cotton - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

fabric woven from cotton fibers

Synonyms

• cotton

More generic

• cloth
• fabric
• material
• textile

More specific

• gauze
• gauze bandage

Related

• cotton
• cotton fiber
• cotton wool

Noun

thread made of cotton fibers

Synonyms

• cotton

More generic

• thread
• yarn

More specific

• lisle
• lisle thread

Noun

erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers

Synonyms

• cotton
• cotton plant

More generic

• bush
• shrub

More specific

• Arizona wild cotton
• Egyptian cotton
• Gossypium arboreum
• Gossypium barbadense
• Gossypium herbaceum
• Gossypium hirsutum
• Gossypium peruvianum
• Gossypium thurberi
• Levant cotton
• Peruvian cotton
• sea island cotton
• tree cotton
• upland cotton
• wild cotton

Related

• cottonseed

Related

• Gossypium
• genus Gossypium

Noun

soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state

Synonyms

• cotton
• cotton fiber
• cotton wool

More generic

• plant fiber
• plant fibre

More specific

• absorbent cotton
• long-staple cotton
• short-staple cotton

Related

• cotton
• cushioning
• padding

Verb

take a liking to

Synonyms

• cotton

More generic

• like

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