comb - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for comb , a list of similar words for comb from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

the act of drawing a comb through hair

Synonyms

• comb
• combing

More generic

• hair care
• haircare
• hairdressing

More specific

• comb-out
• teasing

Noun

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

Synonyms

• cockscomb
• comb
• coxcomb

More generic

• crest

Related

• gallinacean
• gallinaceous bird

Noun

ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore

Synonyms

• comb

More generic

• plate

Related

• comb jelly
• ctenophore

Noun

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

Synonyms

• comb

More generic

• device

More specific

• currycomb
• fine-tooth comb
• fine-toothed comb
• pocket comb
• pocketcomb

Related

• tooth

Noun

any of several tools for straightening fibers

Synonyms

• comb

More generic

• tool

More specific

• hatchel
• heckle

Related

• tooth

Verb

smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

Synonyms

• comb
• comb out
• disentangle

More generic

• groom
• neaten

More specific

• fluff
• sleek down
• slick
• slick down
• tease

Verb

search thoroughly

Synonyms

• comb
• ransack

More generic

• search

Verb

straighten with a comb

Synonyms

• comb

More generic

• straighten
• straighten out

More specific

• currycomb
• hackle
• hatchel
• heckle
• roach

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