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paper
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
paper • verb paper the walls synonyms : wallpaper, line, hang wallpaper on, decorate. phrase: paper over paper over the firm's difficulties synonyms : hide, conceal, draw a veil over, disguise, camouflage, cover up, gloss over, whitewash.
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red
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
red • adjective 1. red dresses/wallpaper/flowers synonyms : reddish, crimson, scarlet, vermilion, cherry, ruby, cardinal, carmine, ruby-colored, maroon, wine...
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decorate
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...enhance, grace, prettify; festoon, garland, bedeck. 2. he started to decorate his home synonyms : paint, wallpaper, paper; refurbish, furbish, renovate, redecorate; informal do up, spruce up, do over, fix up, give something a facelift...
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snip
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...off. • noun 1. make snips along the edge synonyms : cut, slit, nick, notch, incision. 2. snips of wallpaper synonyms : scrap, snippet, cutting, shred, remnant, fragment, sliver, bit, piece.
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paste
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...noun 1. blend the ingredients to a paste synonyms : purée, pulp, mush, mash, blend. 2. wallpaper paste synonyms : adhesive, glue, gum, fixative, mucilage. • verb a notice was pasted on the door...
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loud
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
...vociferous, clamorous, insistent, vehement, emphatic, urgent, importunate, demanding. 5. loud colors/wallpaper synonyms : garish, gaudy, flashy, bold, flamboyant, lurid, glaring, showy, obtrusive, vulgar, tawdry, tasteless...
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pattern
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
pattern • noun 1. the pattern on the wallpaper synonyms : design, decoration, motif, marking, ornament, ornamentation. See table. 2. the patterns of ant behavior...
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peel
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...to peel the veneer synonyms : trim (off), peel off, pare, strip (off), shave (off), remove. 3. the wallpaper was peeling synonyms : flake (off), peel off, come off in layers/strips. • noun orange peel synonyms...
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jarring
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
jarring • adjective the striped wallpaper and plaid curtains make a jarring combination | the portrait of his dead children was a jarring reminder of his drunken driving...
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tinge
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
tinge • noun 1. a tinge of silver in the wallpaper synonyms : color, tint, shade, tone, tincture, cast, dye, stain, wash. 2. a tinge of sadness in her attitude...
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