What are the opposite words for strip?
Strip, as a verb, has multiple antonyms depending on the context. In the sense of clothing, the antonyms are dress and outfit. To put on clothes instead of removing them would be the opposite of stripping. In the context of decorating or adding, the antonyms for strip are put on and apply. One example is to add wallpaper instead of stripping it. In terms of taking away, some antonyms for strip are add, restore or replenish. For example, to replenish the soil with nutrients would be the opposite of stripping nutrients away. Hence, antonyms can bring a different perspective to the same word about its opposite meaning entirely.
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- cover
- paper
- smooth
- coat
- daub
- face
- garnish
- gild
- glaze
- gloss
- overlay
- paint
- palliate
- rub
- varnish
- pave
- cover with layer of material
- coat; make dirty
- laminate
- put paint or finish on
- embellish, improve
- embellish, decorate
- varnish, lacquer
- cover with veneer
- border, mark
- apply colored tint, often to make design
- gloss over; cover up
- line with material
- cover with asphalt, concrete
- stroke, massage
- make level
- bare, uncover
- cover, overlay
- cover up the truth
- thin piece of material
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- cover
- paper
- smooth
- coat
-
daub
- begrime,
- begrimed,
- slap on,
- Begriming,
- grimed,
- griming,
- be grime,
- be grimed,
- be grimes,
- be griming,
- be smear,
- be smeared,
- be smearing,
- be smears,
- be spray,
- be sprayed,
- be spraying,
- be sprays,
- be-grime,
- be-grimed,
- be-grimes,
- be-griming,
- be-smear,
- be-smeared,
- be-smearing,
- be-smears,
- be-spray,
- be-sprayed,
- be-spraying,
- be-sprays,
- begrimes,
- bespray,
- besprayed,
- bespraying,
- besprays,
- de face,
- de faced,
- de faces,
- de facing,
- de-face,
- de-faced,
- de-faces,
- de-facing,
- slapped on,
- slapping on.
-
face
- cladding,
- refinish,
- shingles,
- shingling,
- Shingled,
- Sided,
- CLADS,
- refinishing,
- refinishes,
- re decorate,
- re decorated,
- re finish,
- re finished,
- re finishes,
- re finishing,
- re model,
- re modeled,
- re modelled,
- re modelling,
- re models,
- re-decorate,
- re-decorated,
- re-decorates,
- re-decorating,
- re-finish,
- re-finishes,
- re-model,
- re-modeled,
- re-modeling,
- re-modelled,
- re-models.
- garnish
- gild
- glaze
-
gloss
- smooth over,
- whiting,
- Lacquered,
- Lacquering,
- Whites,
- cover up,
- covered up,
- covering up,
- covers up,
- be lied,
- be lying,
- be-lied,
- be-lying,
- deaconed,
- deaconing,
- dis guise,
- dis guised,
- dis guises,
- dis guising,
- dis-guise,
- dis-guised,
- dis-guises,
- dis-guising,
- ex plain,
- ex plained,
- ex plaining,
- ex plains,
- ex-plain,
- ex-plained,
- ex-plaining,
- ex-plains,
- mis represent,
- mis represented,
- mis representing,
- mis represents,
- mis-represent,
- mis-represented,
- mis-representing,
- mis-represents,
- smoothing over,
- smooths over,
- softpedal.
- overlay
-
paint
- fresco,
- gloss over,
- slather,
- Frescos,
- Frescoed,
- Frescoing,
- Re-present,
- slathering,
- slathered,
- slathers,
- glossed over,
- catch a likeness,
- catch likeness,
- catches a likeness,
- catches likeness,
- catching a likeness,
- catching likeness,
- caught a likeness,
- caught likeness,
- co loring,
- co-loring,
- de pict,
- de picts,
- de sign,
- de signed,
- de signing,
- de signs,
- de-pict,
- de-picts,
- de-sign,
- de-signed,
- de-signing,
- de-signs,
- glosses over,
- glossing over,
- put coats,
- put on coats,
- puts coats,
- puts on coats,
- putting coats,
- putting on coats,
- re present,
- re presented,
- re presenting,
- re presents,
- re-presented,
- re-presenting,
- re-presents.
-
palliate
- prettify,
- Glozed,
- Glozing,
- Gloze,
- prettified,
- prettifying,
- prettifies,
- apologize for,
- make light of,
- apologized for,
- apologizes for,
- apologizing for,
- glozes,
- made light of,
- makes light of,
- making light of,
- put a band aid,
- put a band-aid,
- put a bandaid,
- put band aid,
- put bandaid,
- put on a band aid,
- put on a bandaid,
- put on band aid,
- put on band-aid,
- put on bandaid,
- puts a band aid,
- puts a band-aid,
- puts a bandaid,
- puts band aid,
- puts band-aid,
- puts bandaid,
- puts on a band-aid,
- puts on a bandaid,
- puts on band aid,
- puts on band-aid,
- puts on bandaid,
- putting a band aid,
- putting a band-aid,
- putting a bandaid,
- putting band aid,
- putting bandaid,
- putting on a band aid,
- putting on a band-aid,
- putting on a bandaid,
- putting on band aid,
- putting on band-aid,
- putting on bandaid,
- quick fixed,
- quick fixing,
- quick fixt.
- rub
- varnish
-
pave
- cobblestone,
- cobblestoned,
- flagstone,
- graveled,
- macadamize,
- macadamized,
- tar,
- tiled,
- tiling,
- Bricked,
- Bricking,
- Gravelled,
- Graveling,
- Gravelling,
- Macadamizing,
- Tarred,
- Tarring,
- Tars,
- macadamizes,
- cobblestones,
- flagstones,
- lay asphalt,
- lay concrete,
- cobblestoning,
- flagstoned,
- flagstoning,
- laid asphalt,
- laid concrete,
- laying asphalt,
- laying concrete,
- lays asphalt,
- lays concrete.
-
cover with layer of material
- coat.
-
coat; make dirty
- daub.
- laminate
-
put paint or finish on
- face.
- embellish, improve
-
embellish, decorate
- gild.
- varnish, lacquer
- cover with veneer
-
border, mark
- line.
- apply colored tint, often to make design
- gloss over; cover up
- line with material
-
cover with asphalt, concrete
- pave.
-
stroke, massage
- rub.
- make level
- bare, uncover
- cover, overlay
- cover up the truth
- thin piece of material
-
Other relevant words
- enclothe,
- accoutre,
- apply,
- beautify,
- bedeck,
- bedizen,
- blazon,
- bless,
- bower,
- circumfuse,
- clad,
- decorate,
- do up,
- doll up,
- don,
- drape,
- dress up,
- embellish,
- emboss,
- embower,
- embrace,
- encompass,
- endue,
- enrich,
- enrobe,
- enshroud,
- enwrap,
- equip,
- fancy up,
- furnish,
- garment,
- get dressed,
- gussy up,
- habilitate,
- inculcate,
- infuse,
- inoculate,
- invest,
- involve,
- muffle,
- sheathe,
- suffuse,
- swathe,
- tog,
- wrap,
- Emblaze,
- Embosom,
- Enswathe,
- lay on,
- fancify,
- tog.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
waterlogging
- Antonyms:
- dry, pass up, underwhelm.
