laceration

The word “laceration” has 4 syllables: la-cer-a-tion

It's pronounced as /læsəˈreɪʃən/


What is synonym and antonym for laceration?

In the thesaurus, “laceration” has 22 synonyms and 1 antonym.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for laceration along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for laceration

  • abrasion
  • boo-boo
  • crack
  • fracture
  • gash
  • incision
  • injury
  • lesion
  • pierce
  • rent
  • rip
  • rupture
  • score
  • scrape
  • scratch
  • slash
  • slice
  • slit
  • snag
  • stab
  • tear
  • wound

Antonyms for laceration

  • closure

Meanings of laceration

  • noun
    1. An irregular open wound caused by a blunt impact to soft tissue.
    2. The act of lacerating or tearing.

Example Sentences

  • The doctor carefully examined the deep laceration on the patient's arm.
  • The hiker suffered a painful laceration when he slipped on the rocky trail.
  • The sharp blade caused a severe laceration on the chef's finger during food preparation.
  • The accident resulted in a significant laceration on the cyclist's leg.
  • The paramedic quickly attended to the laceration to prevent further bleeding.

On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to laceration, such as: abrasion, boo-boo, closure, crack, fracture, gash, incision.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

damage

  • abrasion
  • abuse
  • accident
  • account
  • adjustment
  • adulteration
  • adversity
  • afflict
  • affliction
  • affront
  • aggrieve
  • amends
  • annihilate
  • ante
  • asking price
  • assessment
  • atonement
  • award
  • bane
  • bang up
  • bash
  • batter
  • beating
  • bill
  • bleach
  • blemish
  • blight
  • bloody
  • blow
  • blow out
  • boo-boo
  • botch
  • break
  • breakage
  • bruise
  • bump
  • burn
  • carrying charge
  • casualty
  • catastrophe
  • cave-in
  • chafe
  • charge
  • check
  • clobber
  • compensation
  • compromise
  • concussion
  • contaminate
  • contamination
  • contuse
  • contusion
  • corrode
  • corrupt
  • corruption
  • cost
  • crab
  • crack
  • crease
  • cripple
  • crippling
  • crush
  • cut
  • dart
  • dash
  • debasement
  • decimate
  • deduction
  • deface
  • defacement
  • defile
  • demolish
  • dent
  • deposit
  • depreciation
  • deprivation
  • desolate
  • destroy
  • destruction
  • deteriorate
  • deterioration
  • detriment
  • devastate
  • devastation
  • ding
  • dint
  • dirty
  • disability
  • disable
  • disablement
  • discolor
  • discount
  • disfigure
  • disfigurement
  • disintegrate
  • dismantle
  • disservice
  • disturbance
  • do in
  • down payment
  • endamage
  • enervate
  • enfeeble
  • erode
  • evil
  • expiation
  • fade
  • fair market value
  • fee
  • figure
  • fine
  • flaw
  • forfeit
  • forfeiture
  • freight
  • gash
  • gnaw
  • gore
  • graze
  • hamstring
  • hardship
  • harm
  • hurt
  • illness
  • impair
  • impairment
  • incapacitate
  • indemnification
  • indemnity
  • indignity
  • infect
  • infliction
  • injure
  • injury
  • injustice
  • insult
  • invoice
  • knockout
  • lacerate
  • laceration
  • lame
  • lay up
  • lesion
  • list price
  • maim
  • maltreat
  • mangle
  • mar
  • markdown
  • market value
  • marring
  • mayhem
  • mischief
  • mishap
  • mulct
  • mutilate
  • mutilation
  • nick
  • offence
  • offense
  • outrage
  • overcharge
  • penalty
  • pollute
  • pollution
  • price
  • price point
  • price tag
  • pulverize
  • punishment
  • punitive damages
  • queer
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  • rate
  • ravage
  • raze
  • recompense
  • recoupment
  • redress
  • reduction
  • refund
  • reimbursement
  • remuneration
  • reparation
  • reparations
  • repayment
  • requital
  • restitution
  • retaliation
  • reverse
  • rot
  • ruin
  • ruining
  • rupture
  • rust
  • sale
  • satisfaction
  • scald
  • scar
  • scathe
  • scorch
  • scour
  • scourge
  • scrape
  • scratch
  • sear
  • service charge
  • service fee
  • settlement
  • shatter
  • smash
  • solatium
  • split
  • spoil
  • spoilage
  • stab
  • stain
  • sticker price
  • strain
  • suffering
  • surcharge
  • swelling
  • tab
  • tamper with
  • tariff
  • tarnish
  • tear
  • tear down
  • torment
  • torture
  • total
  • undermine
  • unit price
  • valuation
  • value
  • vitiate
  • wash out
  • waste
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  • wear away
  • wipe out
  • wound
  • wreak havoc on
  • wreck
  • wreckage
  • wrecking
  • wrong

kerf

  • carving
  • chip
  • chop
  • cleavage
  • cleft
  • dissection
  • fissure
  • furrow
  • gash
  • graze
  • groove
  • hack
  • indent
  • indentation
  • indenture
  • joggle
  • laceration
  • nick
  • nip
  • nock
  • notch
  • opening
  • penetration
  • prick
  • punch
  • rabbet
  • rent
  • rip
  • scarification
  • score
  • section
  • shave
  • slash
  • slit
  • slot
  • snip
  • stab
  • stroke
  • trench
  • trim
  • undercut
  • wound

