Synonyms for sheet

Synonyms for (noun) sheet

Synonyms: sail, sheet, canvas, canvass

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

Similar words: piece of cloth, piece of material

Definition: a separate part consisting of fabric


Synonyms: sheet, bed sheet

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

Similar words: bed linen

Definition: linen or cotton articles for a bed (as sheets and pillowcases)


Synonyms: tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, sheet, shroud

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

Similar words: line

Definition: something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible

Usage: a washing line


Synonyms: sheet, flat solid

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

Similar words: artefact, artifact

Definition: a man-made object taken as a whole


Synonyms: sheet, sheet of paper, piece of paper

Definition: paper used for writing or printing

Similar words: paper

Definition: a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses


Synonyms: sheet, rag, tabloid

Definition: newspaper with half-size pages

Similar words: newspaper, paper

Definition: a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements

Usage: he read his newspaper at breakfast


Synonyms: sheet

Definition: any broad thin expanse or surface

Usage: a sheet of ice

Similar words: expanse

Definition: a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky


Synonyms: sheet, plane

Definition: (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape

Usage: 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

Similar words: form, shape

Definition: the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance

Usage: geometry is the mathematical science of shape


Synonyms for (verb) sheet

Synonyms: sheet

Definition: cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping

Usage: sheet the body

Similar words: cover

Definition: provide with a covering or cause to be covered

Usage: cover her face with a handkerchief; cover the child with a blanket; cover the grave with flowers


Synonyms: sheet

Definition: come down as if in sheets

Usage: The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon

Similar words: pelt, pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream

Definition: rain heavily

Usage: Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!


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