Synonyms for scratch
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- mark
- cut
- score
- damage
- grate
- graze
- etch
- lacerate
- incise
- make a mark on
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- cut
- skin
- wound
- rub
- bark
- scrape
- graze
- rasp
- chafe
- lacerate
- abrade
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- mark
- scrape
- graze
- blemish
- gash
- laceration
- claw mark
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- cut
- wound
- scrape
- graze
- abrasion
- laceration
scratch about or round
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- search (about or around)
- hunt (about or around)
- scrabble (about or around)
- rummage (about or around)
- forage (about or around)
- fossick (about or around)
- root about or around
- ferret about or around
- cast about or around
- poke about or around
- nose about or around
scratch something out
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- erase
- eliminate
- delete
- cancel
- strike off
- annul
- cross out
up to scratch
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- adequate
- acceptable
- satisfactory
- capable
- sufficient
- competent
- up to standard
- up to snuff
Synonyms for scratch
to bring or come into abrasive contact, often with a harsh grating sound
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to remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean
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- annul
- blot
- cancel
- cross
- delete
- efface
- erase
- expunge
- obliterate
- rub
- strike
- undo
- wipe
- x
- vacate
to decide not to go ahead with (something previously arranged)
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an incision, a notch, or a slight cut made with or as if with a knife
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something, such as coins or printed bills, used as a medium of exchange
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- cash
- currency
- lucre
- money
- wampum
- bread
- cabbage
- dough
- gelt
- green
- jack
- lettuce
- long green
- mazuma
- moola
- brass
Synonyms for scratch
an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
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- abrasion
- excoriation
- scrape
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- graze
- rope burn
- wound
- lesion
a depression scratched or carved into a surface
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- imprint
- impression
- depression
- scotch
- score
informal terms for money
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- boodle
- clams
- dinero
- gelt
- kale
- lettuce
- lolly
- lucre
- moolah
- pelf
- shekels
- simoleons
- wampum
- loot
- dough
- bread
- cabbage
- sugar
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a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
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- challenger
- competitor
- contender
- rival
- competition
a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
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- scratch line
- starting line
- start
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dry mash for poultry
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a harsh noise made by scraping
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- scrape
- scratching
- scraping
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poor handwriting
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- cacography
- scrawl
- scribble
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- handwriting
- script
- hand
- chicken scratch
- squiggle
(golf) a handicap of zero strokes
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an indication of damage
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cause friction
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- adjoin
- contact
- touch
- meet
cut the surface of
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- claw
- scuff
- incise
- scratch out
- cut out
scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
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postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
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remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
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gather (money or other resources) together over time
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- nickel-and-dime
- collect
- compile
- accumulate
- amass
- roll up
- hoard
- pile up
carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
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- chip at
- carve
- engrave
- etch
- character
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- frock coat
- Froebel
- Froelichia
- frog
- frog kick
- frog legs
- frog orchid
- frogbit
- frogbit family
- frogfish
- froghopper
- frogman
- frogmarch
- frogmouth
- frog’s lettuce
- frog’s-bit
- frog’s-bit family
- frolic
- frolicky
- frolicsome
- frolicsomeness
- from each one
- from head to toe
- from nowhere
- from pillar to post
- from scratch
- from time to time
- from way back
- Fromental Halevy
- frond
- front
- front bench
- front burner
- front crawl
- front door
- front end
- front entrance
- front line
- front man
- front matter
- front porch
- front projector
- front room
- front tooth
- front yard
- frontage
- frontage road
- frontal
- frontal bone
- frontal cortex
- frontal eminence
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- From Origin of Business
- From Our Own Correspondent
- from our perspective
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- From Outer Space
- from overseas
- From Paris With Love
- From Parts Unknown
- From Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- from perspective
- From Pieces to Weight
- from pillar to post
- from pillar to post
- from pillar to post
- from pillar to post
- from pillar to post
- from point of view
- From Prada to Nada
- from rags to riches
- from rags to riches
- from rags to riches
- from rags to riches
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- From Reality to Fiction A Farewell to Arms
- From Reality to Fiction A Farewell to Arms
- From Reality to Fiction A Farewell to Arms
- From Receipt of Order
- From Revolution to Reconstruction
- From Ritual to Romance
- From Russia with Love
- from scratch
- From Sea to Shining Sea
- From Segregation to Civil Rights
- from side to side
- from soda to hock
- from somebody’s perspective
- from somebody’s point of view
- from someone’s perspective
- from someone’s point of view
- From Somewhere Else
- From Sound to Image
- From Sound to Image
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- From Soup to Nuts
- from start to finish
- from start to finish
- from start to finish
- from stem to stern
- from stem to stern
- from stem to stern
- from stem to stern
- From Takers to Creators of Jobs
- From Teesside With Love
- from that day forth
- from that day/time forth
- from that time forth
- from the
- from the 4 corners of the earth
- From the Article
- from the bottom of (one’s) heart
- from the bottom of heart
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Synonyms for from scratch in Free Thesaurus. Antonyms for from scratch. 161 synonyms for scratch: rub, scrape, claw at, mark, cut, score, damage, grate, graze, etch, lacerate, incise, make a mark on, cut, skin, wound, rub, bark…. What are synonyms for from scratch?
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scratch
See definition of scratch
1 ‘take care not to scratch the surface on plastic baths’
2 ‘thorns scratched her tender skin’
3 ‘he scratched the back of his neck’
4 ‘many names had been scratched out or overwritten’
5 ‘due to a knee injury she was forced to scratch from the race’
1 ‘he had two scratches on his cheek’
2 ‘there was a large dent in the panel and a scratch in the paint’
Phrases
‘the authority had scratched around for every spare penny over the years’
‘the workmanship once again is up to scratch’
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