leaf

The word “leaf” has 1 syllable: leaf

It's pronounced as /lif/


What is synonym and antonym for leaf?

In the thesaurus, “leaf” has 37 synonyms and 1 antonym.

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


Synonyms for leaf

Antonyms for leaf

  • study

Meanings of leaf

  • noun
    1. The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
    2. Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
    3. A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
    4. A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
    5. (in the plural) Tea leaves.
    6. A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
    7. A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.
    8. A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
    9. In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
    10. The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.
    11. One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
    12. Marijuana.
    13. (4chan) A Canadian person.
  • verb
    1. To produce leaves; put forth foliage.
    2. To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves.

Example Sentences

  • A single leaf fell gently from the tree.
  • The green leaf turned bright red in the fall.
  • She pressed a leaf between the pages of her book as a keepsake.
  • The leaf of the plant was covered with morning dew.
  • Each leaf plays an important role in photosynthesis.

On this page you'll find 38 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to leaf, such as: blade, bract, browse, chip, dip, dip into, flag.

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

Related Words

page

  • agent
  • ambassador
  • announce
  • ask
  • assemble
  • attendant
  • bearer
  • beckon
  • beep
  • bellhop
  • bid
  • buzz
  • call
  • call out
  • call the name of
  • call up
  • carrier
  • check
  • cite
  • command
  • convene
  • convoke
  • count
  • courier
  • delegate
  • deliveryman
  • demand
  • deputy
  • emissary
  • envoy
  • equerry
  • errand runner
  • express
  • foliate
  • folio
  • forerunner
  • go-between
  • hail
  • harbinger
  • herald
  • hunt for
  • invite
  • invoke
  • knell
  • leaf
  • letter carrier
  • mail carrier
  • mailman
  • messenger
  • muster
  • number
  • order
  • paginate
  • preconize
  • recto
  • representative
  • request
  • requisition
  • ring
  • runner
  • seek
  • send for
  • servant
  • side
  • signature
  • subpoena
  • summon
  • surface
  • verso
  • whistle
  • youth

lamella

  • cell
  • chip
  • coat
  • disc
  • disk
  • drop
  • flake
  • foil
  • lamina
  • layer
  • leaf
  • membrane
  • pellicle
  • plane
  • plate
  • print
  • scab
  • scale
  • section
  • shaving
  • sheet
  • skin
  • slab
  • slice
  • sliver
  • spangle
  • splint
  • splinter
  • stratum
  • wafer

lamina

  • bark
  • carapace
  • case
  • casing
  • chip
  • coating
  • crust
  • cutis
  • derma
  • dermis
  • epidermis
  • fell
  • film
  • flake
  • fur
  • hide
  • hull
  • husk
  • integument
  • jacket
  • lamella
  • leaf
  • membrane
  • outside
  • parchment
  • peel
  • pelt
  • plate
  • rind
  • scale
  • sheath
  • sheathing
  • sheet
  • shell
  • shuck
  • slice
  • sliver
  • slough
  • splint
  • splinter
  • surface
  • tegument
  • vellum

effloresce

  • bloom
  • blossom
  • blow
  • bourgeon
  • bud
  • burgeon
  • flourish
  • flower
  • leaf
  • leave
  • open
  • unfold

veneer

  • appearance
  • blanch
  • bob
  • bone
  • brighten
  • buff
  • burnish
  • charade
  • coat
  • coating
  • cotton candy
  • cover
  • covering
  • disguise
  • dress
  • extenuate
  • exterior
  • facade
  • face
  • facing
  • fig leaf
  • file
  • finish
  • fluff
  • front
  • furbish
  • glaze
  • gloss
  • grind
  • guise
  • japan
  • lacquer
  • lap
  • layer
  • leaf
  • mask
  • masquerade
  • outside
  • overlay
  • palliate
  • plate
  • polish
  • pose
  • rasp
  • rub
  • sand
  • sandblast
  • sandpaper
  • scour
  • scrape
  • scrub
  • semblance
  • shell
  • shellac
  • shine
  • show
  • skin
  • sleek
  • slick
  • smooth
  • smoothen
  • sugarcoat
  • surface
  • tinsel
  • top
  • varnish
  • whiten
  • whitewash
  • window dressing

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