Downy Synonyms and Antonyms

dounē
Covered with fine soft hairs or down
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. fluffy
  2. pubescent
  3. feathery
  4. soft
  5. light
  6. silky
  7. woolly
  8. fleecy
  9. fuzzy
  10. covered with soft hair or feathers
  11. flocculent
  12. plumose
  13. lanuginous
  14. downlike
  15. velvety
  16. nappy
  17. placid
  18. plumage
  19. quiet
  20. flossy
  21. puberulent
  22. leiotrichous
  23. soothing
  24. smooth-textured
  25. sericeous
  26. unrough
  27. unroughened
Antonyms:
  1. rough
  2. hard
  3. bald

Words Related to Downy

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. tuft
  2. mottle
  3. bristly
  4. sallow
  5. fasciculare
  6. saxifrage
  7. seed-heads
  8. powdery

Downy Sentence Examples

  • The princess said nothing, but suddenly her short downy lip quivered.

  • They are frequently covered with a resinous matter, as in balsam-poplar and horsechestnut, or by a thick downy covering as in the willow.

  • Her eyes were smiling expectantly, her downy lip rose and remained lifted in childlike happiness.

  • It is more tolerant of dry soils than downy birch.

  • The large, downy peaches would reach themselves into my hand, and as the joyous breezes flew about the trees the apples tumbled at my feet.

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