Synonyms of hirsute

hirsute

adjective

ˈhər-ˌsüt 

as in hairy

covered with or as if with hair

wore a hirsute mask as part of his werewolf costume

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hirsute

Only one of the singers revealed listening to Swift on their own time — Chris Tungseth, a lovably hirsute country boy in the Bo Bice/Sundance Head mode. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2026

By documenting lushly hirsute Japanese officials alongside their beardless counterparts, portraiture preserved a photographic record of colonial subjects’ visibly inferior status. — H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 13 Sep. 2025

In fact, plenty of other teams from the Oakland A’s of the ‘70s, who were actually paid $300 by owner Charley Finley to sport facial hair, to the scruffy and hirsute Red Sox of 2004, won it all with facial hair. — Marc Edelman, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025

Headed by the opinionated Phil Robertson, founder of the Duck Commander enterprise, the clan includes his wife Kay; his long-bearded brother Si; his equally hirsute sons Willie, Jase, and Jep; and their assorted wives and children. — Danny Horn, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024

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