Synonyms for brush

noun

1. A brushing instrument] Common types of brushes include: bristle, fiber, wire, nail, clothes, camel's hair, hydraulic, rotary, paint, tooth, scrubbing, bottle, floor, hair, bath, dust;

2. A touch

   rub, tap, stroke, graze; see touch 2.

3. A light encounter

   skirmish, scrap, patrol action; see battle 1, fight 1.

4. Underbrush

   thicket, boscage, undergrowth, second growth, chaparral, cover, brushwood, shrubbery, canebrake, grove, hedge, underwood, gorse, bracken, sedge, scrub, copse, coppice, spinney, dingle, brake; see also bush 1.

5. *The act of ignoring

   cut, slight, rebuff, brushoff*; see insult, rudeness.

verb

1. To clean by brushing

   sweep, whisk, wipe; see clean.

2. To touch lightly

   stroke, smooth, graze; see touch.