Synonyms of furred

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adjective

ˈfərd 

as in shaggy

covered with or as if with hair

a girl who loves all furred animals, from hamsters to bears

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shaggy
• hairy
• silky
• furry
• hirsute
• woolly
• bristly
• fluffy
• unshorn
• brushy
• cottony
• fleecy
• bearded
• whiskered
• rough
• fuzzy
• bewhiskered
• mustachioed
• stubbly
• stubbled
• downy
• nappy
• linty

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• glabrous
• hairless
• smooth
• bald
• shorn
• furless
• shaved
• shaven
• beardless

furred

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verb

past tense of fur

as in silted

Related Words

• silted
• filled
• glutted
• flooded
• packed
• inundated
• overwhelmed
• swamped
• corked
• stoppered
• occluded
• gridlocked
• congested
• clotted
• clogged
• stopped (up)
• obstructed
• spiled
• stuffed
• bunged
• blocked
• stoppled
• gummed (up)
• choked
• jammed
• plugged (up)
• dammed

Dissimilar Words

• opened (up)
• cleared
• freed
• unplugged
• excavated
• hollowed (out)
• scooped (out)
• unstopped
• unblocked
• emptied
• lightened
• unclogged

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of furred

Adjective

Her current companions are a pair of dark-furred rescues named Bear and Pharrah. — Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025

The ladybug begins life as a spiky black crawler; the garden tiger moth starts out life as an extravagantly furred caterpillar. — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2023

Siamangs are black-furred, tree-dwelling primates found throughout the forests of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, according to the Smithsonian National Zoo. — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 14 Aug. 2022

The hybrid is a short-furred bear that is more adept at handling hot temperatures than the grizzly. — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 1 June 2022