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

Need another word that means the same as “crinkle”? Find 27 synonyms for “crinkle” in this overview.

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Crinkle as a Noun
Definitions of "Crinkle" as a noun
Synonyms of "Crinkle" as a noun (13 Words)
Usage Examples of "Crinkle" as a noun
Crinkle as a Verb
Definitions of "Crinkle" as a verb
Synonyms of "Crinkle" as a verb (14 Words)
Usage Examples of "Crinkle" as a verb

The synonyms of “Crinkle” are: crease, crumple, rumple, wrinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, pucker, furrow, line, corrugate, crimp, ruck up, seam, fold, gather, ridge, corrugation, groove

Crinkle as a Noun

Definitions of "Crinkle" as a noun

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

A slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface.
A wrinkle or crease on the surface of something.
A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface.

Synonyms of "Crinkle" as a noun (13 Words)

corrugation	The act of shaping into parallel ridges and grooves.
crease	Any of a number of lines marked on the pitch at specified places. A crease* in his trousers.*
crumple	A crushed fold, crease, or wrinkle.
fold	A piece of paper or cloth that has been folded. A fold* of paper slipped out of the diary.*
furrow	A slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface. There were deep furrows in his brow.
gather	A part of a garment that is gathered.
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.
line	Space for one line of print one column wide and 1 14 inch deep used to measure advertising. Each stanza has eight lines.
pucker	A tightly gathered wrinkle or small fold. A pucker* between his eyebrows.*
ridge	A raised strip of arable land, especially (in medieval fields) one of a set separated by furrows. A high pressure ridge* helping to steer cyclones further south.*
rumple	An untidy state. She left her clothes in a rumple* on the floor.*
seam	A trace or presence of something. The buried forests became seams of coal.
wrinkle	A slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface. Ironing gets rid of most wrinkles.

Usage Examples of "Crinkle" as a noun

There was a crinkle of suspicion on her forehead.

Crinkle as a Verb

Definitions of "Crinkle" as a verb

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

Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased.
Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in.
Form into small surface creases or wrinkles.
Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic.

Synonyms of "Crinkle" as a verb (14 Words)

corrugate	Fold into ridges. Micky s brow corrugated in a simian frown.
crease	Make wrinkled or creased. Jo could imitate anybody and always made him crease* up.*
crimp	Curl tightly. Crimp hair.
crisp	Of food develop a crisp surface in an oven or under a grill. There is a cooling breeze which crisps the broad clear river.
crumple	Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased. The child s face crumpled and he began to howl.
furrow	Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove. Furrow one s brow.
line	Mark with lines. Line a chimney.
pucker	Draw together into folds or puckers. She puckered her lips.
ruck up	Raise.
ruckle	Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp’ is archaic. In the hall the rugs were ruckled up as if someone had been in a hurry to get out.
rumple	Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased. Careful you ll rumple* my outfit.*
scrunch	Make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants. Their faces scrunch* up with concentration.*
scrunch up	Raise.
wrinkle	Gather or contract into wrinkles or folds pucker. He sniffed and wrinkled his nose.