lather

The word “lather” has 2 syllables: lath-er

It's pronounced as /ˈlæðər/


What is synonym and antonym for lather?

In the thesaurus, “lather” has 154 synonyms and 8 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for lather

  • ado
  • agitation
  • alarm
  • alarum
  • assail
  • assault
  • attack
  • bash
  • baste
  • bat
  • batter
  • beat
  • beat up on
  • belabor
  • belt
  • beset
  • birch
  • blackjack
  • bludgeon
  • bother
  • box
  • buffet
  • bung up
  • bust
  • bustle
  • cane
  • chop
  • clamor
  • clobber
  • clout
  • club
  • confusion
  • cowhide
  • crack
  • cream
  • cudgel
  • cuff
  • curry
  • delirium
  • distraction
  • dither
  • do
  • drub
  • dudgeon
  • fever
  • fib
  • flagellate
  • flap
  • flog
  • fluster
  • foam
  • fret
  • froth
  • furor
  • fuss
  • fustigate
  • gore
  • hammer
  • hand-wringing
  • hassle
  • head
  • hide
  • hit
  • hoopla
  • horsewhip
  • hubbub
  • huff
  • hullabaloo
  • hysteria
  • knock
  • lace
  • lacerate
  • lam
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • lash
  • lay on
  • leather
  • lick
  • maim
  • mangle
  • maul
  • mist
  • mousse
  • mutilate
  • nervous breakdown
  • paddle
  • panic
  • paste
  • pelt
  • pique
  • pistol-whip
  • pommel
  • pother
  • pound
  • pummel
  • punch
  • punch out
  • raid
  • rawhide
  • rush
  • scourge
  • scrub
  • scum
  • slam
  • slap
  • slate
  • slog
  • smack
  • smash
  • soap
  • soapsuds
  • sock
  • spank
  • spindrift
  • spray
  • spume
  • state
  • stew
  • storm
  • strap
  • suds
  • surf
  • swat
  • sweat
  • swelter
  • swipe
  • switch
  • swivet
  • tan
  • thrash
  • thresh
  • thump
  • thwack
  • tizzy
  • tromp
  • tumult
  • turbulence
  • turmoil
  • twitter
  • uproar
  • wallop
  • wash
  • whack
  • whale
  • wham
  • whap
  • whip
  • whomp
  • whop
  • whup
  • work over
  • wound
  • yeast

Antonyms for lather

Meanings of lather

  • noun
    1. The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
    2. Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
    3. A state of agitation.
  • verb
    1. To cover with lather.
    2. To beat or whip.
    3. To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating.

Example Sentences

  • She worked up a thick lather with the soap before rinsing her hands.
  • The barber applied a warm lather to his face before shaving.
  • He was in such a lather about being late that he forgot his keys.
  • After running through the rain, the horse was covered in a foamy lather.
  • Make sure to lather the shampoo well before rinsing it out.

On this page you'll find 162 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to lather, such as: ado, agitation, alarm, alarum, assail, assault, attack.

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Related Words

lace

  • add
  • adulterate
  • alternate
  • amalgamate
  • aromatize
  • assail
  • assault
  • assimilate
  • attach
  • attack
  • attenuate
  • band
  • banding
  • bash
  • baste
  • bat
  • batter
  • beat
  • beat up on
  • befoul
  • belabor
  • belt
  • beset
  • bind
  • birch
  • blackjack
  • blend
  • bludgeon
  • border
  • box
  • braid
  • braiding
  • buffet
  • bung up
  • bungee cord
  • bust
  • cable
  • cane
  • cheapen
  • chop
  • clobber
  • close
  • clout
  • club
  • combine
  • commingle
  • contaminate
  • cord
  • cornrow
  • corrupt
  • counterfeit
  • cowhide
  • crack
  • crochet
  • cudgel
  • cuff
  • curry
  • cut
  • debase
  • defile
  • degrade
  • dilute
  • dirty
  • do
  • do up
  • doctor
  • dreadlock
  • drub
  • edging
  • embody
  • enhance
  • enlace
  • enrich
  • entwine
  • envenom
  • extend
  • fake
  • falsify
  • fib
  • filigree
  • flagellate
  • flavor
  • flog
  • fortify
  • foul
  • fudge
  • fuse
  • fustigate
  • gore
  • guy
  • halyard
  • hammer
  • hide
  • hit
  • horsewhip
  • implicate
  • incorporate
  • infect
  • insert
  • integrate
  • interlace
  • intermingle
  • intersperse
  • intertwine
  • intertwist
  • interweave
  • inweave
  • join
  • juxtapose
  • knock
  • lacerate
  • lacing
  • lam
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • lanyard
  • lash
  • lather
  • lay on
  • leather
  • lick
  • line
  • link
  • load
  • maim
  • mangle
  • manipulate
  • maul
  • merge
  • mesh
  • mingle
  • misrepresent
  • mix
  • moderate
  • mutilate
  • net
  • netting
  • openwork
  • ornament
  • paddle
  • paste
  • pelt
  • pepper
  • perfume
  • pigtail
  • pistol-whip
  • plait
  • plat
  • pleach
  • ply
  • poison
  • pollute
  • pommel
  • pound
  • pummel
  • punch
  • punch out
  • qualify
  • queue
  • raid
  • rawhide
  • rickrack
  • ricrac
  • rope
  • rush
  • salt
  • sauce
  • savor
  • savour
  • scourge
  • season
  • shoelace
  • slam
  • slap
  • slate
  • slog
  • smack
  • smash
  • sock
  • soil
  • sophisticate
  • spank
  • spice
  • spike
  • spoil
  • stay
  • storm
  • strap
  • string
  • stripe
  • sully
  • swat
  • swipe
  • switch
  • taint
  • tan
  • tatting
  • temper
  • thin
  • thong
  • thrash
  • thread
  • threadwork
  • thresh
  • thump
  • thwack
  • tie
  • tissue
  • trim
  • trimming
  • tromp
  • twine
  • twist
  • wallop
  • water down
  • weaken
  • weave
  • whack
  • whale
  • wham
  • whap
  • whip
  • whipcord
  • whomp
  • whop
  • whup
  • wire
  • work over
  • wound
  • wreathe
  • writhe

