Synonyms for skirt
skɜrtskirt

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. skirt

   Synonyms:
   border, trim, confine, bound, surround, encircle

   Antonyms:
   penetrate, enter, interpenetrate

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1. skirtnoun

   cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist

   Synonyms:
   doll, wench, annulus, dame, bird, chick

2. skirtnoun

   a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women

   Synonyms:
   doll, wench, annulus, dame, bird, chick

3. annulus, skirtnoun

   (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar

   Synonyms:
   doughnut, halo, bird, doll, chick, annulus, ring, anchor ring, dame, wench

4. dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, birdverb

   informal terms for a (young) woman

   Synonyms:
   gentlewoman, shuttlecock, fowl, wench, bird, razzing, lady, birdie, madam, dame, snort, chick, hiss, razz, boo, hoot, raspberry, annulus, biddy, ma'am, doll, dolly, shuttle

5. hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestepverb

   avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

   "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"

   Synonyms:
   put over, circumvent, set back, dip, turn off, confuse, sidestep, cook, douse, overreach, beat, surround, dishearten, hold over, hem in, environ, defer, outfox, deflect, parry, dodge, remit, fake, duck, border, flurry, prorogue, block, outsmart, hedge, manipulate, put off, evade, falsify, table, misrepresent, postpone, hedge in, shelve, beleaguer, elude, disconcert, ring, wangle, escape, fudge, outwit, besiege, bilk

6. skirtverb

   pass around or about; move along the border

   "The boat skirted the coast"

   Synonyms:
   parry, circumvent, evade, hedge, elude, surround, fudge, ring, put off, border, sidestep, duck, dodge, environ

7. skirtverb

   form the edge of

   Synonyms:
   parry, circumvent, evade, hedge, elude, surround, fudge, ring, put off, border, sidestep, duck, dodge, environ

8. surround, environ, ring, skirt, borderverb

   extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

   "The forest surrounds my property"

   Synonyms:
   adjoin, elude, circumvent, evade, band, butt against, frame, butt, butt on, echo, sidestep, surround, phone, peal, abut, environ, besiege, edge, wall, call up, parry, fence in, duck, call, knell, fence, hedge, border, resound, put off, reverberate, smother, bound, beleaguer, hem in, frame in, march, ring, fudge, palisade, telephone, dodge

Matched Categories

1. • Fungi
   • Avoid
   • Border
   • Cloth Covering
   • Garment
   • Pass
   • Plant Part
   • Touch

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1. skirtnoun

   Synonyms:
   flap, loose part (of a garment below the waist)

2. skirtnoun

   Synonyms:
   petticoat

3. skirtnoun

   Synonyms:
   edge, border, margin, verge, rim, extreme part

4. skirtverb

   Synonyms:
   border, form the border or edge of

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1. skirtnoun

   Synonyms:
   petticoat (underskirt), kilt, fustanella, kirtle, margin, border, edge, rim

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1. List of paraphrases for "skirt":

   bib, skirts, petticoat, diaphragm, hem, dress, d.

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1. Hubert Malicote:

   That kind of hit me with the idea, if I could ship that back to [June], that just might give her some indication where I was. So, I packaged it up and shipped it to her and about two or three weeks [later], I got back a beautiful lady in a grass skirt. Well, that message went through, and we got the answer.

2. Actress Kate Winslet:

   I can’t jump on trampolines anymore, I wet myself, it’s bloody awful, especially if you’re wearing a skirt.

3. South KoreaVipin Narang:

   Now that Trump seems intent on escalating the trade war with China, if Kim Jong Un decides to skirt the margins of 'freeze for freeze,' there isn't a snowflake's chance in hell that China sees that as a violation justifying putting any screws on North Korea.

4. Bea Arthur:

   Bea came from a New York stage point of view, rue McClanahan always had what we call ‘ the fourth wall. ’ And Betty came from a television point of view. She would flirt with the audience, and pull up her skirt and say, ‘ Hi, sailor. ’ But Bea never acknowledged the audience.

5. The US:

   This Court... recognizes that the pandemic may require temporary, emergency modifications to the immigration system to enhance public safety, but that is no excuse for DHS to skirt the fundamental humanitarian protections that the Flores Agreement guarantees for minors in their custody, especially when there is no persuasive evidence that hoteling is safer than licensed facilities.