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