SHAMPOOED Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

shampooed

verb

past tense of shampoo

as in rinsed

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shampooed

Verb

Fore says borax can cake up and leave residue behind if it isn’t fully dissolved and rinsed out.

— Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 1 Sep. 2026
But their work is less likely to become clichéd, because any stale fixations will always be rinsed and refreshed by the real.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of rinsed

Verb

Nicastro made recordings of a number of cat meows when the pets were in different states — being fed, for instance, or brushed.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
It's brushed with kroeung, a paste made with lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime, garlic, turmeric and ginger.

— Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of brushed

Verb

His stunning win in Brooklyn, however, was scrubbed from the record books, and the New York State Athletic Commission issued Garcia a one-year ban.

— Chris McKenna, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Countdown Considerations Launch-viewing logistics have to factor in the risk of the launch getting delayed or scrubbed for a variety of hard-to-predict reasons.

— Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of scrubbed

Verb

Political campaigns have always combed a candidate’s old statements and clips for material to be used against them.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
When several doctoral students combed through the sequencing results, there was only one way to explain why so many extra gene copies were scattered across the whole of the potamo genome.

— Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of combed

Verb

With German rider Richard Vogel, the Westphalian bay swept the first two show jumping majors of the season, at The Dutch Masters and Aachen, Germany.

— Danielle Rossingh, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The wealthy city’s economy was also battered by a financial crisis that swept across Asia.

— Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of swept

Verb

Inspired by the surrounding landscape and Sicily’s distinctive aesthetic, the generously sized 72 meter squared Grand suite comes alive in a palette of ocean blue, deep green, juicy orange, washed terra-cotta, and sophisticated eggshell red.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026
The father and son washed the ice cream off their hands in the fountain.

— Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of washed

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

shampoo

shampooed

shampooing

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Shampooed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shampooed. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of shampooed

verb

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

facsimile

Popular in Grammar & Usage

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Why do we use apostrophes to show possession?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Popular in Wordplay

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Back to School Vocabulary

Words from the 'Odyssey'

Ye Olde Nincompoop: Old-Fashioned Words for 'Stupid'

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

Popular

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Back to School Vocabulary

Games & Quizzes