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Synonyms for dust
dʌstdust

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. dust

    Body denotes the entire physical structure, considered as a whole, of man or animal; form looks upon it as a thing of shape and outline, perhaps of beauty; frame regards it as supported by its bony framework; system views it as an assemblage of many related and harmonious organs. Body, form, frame, and system may be either dead or living; clay and dust are sometimes so used in religious or poetic style, tho ordinarily these words are used only of the dead. Corpse and remains are used only of the dead. Corpse is the plain technical word for a dead body still retaining its unity; remains may be used after any lapse of time; the latter is also the more refined and less ghastly term; as, friends are invited to view the remains. Carcass applies only to the body of an animal, or of a human being regarded with contempt and loathing. Compare COMPANY.

    Synonyms:
    ashes, body, carcass, clay, corpse, form, frame, remains, system, trunk

    Antonyms:
    intellect, intelligence, mind, soul, spirit

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. dustnoun

    fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air

    "the furniture was covered with dust"

    Synonyms:
    detritus, rubble, debris, junk

  2. debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritusnoun

    the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

    Synonyms:
    detritus, rubble, debris, junk

  3. dustverb

    free microscopic particles of solid material

    "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust"

    Synonyms:
    detritus, rubble, debris, junk

  4. dustverb

    remove the dust from

    "dust the cabinets"

    Synonyms:
    scatter, sprinkle, dot, disperse

  5. dustverb

    rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape

    "The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image"

    Synonyms:
    scatter, sprinkle, dot, disperse

  6. dustverb

    cover with a light dusting of a substance

    "dust the bread with flour"

    Synonyms:
    scatter, sprinkle, dot, disperse

  7. scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperseverb

    distribute loosely

    "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"

    Synonyms:
    circularise, dissipate, spit, pass around, sprinkle, spread, dot, spread out, diffuse, broadcast, disseminate, constellate, sparge, propagate, scatter, pitter-patter, splosh, circularize, break up, patter, spatter, dispel, circulate, disperse, stud, splash, distribute, besprinkle

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. dustnoun

    Synonyms:
    powder, detritus, stive (in flour mills)

    Associated words:
    pulverizable, pulverable, pulverulence, pulverize, pulverization

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "dust":

    powder, dirt, dusty, speck, mah, ash, stardust, sandstorm, boot, smudge

Nicknames0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of known nicknames for "DUST":

    DJ Dust

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#3021remains
#3125spread
#3579boot
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#4566dust
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#5200powder
#5725trunk
#6422stud
#6727ash
#6874distribute
#7182dirt
#8472junk
#11503splash
#11937debris
#13795ashes
#14059mah
#14814corpse
#15965dusty
#17186spit
#19568diffuse
#20130disseminate
#21160scatter
#21259sprinkle
#22017stardust
#26691circulate
#28071propagate
#28100rubble
#29704carcass
#30914speck
#36077disperse
#40623dispel
#49275dissipate
#49676smudge
#50617sandstorm
#54111detritus
#61891patter
#102863spatter
#219972sparge

How to use dust in a sentence?

  1. Ron DeSantis:

    Disney came out against something that was really just about protecting young kids, and making sure that students are able to go to school learning to read, write, add, subtract, and not having a teacher tell them that they can change their gender, and I think most parents agree with that. But you know, that was only a mild annoyance. I think that what we came to realize after that dust settled on that was you clearly had a movement within the corporation itself.

  2. Linda Birnbaum:

    What this calls for is additional research to determine how widespread this contamination is and how high the levels are, we have to look at total human exposure not just whats in the water or whats in the food ... or not just dust. We need to look at the sum totals of what the exposures are.

  3. Jack King:

    Everything clicked off beautifully. I counted it down fine ... and I saw this magnificent thing still sitting on the launch pad, bathing in fire. And finally it lifted off, and the sound hit us, when it hit us that particular time, the windows in the launch control center just started to rattle, and on top of that, it was a newly constructed building, and all this dust came down from the ceiling. I thought the whole damn place was going to come down on us.

  4. Andrea Dupree:

    All stars are losing material to the interstellar medium, and we don't know how this material is lost, we know that other hotter luminous stars lose material and it quickly turns to dust making the star appear much fainter. But in over a century-and-a-half, this has not happened to Betelgeuse. It's very unique.

  5. Dejan Stojanovic:

    Dust to dust, ashes to ashes. Is that all?


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