CREASE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CREASE?

Need another word that means the same as “crease”? Find 54 synonyms and 30 related words for “crease” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Crease” are: crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle, bend, crimp, flexure, fold, plication, creese, kris, groove, ridge, ruck, pleat, tuck, corrugation, pucker, laughter line, crumple, rumple, graze, rake, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, ruck up, gather, press, iron, put a crease in, entertain, make laugh, delight, divert, gladden, cheer, cheer up, please, charm, tickle, convulse, beguile, enliven, regale

Crease as a Noun

Definitions of "Crease" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “crease” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• Any of a number of lines marked on the pitch at specified places.
• An area around the goal in ice hockey or lacrosse which the players may not enter unless the puck or the ball has already done so.
• A wrinkle or furrow in the skin, especially of the face, caused by age or a particular facial expression.
• A slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface.
• A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface.
• A Malayan dagger with a wavy blade.
• A line or ridge produced on paper or cloth by folding, pressing, or crushing.
• An angular or rounded shape made by folding.
• The position of a batsman during their innings.

Synonyms of "Crease" as a noun (20 Words)

bend	A kind of knot used to join two ropes together or to tie a rope to another object e g a carrick bend. Make a bend in the wire.
corrugation	A ridge on a corrugated surface.
creese	A Malayan dagger with a wavy blade.
crimp	A small connecting piece for crimping wires or lines together. The crimp on take home pay has been even tighter since taxes were raised.
crinkle	A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface. There was a crinkle of suspicion on her forehead.
flexure	The state of being flexed (as of a joint. A flexure of the colon.
fold	A piece of paper or cloth that has been folded. A fold of paper slipped out of the diary.
furrow	A rut, groove, or trail in the ground or another surface. Regular furrows in a ploughed field.
groove	A long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process such as erosion or by a tool as e g a groove in a phonograph record. His thoughts were slipping into a familiar groove.
kris	A Malay or Indonesian dagger with a wavy-edged blade.
laughter line	The activity of laughing; the manifestation of joy or mirth or scorn.
line	Each of usually five horizontal lines forming a stave in musical notation. His entire lineage has been warriors.
pleat	A double or multiple fold in a garment or other item made of cloth, held by stitching the top or side.
plication	A fold or corrugation. A plication on her blouse.
pucker	A tightly gathered wrinkle or small fold. A pucker between his eyebrows.
ridge	A long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean. A path led through the ridges and furrows of fields long left to nature.
ruck	A group of three players who follow the play without fixed positions. Harry squeezed through the ruck to order another pint.
seam	A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface. The track cleaves a seam through corn.
tuck	A narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place. Lenzi nailed a reverse 3 1 2 somersault tuck on his final dive.
wrinkle	A clever innovation, or useful piece of information or advice. Learning the wrinkles from someone more experienced saves time.

Usage Examples of "Crease" as a noun

• He was caught in the crease without the puck.
• Stubble lines the creases of his face.
• England were 15 for 3 overnight, with Stewart and Russell at the crease.
• A crease in his trousers.
• Khaki trousers with knife-edge creases.

Crease as a Verb

Definitions of "Crease" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “crease” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Burst out or cause to burst out laughing.
• (of a bullet) graze (someone or something.
• Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic.
• Make a crease in (cloth or paper.
• Cause a crease to appear temporarily in (the face or its features), typically as a result of the expression of an emotion or feeling.
• Hit or punch (someone) hard.
• Scrape gently.
• Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in.
• Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased.
• Make wrinkled or creased.

Synonyms of "Crease" as a verb (34 Words)

