hair

The word “hair” has 1 syllable: hair

It's pronounced as /hɛr/

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In the thesaurus, “hair” has 78 synonyms and 5 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for hair

noun
1. A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
2. The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
3. A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
4. A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.
5. A locking spring or other safety device in the lock of a rifle, etc., capable of being released by a slight pressure on a hair-trigger.
6. Haircloth; a hair shirt.
7. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
8. Complexity; difficulty; quality of being hairy.
verb
1. To remove the hair from.
2. To grow hair (where there was a bald spot).
3. To cause to have hair; to provide with hair.
4. To string the bow for a violin.

On this page you'll find 83 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to hair, such as: ace, beard, bit, bristle, cilium, coat, coiffure.

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