paddle

  • assail
  • assault
  • attack
  • bash
  • baste
  • bat
  • batter
  • beat
  • beat up on
  • belabor
  • belt
  • beset
  • birch
  • blackjack
  • bludgeon
  • boat
  • box
  • buffet
  • bung up
  • bust
  • cane
  • canoe
  • chop
  • clobber
  • clout
  • club
  • cowhide
  • crack
  • cruise
  • cudgel
  • cuff
  • curry
  • cut water
  • do
  • drift
  • drive
  • drub
  • feather
  • fib
  • flagellate
  • flog
  • fustigate
  • gore
  • hammer
  • hide
  • hit
  • horsewhip
  • kayak
  • knock
  • lace
  • lacerate
  • lam
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • lash
  • lather
  • lay on
  • leather
  • lick
  • maim
  • mangle
  • maul
  • mutilate
  • navigate
  • oar
  • paddlewheel
  • paste
  • pelt
  • pistol-whip
  • pole
  • pommel
  • pound
  • propeller
  • pull
  • pummel
  • punch
  • punch out
  • punt
  • raid
  • rawhide
  • row
  • run rapids
  • rush
  • scourge
  • scull
  • sky an oar
  • slam
  • slap
  • slate
  • slog
  • slop
  • smack
  • smash
  • sock
  • spank
  • splash
  • stir
  • storm
  • strap
  • swat
  • sweep
  • swipe
  • switch
  • tan
  • thrash
  • thresh
  • thump
  • thwack
  • tromp
  • wade
  • wallop
  • whack
  • whale
  • wham
  • whap
  • whip
  • whomp
  • whop
  • whup
  • work over
  • wound

yeast

  • antecedent
  • boost
  • catalyst
  • catalyzer
  • cause
  • consideration
  • encouragement
  • ferment
  • fermenter
  • foam
  • froth
  • fuel
  • fungus
  • goad
  • grounds
  • impetus
  • impulse
  • incentive
  • incitation
  • incitement
  • inducement
  • instigation
  • invitation
  • lather
  • leavening
  • momentum
  • motivation
  • motive
  • occasion
  • provocation
  • reason
  • shot in the arm
  • spark
  • spume
  • spur
  • stimulant
  • stimulus

zoo

  • ado
  • alarums and excursions
  • asylum
  • ballyhoo
  • blather
  • bluster
  • bobbery
  • bother
  • brawl
  • bustle
  • cacophony
  • circus
  • clamor
  • clatter
  • clutter
  • coil
  • commotion
  • corroboree
  • din
  • disorder
  • disturbance
  • dither
  • do
  • eruption
  • fever
  • flare-up
  • flurry
  • flutter
  • foofaraw
  • fracas
  • fray
  • fret
  • fun
  • furor
  • furore
  • fuss
  • hassle
  • helter-skelter
  • hoo-ha
  • hoo-hah
  • hoopla
  • howl
  • hubble-bubble
  • hubbub
  • hue and cry
  • hullabaloo
  • hurly
  • hurly-burly
  • hurricane
  • hurry
  • hurry-scurry
  • hurry-skurry
  • kerfuffle
  • lather
  • madhouse
  • melee
  • menagerie
  • moil
  • noise
  • outbreak
  • outburst
  • outcry
  • pandemonium
  • pother
  • racket
  • roar
  • row
  • ruckus
  • ruction
  • rumpus
  • scuffle
  • shambles
  • shindy
  • splore
  • squall
  • stew
  • stir
  • storm
  • three-ring circus
  • tizzy
  • to-do
  • tumult
  • turmoil
  • unrest
  • upheaval
  • uproar
  • welter
  • whirl
  • wildlife park
  • williwaw
  • zoological garden

kerfuffle

  • ado
  • alarums and excursions
  • ballyhoo
  • blather
  • bluster
  • bobbery
  • bother
  • brawl
  • brouhaha
  • bustle
  • cacophony
  • chaos
  • clamor
  • clatter
  • clutter
  • coil
  • commotion
  • convulsion
  • corroboree
  • din
  • disorder
  • disruption
  • disturbance
  • dither
  • do
  • eruption
  • fever
  • fiasco
  • flare-up
  • flurry
  • flutter
  • foofaraw
  • fracas
  • fray
  • fret
  • fun
  • furor
  • furore
  • fuss
  • hassle
  • helter-skelter
  • hoo-ha
  • hoo-hah
  • hoopla
  • howl
  • hubble-bubble
  • hubbub
  • hue and cry
  • hullabaloo
  • hurly
  • hurly-burly
  • hurricane
  • hurry
  • hurry-scurry
  • hurry-skurry
  • lather
  • melee
  • moil
  • noise
  • outbreak
  • outburst
  • outcry
  • pandemonium
  • pother
  • racket
  • roar
  • row
  • ruckus
  • ruction
  • rumpus
  • scuffle
  • shindy
  • splash
  • splore
  • squall
  • stew
  • stir
  • storm
  • tizzy
  • to-do
  • tumult
  • turmoil
  • unrest
  • upheaval
  • uproar
  • welter
  • whirl
  • williwaw
  • zoo

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