hairlike

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adjective

Resembling hair; having the texture, consistency, or appearance of hair.

“Near-synonym: furlike”

Similar
piloidhairyfurlikecapillarythin
OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English hair →
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Meanings

adjectivehairlike (comparative more hairlike, superlative most hairlike)

comparative more hairlike · superlative most hairlike

  1. Resembling hair; having the texture, consistency, or appearance of hair.

    Near-synonym: furlike

    1 more example

    The moss grew in a hairlike mass over the rocks.

    Synonyms: piloid, hairy, furlike

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveResembling hair; having the texture, consistency, or appearance of hair.

Similar
piloidhairyfurlike

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivelong and slender with a very small internal diameter

Similar
capillarythin
Also see
capillaryfurlikehairypiloidthin

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishhair
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishhairlike

From hair + -like.

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Translations

German haarähnlich
  • haarähnlichTranslations
Welsh blewynnaidd
  • blewynnaiddTranslations
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APA

hairlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairlike

MLA

“hairlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairlike. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hairlike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairlike.

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