beguile	Attract; cause to be enamored. He beguiled the voters with his good looks.
charm	Induce into action by using one s charm. You re not going to charm me into changing my mind.
cheer	Become cheerful. She cheered from the sidelines.
cheer up	Spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts.
convulse	Make someone convulse with laughter. The muscles in her face convulsed.
crimp	Connect (a wire or cable) by squeezing the end or ends. Crimped blonde hair.
crinkle	Form into small surface creases or wrinkles. Rose s face crinkled in bewilderment.
crisp	Of food develop a crisp surface in an oven or under a grill. Open the foil so that the bread browns and crisps.
crumple	Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased. Her composure crumpled.
delight	Take delight in. He delights in his granddaughter.
divert	Send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one. Although the audience members were diverted by this new symphony critics disliked it.
enliven	Make (something) more entertaining, interesting, or appealing. The wartime routine was enlivened by a series of concerts.
entertain	Provide entertainment for. Entertain interesting notions.
fold	Confine in a fold like sheep. The sofa folds out.
furrow	Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove. His brows furrowed in concentration.
gather	Collect or gather. Information that we have gathered about people.
gladden	Make glad. The high childish laugh was a sound that gladdened her heart.
graze	Scrape gently. Shepherds who grazed animals on common land.
iron	Press and smooth with a heated iron. She stood there ironing.
line	Mark with lines. Trees line the riverbank.
make laugh	Favor the development of.
please	It is someone’s choice to do something. Instead of attending the meeting it pleased him to go off hunting.
press	Press from a plastic. I m terribly pressed for time.
pucker	Draw together into folds or puckers. Her lips puckered.
put a crease in	Cause (someone) to undergo something.
rake	Draw together with a rake or similar implement. In the early morning squads of workers rake the beach.
regale	Entertain or amuse (someone) with talk. He regaled her with a colourful account of that afternoon s meeting.
ruck up	Raise.
ruckle	Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp’ is archaic. Start stitching from the same side or the fabric will pull and ruckle up on the front.
rumple	Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased. Careful you ll rumple my outfit.
scrunch	Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in. Mist with water and scrunch into shape.
scrunch up	Raise.
tickle	Lightly touch or prod (a person or a part of the body) in a way that causes mild discomfort or itching and often laughter. Here are a couple of anecdotes that might tickle your fancy.
wrinkle	Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased. This fabric won t wrinkle.

Usage Examples of "Crease" as a verb

• A bullet creased his thigh.
• He sank into the chair, careful not to crease his dinner jacket.
• Crease the paper like this to make a crane.
• Clap or I'll crease you.
• Jo could imitate anybody and always made him crease up.
• A small frown creased her forehead.

Associations of "Crease" (30 Words)

bend	Bend one s back forward from the waist on down. We cannot bend the rules even for Darren.
clothes	Bedclothes. Rosie got into bed and pulled the clothes up to her nose.
collapse	Collapse due to fatigue an illness or a sudden attack. Many people tend to collapse the distinction between the two concepts.
corset	Dress with a corset.
crumple	Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased. He crumpled up the paper bag.
fray	A noisy fight. As the temperature rose tempers frayed.
garment	Provide with clothes or put clothes on. Garments of the finest silk.
hem	Fold over and sew together to provide with a hem. She took up the hem.
hoop	Bind or encircle with or as with hoops. A pair of plain gold hoops.
lace	Fasten or tighten a shoe or garment by tying the laces. His generals were covered with gold lace.
line	Make a mark or lines on a surface. You must wait in a long line at the checkout counter.
messy	(of a situation) confused and difficult to deal with. A child s messy eating habits.
plaid	A cloth having a crisscross design. A plaid shawl.
pleat	Pleat or gather into a ruffle. She was absently pleating her skirt between her fingers.
pucker	Draw together into folds or puckers. The baby stirred puckering up its face.
purse	A sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse. The purse barely covered the winner s expenses.
ripple	A thing resembling a ripple or ripples in appearance or movement. A ripple of laughter ran around the room.
ruffle	Pleat or gather into a ruffle. The bird ruffled its feathers.
rumple	Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased. She left her clothes in a rumple on the floor.
seam	Sew the seam of or join with a seam. Sunderland have a rich seam of experienced players.
shrivel	Decrease in size, range, or extent. As American interest shrivelled so did the government s.
skirt	An edge, border, or extreme part. He did not go through the city but skirted it.
stitch	Make mend or join something with stitches. Hand stitched dresses.
strut	Brace something with a strut or struts. A spindly framework of long slender struts girders and bracing wire.
tangle	A twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven. A tangle of government regulations.
tuck	Make a tuck or several folds in. The colonel was coming toward her his gun tucked under his arm.
undulate	Have a smoothly rising and falling form or outline. The landscape rolled and undulated for miles in every direction.
waistline	The measurement around a person’s body at the waist. Eliminating inches from the waistline.
wizened	Shrivelled or wrinkled with age. A wizened little man with frizzy grey hair.
wrinkle	Grimace and cause wrinkles on a part of the face. This fabric won t wrinkle.