Synonyms for cream

Synonyms for (noun) cream

Synonyms: cream, emollient, ointment

Definition: toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin

Similar words: toilet articles, toiletry

Definition: artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body)


Synonyms: cream

Definition: the part of milk containing the butterfat

Similar words: dairy product

Definition: milk and butter and cheese


Synonyms: cream, pick

Definition: the best people or things in a group

Usage: the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War

Similar words: elite, elite group

Definition: a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status


Synonyms for (verb) cream

Synonyms: cream

Definition: add cream to one's coffee, for example

Similar words: modify

Definition: make less severe or harsh or extreme

Usage: please modify this letter to make it more polite; he modified his views on same-gender marriage


Synonyms: skim, skim off, cream, cream off

Definition: remove from the surface

Usage: skim cream from the surface of milk

Similar words: remove, withdraw, take, take away

Definition: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

Usage: remove a threat; remove a wrapper; Remove the dirty dishes from the table; take the gun from your pocket; This machine withdraws heat from the environment


Synonyms: cream

Definition: put on cream, as on one's face or body

Usage: She creams her face every night

Similar words: apply, put on

Definition: apply to a surface

Usage: She applied paint to the back of the house; Put on make-up!


Synonyms: clobber, thrash, lick, drub, cream, bat

Definition: beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

Usage: We licked the other team on Sunday!

Similar words: trounce, crush, vanquish, shell, beat, beat out

Definition: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

Usage: Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship; We beat the competition; Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game


Synonyms: cream

Definition: make creamy by beating

Usage: Cream the butter

Similar words: scramble, beat

Definition: stir vigorously

Usage: beat the egg whites; beat the cream


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