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

Need another word that means the same as “flake”? Find 22 synonyms and 30 related words for “flake” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Flake” are: snowflake, bit, chip, fleck, scrap, eccentric, eccentric person, geek, oddball, sliver, wafer, shaving, paring, peeling, flake off, peel, peel off, scale off, blister, come off, come off in layers

Flake as a Noun

Definitions of "Flake" as a noun

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

• A piece of hard stone chipped off for use as a tool by prehistoric humans.
• An unreliable person.
• A crystal of snow.
• Thin pieces of crushed, dried food or bait for fish.
• A small, flat, very thin piece of something, typically one which has broken away or been peeled off from a larger piece.
• A person with an unusual or odd personality.
• A snowflake.
• A crazy or eccentric person.
• A small fragment of something broken off from the whole.

Synonyms of "Flake" as a noun (14 Words)

bit	The cutting part of a drill usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press. You could see everything All her bits.
chip	The act of chipping something. Mulch the shrubs with cedar chips.
eccentric	A person of a specified kind usually with many eccentricities. A friendly eccentric.
eccentric person	A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities.
fleck	A small particle or speck of something. Brushing a few flecks of dandruff from his suit.
geek	A person with an unusual or odd personality. A computer geek.
oddball	A strange or eccentric person. She was seen as a bit of an oddball.
paring	A thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something. She could peel an apple with a single long paring.
peeling	Loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales.
scrap	A small piece or amount of something, especially one that is left over after the greater part has been used. There was not a scrap left.
shaving	The action of shaving. Shaving foam.
sliver	A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal. There was a sliver of light under his door.
snowflake	A flake of snow, especially a feathery ice crystal, typically displaying delicate sixfold symmetry. These parents think their kid is such a special snowflake that they should be allowed to circumvent the rules.
wafer	A thin disc of unleavened bread used in the Eucharist. Wafers of smoked salmon.

Usage Examples of "Flake" as a noun

• He licked the flakes of croissant off his finger.
• Flake tools.
• The snow was coming down in thick flakes.
• I told my husband she was a flake and she'd never show up.

Flake as a Verb

Definitions of "Flake" as a verb

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

• Lose small fragments from the surface.
• Fail to keep an appointment or fulfil a commitment, especially with little or no advance notice.
• Come off in flakes or thin small pieces.
• (of food) come apart in flakes or thin pieces.
• Form into flakes.
• Cover with flakes or as if with flakes.
• Come or fall away from a surface in flakes.
• Separate (food) into flakes or thin pieces.

Synonyms of "Flake" as a verb (8 Words)

blister	Cause blisters to form on the surface of. Her feet blistered during the long hike.
chip	Play a chip shot. Her tooth chipped.
come off	Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress.
come off in layers	Be found or available.
flake off	Cover with flakes or as if with flakes.
peel	(of an outer layer) come off in strips or small pieces. The paint in my house is peeling off.
peel off	Strip the skin off.
scale off	Take by attacking with scaling ladders.

Usage Examples of "Flake" as a verb

• A real friend won't ever flake on you.
• Flake the fish.
• The substances started to flake.
• Cook until the fish flakes easily.
• My nails have started to flake at the ends.
• The paint had been flaking off for years.
• Twice, you had plans, and both times you flaked.

Associations of "Flake" (30 Words)

artifact	A man-made object taken as a whole.
chip	Play a chip shot. Craftsmen chipped the blocks of flint to the required shape.
clipper	A nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform. A set of hair clippers.
crisp	Of food develop a crisp surface in an oven or under a grill. Crisp potato chips.
crystal	Articles made of crystal glass. Ice crystals formed where his breath froze.
dint	A dent or hollow in a surface. The metal was dull and dinted.
fragment	Break or cause to break into fragments. Nathan remembered fragments of the conversation.
fragmentation	Separating something into fine particles. The fragmentation of society into a collection of interest groups.
gouge	Make a rough hole or indentation in (a surface), especially so as to mar or disfigure it. He d gouged wads out of Morty.
grain	1 7000 pound equals a troy grain or 64 799 milligrams. A grain of sugar.
granule	A tiny grain. Granules of sugar.
grit	Cover with a grit. Layers of impervious shales and grits.
molecule	(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything.
nick	Make a nick or nicks in. He s in the nick.
obsidian	Acid or granitic glass formed by the rapid cooling of lava without crystallization; usually dark, but transparent in thin pieces.
part	Force take or pull apart. In such a place his part is to make good.
pellet	Hit with or as if with pellets. He had also been struck by a number of shotgun pellets.
phial	A small cylindrical glass bottle, typically used for medical samples or for potions or medicines. A phial of blood.
piece	Slowly make sense of something from separate pieces of evidence. Take a car to pieces.
rice	Force cooked potatoes or other vegetables through a sieve or ricer. Riced boiled potatoes.
sand	Smooth or polish with sandpaper or a mechanical sander. No one has the sand to stand against him.
scrap	Discard or remove from service a redundant old or inoperative vehicle vessel or machine especially so as to convert it to scrap metal. There was not a scrap of aggression in him.
secede	Withdraw from an organization or communion. The kingdom of Belgium seceded from the Netherlands in 1830.
shard	A piece of broken ceramic, metal, glass, or rock, typically having sharp edges. Shards of glass flew in all directions.
shred	Reduce documents to unreadable strips by feeding them into a shredder. He really can shred that guitar.
sliver	Break up into splinters or slivers. A sliver of cheese.
snowflake	An overly sensitive or easily offended person, or one who believes they are entitled to special treatment on account of their supposedly unique characteristics. These little snowflakes will soon discover that life doesn t come with trigger warnings.
splinter	Divide into slivers or splinters. He crashed into a fence splintering the wooden barricade.
sterling	British money especially the pound sterling as the basic monetary unit of the UK. This organization does sterling work for youngsters.
thorn	A thorny bush shrub or tree especially a hawthorn. The issue has become a thorn in renewing the peace talks.