Synonyms for comb

Synonyms for (noun) comb

Synonyms: comb, combing

Definition: the act of drawing a comb through hair

Usage: his hair needed a comb

Similar words: hair care, haircare, hairdressing

Definition: care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair


Synonyms: cockscomb, comb, coxcomb

Definition: the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

Similar words: crest

Definition: a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal


Synonyms: comb

Definition: ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore

Similar words: plate

Definition: any flat platelike body structure or part


Synonyms: comb

Definition: a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair

Similar words: device

Definition: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose

Usage: the device is small enough to wear on your wrist; a device intended to conserve water


Synonyms: comb

Definition: any of several tools for straightening fibers

Similar words: tool

Definition: an implement used in the practice of a vocation


Synonyms for (verb) comb

Synonyms: disentangle, comb, comb out

Definition: smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

Usage: comb your hair before dinner; comb the wool

Similar words: groom, neaten

Definition: care for one's external appearance

Usage: He is always well-groomed


Synonyms: ransack, comb

Definition: search thoroughly

Usage: They combed the area for the missing child

Similar words: search

Definition: subject to a search

Usage: The police searched the suspect; We searched the whole house for the missing keys


Synonyms: comb

Definition: straighten with a comb

Usage: comb your hair

Similar words: straighten, straighten out

Definition: make straight


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