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cream

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of cream

individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class
  • The school accepts only the cream of the world's young violinists.
Synonyms of cream

aristocracy, best, choice, crème de la crème, elect, elite, fat, flower, pick, pride, prime, royalty, upper crust
Words Related to cream

establishment, gentry, nobility, quality, society, top, top drawer, upper class
Phrases Synonymous with cream

cream of the crop, Hall of Fame
Near Antonyms of cream

commoners, herd, hoi polloi, masses, millions, mob, multitude, rank and file, unwashed

cream

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of cream

1 to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of
  • The head-on collision creamed the brand-new car in an instant.
Synonyms of cream

annihilate, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, do in, extinguish, nuke, pull down, pulverize, raze, rub out, ruin, shatter, smash, tear down, total, vaporize, waste, wrack, wreck
Words Related to cream

beat, best, clobber, conquer, crush, defeat, drub, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), rout, scotch, skunk, subdue, surmount, thrash, trim, triumph (over), trounce, wallop, whip, win (against)

blast, blow up, break, cripple, damage, deface, deteriorate, disfigure, disintegrate, dissolve, dynamite, harm, impair, injure, mangle, mar, mutilate, spoil, vitiate

erode, scour, sweep (away), wash out, wear (away)

dilapidate, disassemble, dismantle, gut, take down, unbuild, undo, unmake

blot out, efface, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out), snuff (out), stamp (out), wipe out

despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, ravage, sack, trample, trash, vandalize
Near Antonyms of cream

doctor, fix, mend, patch, recondition, repair, revamp

create, invent

assemble, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, make, manufacture, mold, produce, shape

bring about, constitute, establish, father, found, institute, organize

conserve, preserve, protect, save

rebuild, reconstruct, remodel, renovate, restore
Antonyms of cream

build, construct, erect, put up, raise, rear, set up
2 to defeat by a large margin
  • The novice player was creamed in her first tennis tournament.
Synonyms of cream

annihilate, blow away, bomb, bury, clobber, drub, dust, flatten, paste, rout, shellac, skin, skunk, snow under, thrash, trim, trounce, wallop, wax [slang], whip, whomp, whop (or whap), whup
Words Related to cream

sweep, upset

beat, best, conquer, dispatch, hurdle, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), subdue, surmount, take, throw, triumph (over), win (against), worst

crush, knock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, subjugate, upend, vanquish

ace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend

edge (out), nose out

cap, excel, flourish, score, succeed

break, destroy, do in, finish, sink, slaughter
Phrases Synonymous with cream

beat the pants off, eat alive, run circles around (or run rings around), wipe the floor with (or wipe the ground with)

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