raw

The word “raw” has 1 syllable: raw

It's pronounced as /rɔː/

What is synonym and antonym for raw?

In the thesaurus, “raw” has 236 synonyms and 96 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for raw

abandoned
abraded
adolescent
altogether
arctic
au naturel
babyish
barbaric
bare
bareness
basic
birthday suit
biting
bitter
bleak
blistered
bloody
blowy
blustering
blustery
bottomless
bottomlessness
boyish
bracing
breezy
brisk
bruised
buff
callow
caustic
chafed
childish
chill
chilling
chilly
cloudy
coarse
cold
coolish
corrosive
crass
crisp
crude
cut
cutting
damp
denuded
dirty
disrobed
dressed
fibrous
filthy
foggy
foul
freezing
fresh
frigid
frore
frosted
frosty
frozen
galled
girlish
glacial
grazed
green
gross
gusty
half-baked
hard
hazy
hog wild
ice-cold
iced
icy
ignorant
immature
impure
in the altogether
in the buff
in the nude
in the raw
in the rough
inclement
indecent
inelegant
inexperienced
infantile
infantilized
infantine
ingenuous
innocent
intemperate
invigorating
juvenescent
juvenile
keen
kiddish
low
maidenly
mean
misty
mother-naked
murky
naive
naked
nakedness
nasty
native
natural
naturism
needlelike
new
nipping
nippy
nude
nudism
nudity
numbing
obscene
open
organic
overcast
pared
peeled
penetrating
piercing
polar
pornographic
prickly
puerile
rainy
rampant
rank
rare
refrigerated
rigorous
riotous
rough
rough-hewn
rude
runaway
scraped
scratched
semifinished
seminude
sensitive
sharp
shivery
shrewd
skinned
smarting
smutty
snappy
snowy
sore
soupy
squally
stark naked
starkers
stinging
stormy
stripped
subfreezing
subzero
sunless
tempestuous
tender
tingling
topless
toplessness
turbulent
unbaked
unbounded
unbridled
unchecked
unclad
unclothed
uncontrollable
uncontrolled
unconversant
uncooked
uncouth
undercooked
underdone
undeveloped
undisciplined
undressed
unfashioned
unfiltered
unfinished
unfledged
unformed
unfried
ungovernable
ungraded
unhampered
unheated
unhindered
uninhibited
unknowing
unpasteurized
unpolished
unpracticed
unprepared
unprocessed
unrefined
unrestrained
unripe
unripened
unscrupulous
unseasoned
unskilled
unsophisticated
unsorted
unstained
untaught
untrained
untreated
untried
unveiled
unversed
virginal
wet
wet behind the ears
wild
wind-swept
windblown
windswept
windy
wintery
wintry
wounded
young
youngish
youthful

Antonyms for raw

adult
advanced
appareled
apparelled
arrayed
attired
baked
balmy
boiled
braised
bridled
bright
broiled
burned
burnt
calm
caparisoned
charred
checked
clad
clean
clear
clement
clothed
cloudless
constrained
controlled
cooked
covered
curbed
decent
done
dressed
experienced
fair
filtered
fried
garbed
gentle
good
governed
grilled
grown-up
halcyon
hampered
healed
healthy
heated
hindered
hot
invested
knowing
lukewarm
mature
mild
moderate
moral
nice
old
overdone
peaceful
placid
pleasant
polished
polite
precocious
processed
pure
purified
rainless
refined
restrained
ripe
roasted
robed
sauteed
savvy
scorched
serene
soothing
sophisticated
suited
sunny
sunshiny
temperate
tempered
tepid
treated
unclouded
veiled
vested
warm
warmed
well-done
worldly
worldly-wise

Meanings of raw

noun
1. (sugar refining, sugar trade) An unprocessed sugar; a batch of such.
2. A galled place; an inveterate sore.
3. (by extension) A point about which a person is particularly sensitive.
4. A recording or rip of a show that has not been fansubbed.
5. A scan that has not been cleaned (purged of blemishes arising from the scanning process) and has not been scanlated.
adjective
1. (of food) Not cooked.
2. (of materials, products, etc.) Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed.
3. Having had the skin removed or abraded; chafed, tender; exposed, lacerated.
4. New or inexperienced.
5. Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated.
6. (of data) Uncorrected, without analysis.
7. (of weather) Unpleasantly cold or damp.
8. (of an emotion, personality, etc.) Unmasked, undisguised, strongly expressed.
9. Candid in a representation of unpleasant facts, conditions, etc.
10. (of language) Unrefined, crude, or insensitive, especially with reference to sexual matters.
11. Not covered; bare; bald.
adverb
1. Without a condom.

Example Sentences

She preferred her vegetables raw for a healthier meal.
The raw power of the engine amazed everyone at the race.
His emotions were still raw after the intense argument.
The chef prepared a dish featuring raw fish, a delicacy in many cultures.
The raw beauty of the untouched forest left the hikers in awe.

On this page you'll find 332 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to raw, such as: abandoned, abraded, adolescent, adult, advanced, altogether, appareled.

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