemis mission, Shaun is leading the way in lunar exploration, a great honor for our woolly adventurer!

  5. Taronga Zoo:

    At this age she would naturally still be with her mother, so the soft toy gives her something to snuggle for comfort, it’s not as fluffy and woolly as an adult Brushtail Possum, but she clings to it using her claws and teeth as she would do with mum in the wild.


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