scab

The word “scab” has 1 syllable: scab

It's pronounced as /skæb/

What is synonym and antonym for scab?

In the thesaurus, “scab” has 178 synonyms and 16 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for scab

Antonyms for scab

angel
center
core
gentleman
hero
heroine
idol
inside
interior
lady
middle
perfection
role model
saint
strength
whole

Meanings of scab

noun
1. An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.
2. The scabies.
3. The mange, especially when it appears on sheep.
4. Any of several different diseases of potatoes producing pits and other damage on their surface, caused by streptomyces bacteria (but formerly believed to be caused by a fungus).
5. Common scab, a relatively harmless variety of scab (potato disease) caused by Streptomyces scabies.
6. Any one of various more or less destructive fungal diseases that attack cultivated plants, forming dark-colored crustlike spots.
7. (founding) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.
8. A mean, dirty, paltry fellow.
9. A worker who acts against trade union policies, especially a strikebreaker.
verb
1. To become covered by a scab or scabs.
2. To form into scabs and be shed, as damaged or diseased skin.
3. To remove part of a surface (from).
4. To act as a strikebreaker.
5. To beg (for), to cadge or bum.

Example Sentences

He accidentally scraped his knee, and a scab formed over the wound.
The doctor advised not to pick at the scab to prevent infection.
She noticed a scab on her elbow after falling off her bike.
The workers called him a scab for crossing the picket line during the strike.
Over time, the scab fell off, revealing healthy new skin beneath.

On this page you'll find 194 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to scab, such as: airhead, angel, band, barbarian, bastard, beast, birdbrain.

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