223 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ skˈa͡ʊ͡əɹɪŋ], [ skˈa‍ʊ‍əɹɪŋ], [ s_k_ˈaʊə_ɹ_ɪ_ŋ]

Similar words for scouring:

• act (noun)
• cleaning (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• rub (noun)
• searching (verb)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

Paraphrases for scouring

Homophones for scouring

Hyponyms for scouring

Synonyms for Scouring:

• n.

  • act (noun)
  • scouring.
  • cleaning (noun)
  • disinfection,
  • Shampooing,
  • antisepsis,
  • Sweepings.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • hunting,
  • search,
  • hunt,
  • raspings,
  • brushings,
  • cleansing,
  • grindings,
  • cleanup,
  • rub,
  • cleaning,
  • scrapings,
  • scourings.
  • rub (noun)
  • strokings,
  • kneadings,
  • smoothings.

• v.

  • searching (verb)
  • probing,
  • rifling,
  • foraging,
  • looking for,
  • winnowing,
  • seeking,
  • Rummaging,
  • sifting,
  • combing,
  • searching,
  • peeking,
  • prying,
  • Peering.

• Other synonyms:

  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • perusal,
  • douche,
  • Raking,
  • stump,
  • grinding,
  • garbage,
  • sponge,
  • ruins,
  • scraping,
  • inquiry,
  • Currying,
  • holdover,
  • chaparral,
  • scrap iron,
  • Eliminating,
  • filing,
  • dressing,
  • chafe,
  • clearing,
  • galling,
  • purging,
  • Douching,
  • bath,
  • rump,
  • remains,
  • laundering,
  • Filings,
  • sweeping,
  • wash,
  • straw,
  • scrubbing,
  • shavings,
  • chafing,
  • scrub,
  • washup,
  • end,
  • bush,
  • wear,
  • residuum,
  • examination,
  • erasure,
  • analysis,
  • exploration,
  • washing,
  • vestige,
  • scrape,
  • mopping,
  • attrition,
  • leveling,
  • Levelling,
  • Draff,
  • rubbish,
  • bathing,
  • chaff,
  • dust,
  • Sponging,
  • rub down,
  • dishwater,
  • slag,
  • scuff,
  • study,
  • Lathering,
  • scratch,
  • potsherds,
  • slop,
  • spotting,
  • gash,
  • Excavating,
  • slops,
  • enquiry,
  • shadow,
  • trace,
  • scrutiny,
  • evening,
  • Brightening,
  • Furbishing,
  • ablution,
  • remnant,
  • swill,
  • relics,
  • afterglow,
  • scratching,
  • scour,
  • tub,
  • Deadwood,
  • Fretting,
  • Reddening,
  • fossil,
  • Leavings,
  • scum,
  • shampoo,
  • balance,
  • flushing out,
  • shine,
  • hogwash,
  • Abrading,
  • waste,
  • Limation,
  • enema,
  • candle ends,
  • afterimage,
  • shower,
  • refuse,
  • stubble,
  • rasping,
  • irrigation,
  • Orts,
  • husks,
  • butt,
  • rag,
  • detrition,
  • abrasive,
  • polishing,
  • wastepaper,
  • survival,
  • leftovers,
  • erosion,
  • scavenging,
  • Wiping,
  • Fulling,
  • Elutriation,
  • rest,
  • rinse,
  • blushing,
  • Laving,
  • brush,
  • lavabo,
  • Stubbing,
  • inspection,
  • Fraying,
  • Flushing,
  • grazing,
  • rubbing,
  • sawdust,
  • bones,
  • debris,
  • ablutions,
  • ransacking,
  • Ort,
  • scanning,
  • elution,
  • shards,
  • tares,
  • lavage,
  • cleaning out,
  • offscourings,
  • Grubbing,
  • undergrowth,
  • probe,
  • Soaping,
  • rags,
  • scraps,
  • lees,
  • residue,
  • wearing away,
  • lavation,
  • roach,
  • Exploring,
  • Burnishing,
  • odds and ends,
  • waste matter,
  • Buffing,
  • purifying,
  • Tubbing,
  • slack,
  • researching,
  • sandblasting,
  • sponge bath,
  • rinsing,
  • offal,
  • culm,
  • dregs,
  • washout,
  • scouting,
  • flush,
  • detritus,
  • Pickling,
  • wastage,
  • shrub,
  • mopping up,
  • ablation,
  • Sanding,
  • parings,
  • weeds,
  • swabbing,
  • shining,
  • remainder,
  • Smoothing,
  • abrasion,
  • Skinning.

Paraphrases for Scouring:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, plural
    scour.

• Independent

  • Noun, plural
    washouts.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    deepening, stripping, touring, wandering, widening, Frequenting, Patrolling, Pickling, Roaming, undermining, degreasing.

Homophones for Scouring:

• scrummage, Saccharum Munja, surmise, sorriness, sermonise, s wrench, scrimmage, scoring, shrink, screwing, Syringa Josikaea, screening, sermonize, scraunch, squareness, screaming, shrinkage, sour mash, screw wrench, scurrying, sureness, secureness, sarong, shrunk, serinus, scrawniness, sour orange, sayornis, scranch, shearing, saccharomyces, scaramouch, sharing, syringa, shrewmouse, scrunch, scrimshaw, swaggering, shirring, sure enough, sourness, souring, shoring, sereness, Syringa Josikea, syrinx, soaring, sour mash whiskey, sorrowing, scaramouche, soreness, schizosaccharomyces, sugariness, scrounge, syringe, square inch, squirming, swearing, serranus, skirmish, sure-enough.

Hyponym for Scouring:

• n.

  • act
    search, hunt, hunting.