sandpapering

The word “sandpapering” has 4 syllables: sand-pa-per-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈsændˌpeɪ.pərɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for sandpapering?

In the thesaurus, “sandpapering” has 38 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for sandpapering along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for sandpapering

  • abrading
  • biting
  • breaking down
  • breaking up
  • chafing
  • chewing
  • corrading
  • corroding
  • decomposing
  • disintegrating
  • dissolving
  • eating
  • erasing
  • eroding
  • filing
  • fraying
  • frazzling
  • fretting
  • galling
  • gnawing
  • grating
  • grazing
  • grinding
  • honing
  • nibbling
  • rasping
  • reducing
  • rubbing
  • rubbing out
  • sandblasting
  • scouring
  • scraping
  • scuffing
  • sharpening
  • shaving
  • wearing
  • wearing out
  • whetting

Meanings of sandpapering

  • verb
    1. To polish or grind (a surface) with or as if with sandpaper.
  • noun
    1. An application of sandpaper.

Example Sentences

  • Sandpapering the walls before painting helps achieve a smoother finish.
  • He spent the afternoon sandpapering the rough edges of the wooden table.
  • The sculptor meticulously focused on sandpapering each curve of the marble statue.
  • Before applying the final coat of varnish, she was busy sandpapering the surface to perfection.
  • The carpenter's hands were calloused from hours of sandpapering various wood pieces for the project.

On this page you'll find 38 synonyms or another words to sandpapering, such as: abrading, biting, breaking down, breaking up, chafing, chewing, corrading.

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

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abrading

  • abrasive
  • attritive
  • barking
  • biting
  • breaking down
  • breaking up
  • bruising
  • burning
  • caustic
  • chafing
  • chewing
  • clawing
  • coarse
  • contusing
  • corrading
  • corroding
  • cutting
  • decomposing
  • disintegrating
  • dissolving
  • eating
  • enflaming
  • erasing
  • eroding
  • erosion
  • erosive
  • excoriating
  • exquisite
  • fierce
  • filing
  • flaying
  • forceful
  • forcible
  • fraying
  • frazzling
  • fretting
  • galling
  • gnawing
  • grating
  • grazing
  • grim
  • grinding
  • gruff
  • hard
  • harsh
  • heavy-handed
  • honing
  • inflaming
  • intense
  • irritating
  • lacerating
  • nibbling
  • oppressive
  • peeling
  • pitiless
  • powerful
  • rasping
  • raspy
  • reducing
  • rough
  • roughened
  • roughening
  • rubbing
  • rubbing out
  • rude
  • rugged
  • sandblasting
  • sandpapering
  • savage
  • scarifying
  • scathing
  • scouring
  • scraping
  • scratching
  • scratchy
  • scuffing
  • severe
  • sharpening
  • shaving
  • skinning
  • stern
  • stiff
  • strong
  • tyrannic
  • tyrannical
  • ungentle
  • violent
  • wearing
  • wearing out
  • whetting

galling

  • abrading
  • abrasive
  • acid
  • acute
  • afflicting
  • afflictive
  • affronting
  • aggravating
  • agitating
  • agonizing
  • angering
  • annoying
  • antagonizing
  • appalling
  • awful
  • bad
  • badgering
  • baiting
  • ballyragging
  • biting
  • bitter
  • bothering
  • bothersome
  • brattish
  • bratty
  • breaking down
  • breaking up
  • bugging
  • bullyragging
  • burdensome
  • burning
  • carking
  • chafing
  • chewing
  • corrading
  • corroding
  • cruel
  • decomposing
  • deviling
  • devilling
  • dire
  • discomforting
  • discomposing
  • disintegrating
  • displeasing
  • disquieting
  • dissolving
  • distasteful
  • distractive
  • distressing
  • disturbing
  • dreadful
  • eating
  • enflaming
  • enraging
  • erasing
  • eroding
  • exasperating
  • excoriating
  • excruciating
  • exercising
  • extreme
  • filing
  • flaying
  • fraying
  • frazzling
  • fretting
  • frosting
  • frustrating
  • getting
  • getting to
  • ghastly
  • gnawing
  • grating
  • grazing
  • grievous
  • grinding
  • griping
  • hagriding
  • harassing
  • harrowing
  • harrying
  • harsh
  • hassling
  • heartrending
  • heckling
  • honing
  • horrible
  • humiliating
  • hurtful
  • importunate
  • importune
  • incensing
  • inconveniencing
  • inflaming
  • infuriating
  • insufferable
  • insulting
  • insupportable
  • intense
  • intolerable
  • irking
  • irksome
  • irritating
  • itching
  • jangling
  • jarring
  • maddening
  • miffing
  • mischievous
  • miserable
  • nagging
  • narking
  • nasty
  • nettlesome
  • nettling
  • nibbling
  • offending
  • offensive
  • outraging
  • painful
  • peeling
  • peeving
  • persecuting
  • perturbing
  • pesky
  • pestering
  • pestiferous
  • pestilent
  • pestilential
  • pesty
  • piercing
  • piquing
  • plaguey
  • plaguing
  • plaguy
  • provoking
  • putting out
  • rankling
  • rasping
  • rebarbative
  • reducing
  • riling
  • roiling
  • rotten
  • rousing
  • rubbing
  • rubbing out
  • rubbing the wrong way
  • ruffling
  • sandblasting
  • sandpapering
  • scouring
  • scraping
  • scratching
  • scuffing
  • severe
  • sharpening
  • shaving
  • skinning
  • spiny
  • spiting
  • stressful
  • teasing
  • terrible
  • thorny
  • tiresome
  • tormenting
  • torturous
  • troublesome
  • troubling
  • trying
  • unacceptable
  • unbearable
  • undoing
  • unendurable
  • unhinging
  • unpalatable
  • unsettling
  • unsupportable
  • upsetting
  • vexatious
  • vexing
  • vile
  • wearing
  • wearing on
  • wearing out
  • whetting
  • worrisome
  • worrying
  • wretched

sandblasting

  • abrading
  • biting
  • breaking down
  • breaking up
  • chafing
  • chewing
  • corrading
  • corroding
  • decomposing
  • disintegrating
  • dissolving
  • eating
  • erasing
  • eroding
  • filing
  • fraying
  • frazzling
  • fretting
  • galling
  • gnawing
  • grating
  • grazing
  • grinding
  • honing
  • nibbling
  • rasping
  • reducing
  • rubbing
  • rubbing out
  • sandpapering
  • scouring
  • scraping
  • scuffing
  • sharpening
  • shaving
  • wearing
  • wearing out
  • whetting

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