pain

  • ache
  • advertence
  • advertency
  • afflict
  • affliction
  • aggravation
  • aggrieve
  • agonize
  • agony
  • ail
  • alertness
  • anguish
  • annoy
  • annoyance
  • annoyer
  • anxiety
  • asperity
  • attempt
  • attention
  • backache
  • bellyache
  • bite
  • bitterness
  • bleed
  • bore
  • bother
  • burn
  • care
  • carefulness
  • catch
  • chafe
  • charley horse
  • chasten
  • closeness
  • colic
  • complaint
  • concentration
  • conscientiousness
  • constrain
  • convulse
  • convulsion
  • cramp
  • crick
  • cross
  • crucible
  • cut to the quick
  • damage
  • danger
  • despondency
  • detriment
  • difficulty
  • dint
  • discomfort
  • disquiet
  • distress
  • drag
  • drudgery
  • dutifulness
  • earache
  • effort
  • elbow grease
  • emergency
  • endeavor
  • energy
  • essay
  • exactness
  • exasperate
  • excruciate
  • excruciation
  • exertion
  • expenditure
  • fester
  • fever
  • fling
  • focus
  • force
  • gadfly
  • gall
  • gnawer
  • go
  • grief
  • grieve
  • grind
  • gripe
  • harass
  • harasser
  • hardship
  • harm
  • harrier
  • harrow
  • hassle
  • headache
  • heartache
  • heartbreak
  • heckler
  • heed
  • heedfulness
  • hit where one lives
  • hurt
  • illness
  • inflame
  • inflammation
  • injure
  • injury
  • interrupter
  • interruptor
  • irk
  • irreproachability
  • irreproachableness
  • irritate
  • irritation
  • itch
  • jeopardy
  • joylessness
  • labor
  • laceration
  • malady
  • malaise
  • martyrdom
  • meticulosity
  • meticulousness
  • might
  • mindfulness
  • misery
  • molester
  • muscle
  • nag
  • nick
  • nudnick
  • nudnik
  • nuisance
  • observance
  • observation
  • pain in the neck
  • painstaking
  • pang
  • paroxysm
  • particularity
  • pass
  • persecutor
  • pest
  • pinch
  • plague
  • pound
  • power
  • precision
  • prick
  • puissance
  • punctiliousness
  • punish
  • rack
  • responsibility
  • rigor
  • rile
  • sadden
  • sadness
  • scrupulousness
  • shock
  • shoot
  • shot
  • sickness
  • slog
  • smart
  • smarting
  • sore
  • soreness
  • sorrow
  • spasm
  • stab
  • sting
  • stitch
  • stomachache
  • strain
  • stress
  • suffer
  • sufferance
  • suffering
  • sweat
  • swell
  • swelling
  • tease
  • teaser
  • tenderness
  • throb
  • throe
  • tingle
  • toil
  • toothache
  • torment
  • tormenter
  • tormentor
  • torture
  • torturer
  • travail
  • trial
  • tribulation
  • trouble
  • try
  • twinge
  • unhappiness
  • upset
  • vex
  • vexation
  • vigilance
  • watchfulness
  • whack
  • while
  • woe
  • work
  • worry
  • wound
  • wretchedness

gash

  • abrasion
  • amputate
  • anatomize
  • bruise
  • butcher
  • carve
  • chip
  • chisel
  • chop
  • cleave
  • cleft
  • crack
  • crosscut
  • cut
  • cut off
  • dice
  • dissect
  • fracture
  • furrow
  • gouge
  • hack
  • hacksaw
  • haggle
  • incise
  • incision
  • injure
  • injury
  • lacerate
  • laceration
  • lance
  • mangle
  • mark
  • mince
  • nip
  • notch
  • pierce
  • rend
  • rent
  • rip
  • rive
  • rupture
  • saw
  • scissor
  • score
  • scrape
  • scratch
  • section
  • sever
  • shear
  • slash
  • slice
  • slit
  • snag
  • split
  • stab
  • tear
  • wound

gashes

  • abrasions
  • amputates
  • anatomizes
  • bruises
  • butchers
  • carve
  • carves
  • chips
  • chisels
  • chops
  • cleave
  • cleaves
  • cleft
  • cracks
  • crosscuts
  • cuts
  • cuts off
  • dices
  • dissects
  • fractures
  • furrow
  • gouge
  • hacks
  • hacksaws
  • haggles
  • incise
  • incises
  • incision
  • incisions
  • injure
  • injuries
  • lacerate
  • lacerates
  • laceration
  • lacerations
  • lance
  • mangles
  • mark
  • minces
  • nip
  • notch
  • notches
  • pierce
  • pierces
  • rend
  • rends
  • rent
  • rents
  • rips
  • rives
  • ruptures
  • saws
  • scissors
  • scores
  • scrapes
  • scratches
  • sections
  • severs
  • shears
  • slash
  • slashes
  • slices
  • slit
  • slits
  • snags
  • split
  • splits
  • stabs
  • tear
  • tears
  • wound
  • wounds

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