Synonyms of fleece

fleece 1 of 2

noun

ˈflēs 

as in wool

the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick

learning how to shear the fleece off a sheep

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wool
• hair
• coat
• jacket
• fur
• pile
• pelage
• skin
• leather
• pelt
• undercoat
• underfur
• hide

fleece

2 of 2

verb

as in to cheat

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

swindlers who use the telephone to fleece senior citizens out of their savings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheat
• squeeze
• pluck
• sting
• hustle
• stick
• screw
• swindle
• beat
• skin
• bilk
• deceive
• stiff
• hose
• do
• defraud
• mulct
• victimize
• bleed
• sucker
• con
• trick
• shake down
• chouse
• ream
• skunk
• rook
• chisel
• short
• fiddle
• flimflam
• nobble
• rip off
• cozen
• exploit
• diddle
• thimblerig
• shortchange
• gaff
• euchre
• fool
• take for a ride
• take to the cleaners
• milk
• wrench
• clip
• betray
• do in
• extort
• gouge
• sell a bill of goods to
• soak
• gull
• overcharge
• nick
• wring
• rope (in)
• dupe
• wrest
• bitch
• double-cross
• bamboozle
• fast-talk

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fleece

Noun

For instance, nobody is talking about fleece pricing or denim discounts. —Jesse Kirshbaum, SPIN, 22 May 2026

Why the Nike Tech trend blew up Earlier this year, Nike Tech fleeces, jackets, pants and sweatsuits sparked cultural commentary with a viral social media trend that inspired young men to trade the casual style for preppy quarter-zip sweaters. —Jay Stahl, USA Today, 15 May 2026

Verb

Before that crackdown, the government had brought fraud charges against dozens of people, many of them Somali Americans, who were accused of fleecing a federal program that was meant to provide food to children. —Mark Vancleave, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026

To prove wire fraud, the government must show at trial that the Southern Poverty Law Center intentionally tried to fleece its donors and that those misstatements or omissions of facts were material. —Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026