emollient

The word “emollient” has 4 syllables: e-mol-li-ent

It's pronounced as /ɪˈmɑː.li.ənt/


What is synonym and antonym for emollient?

In the thesaurus, “emollient” has 30 synonyms and 33 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for emollient along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for emollient

  • balmy
  • benign
  • bland
  • buffering
  • calm
  • clement
  • compassionate
  • cushioning
  • delicate
  • easy
  • gentle
  • lenient
  • light
  • mellow
  • merciful
  • mild
  • nonabrasive
  • pacific
  • peaceful
  • placid
  • quiet
  • serene
  • sleek
  • slick
  • smooth
  • soft
  • softening
  • soothing
  • tender
  • tranquil

Antonyms for emollient

  • abrading
  • abrasive
  • caustic
  • coarse
  • exquisite
  • fierce
  • forceful
  • forcible
  • grim
  • gruff
  • hard
  • harsh
  • heavy-handed
  • intense
  • irritating
  • oppressive
  • pitiless
  • powerful
  • rough
  • roughened
  • roughening
  • rude
  • rugged
  • savage
  • scathing
  • severe
  • stern
  • stiff
  • strong
  • tyrannic
  • tyrannical
  • ungentle
  • violent

Meanings of emollient

  • noun
    1. Something which softens or lubricates the skin; moisturizer.
    2. Anything soothing the mind, or that makes something more acceptable.
  • adjective
    1. Moisturizing.
    2. Soothing or mollifying.

Example Sentences

  • The lotion contains an emollient that helps soothe dry skin.
  • Many dermatologists recommend an emollient to protect sensitive areas.
  • Beeswax acts as a natural emollient in many cosmetic products.
  • After the treatment, they applied an emollient to lock in moisture.
  • This cream is rich in emollient oils that keep the skin soft and supple.

On this page you'll find 63 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to emollient, such as: abrading, abrasive, balmy, benign, bland, buffering, calm.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

balm

  • alleviation
  • analgesic
  • anodyne
  • application
  • aroma
  • assuagement
  • attar
  • balsam
  • bouquet
  • cerate
  • comfort
  • compound
  • consolation
  • cream
  • curative
  • cure
  • demulcent
  • dressing
  • easement
  • embrocation
  • emollient
  • essence
  • formula
  • fragrance
  • fragrancy
  • incense
  • lotion
  • medicine
  • mitigation
  • odor
  • ointment
  • otto
  • palliative
  • perfume
  • potion
  • poultice
  • preparation
  • prescription
  • redolence
  • refreshment
  • relief
  • remedy
  • restorative
  • salve
  • scent
  • solace
  • soother
  • soothing agent
  • spice
  • unction
  • unguent

balmy

pampering

  • accommodating
  • acquiescent
  • allowance
  • allowing
  • amenable
  • amiable
  • appeasement
  • appeasing
  • assuaging
  • assuasive
  • attention
  • babying
  • being big
  • benign
  • benignant
  • biddable
  • care
  • carefulness
  • charitable
  • clement
  • cockering
  • coddling
  • compassionate
  • complaisant
  • compliant
  • compromising
  • concern
  • condoning
  • considerateness
  • consideration
  • contenting
  • cosseting
  • courtesy
  • dandling
  • deceivable
  • delighting
  • deludable
  • dupable
  • easy
  • easygoing
  • emollient
  • endurance
  • excess
  • excusing
  • exploitable
  • extravagance
  • favor
  • favoring
  • fleeceable
  • flexible
  • fondling
  • fondness
  • forbearance
  • forbearing
  • forgiving
  • fulfillment
  • gentle
  • gladdening
  • going easy on
  • good-natured
  • goodwill
  • gratifying
  • gullible
  • hedonism
  • humoring
  • immoderation
  • indulgent
  • indulging
  • intemperance
  • intemperateness
  • kind
  • kindly
  • kindness
  • kowtowing
  • lax
  • lenience
  • leniency
  • lenient
  • letting
  • liberal
  • light
  • live with
  • loose
  • loving
  • lovingness
  • merciful
  • mild
  • moderate
  • mollifying
  • mollycoddling
  • mothering
  • naive
  • neglectful
  • negligent
  • nursing
  • obliging
  • pacifying
  • pardoning
  • partiality
  • patience
  • permissiveness
  • permitting
  • petting
  • placating
  • pleasing
  • pliable
  • pliant
  • privilege
  • profligacy
  • profligateness
  • relaxed
  • relenting
  • remiss
  • satiation
  • satisfaction
  • satisfying
  • service
  • slack
  • slipshod
  • sloppy
  • slovenly
  • soft
  • soft-shell
  • softhearted
  • solicitousness
  • solicitude
  • soothing
  • sparing
  • spoiling
  • submissive
  • susceptible
  • sympathetic
  • temperate
  • tender
  • thoughtfulness
  • toadying
  • tolerance
  • tolerant
  • toleration
  • tractable
  • treating
  • trusting
  • unburdensome
  • understanding
  • unfussy
  • unoppressive
  • unsuspicious
  • wet-nursing
  • yielding

ointment

  • antibiotic
  • antiseptic
  • balm
  • botanical
  • cap
  • capsule
  • cathartic
  • cerate
  • cordial
  • cure
  • cure-all
  • demulcent
  • dressing
  • drug
  • embrocation
  • emollient
  • injection
  • lenitive
  • liniment
  • lotion
  • medicament
  • medication
  • medicinal
  • medicine
  • miracle drug
  • nostrum
  • panacea
  • patent medicine
  • pharmaceutical
  • physic
  • pill
  • potion
  • poultice
  • prescription
  • prescription drug
  • purgative
  • remedy
  • salve
  • serum
  • shot
  • sirup
  • specific
  • syrup
  • tablet
  • tincture
  • tonic
  • unguent
  • wonder drug

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