STRIPS Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

strips 1 of 2

noun

plural of strip

as in ribbons

a long narrow piece of material now tear the paper into strips and fold them up carefully

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as in cartoons

a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story a cartoonist who uses his daily strip to make his political points

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strips

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verb

present tense third-person singular of strip

as in undresses

to remove clothing from the nurse told the nervous mother to strip her screaming baby down to his diaper for the exam

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as in deprives

to take something away from an indiscretion that resulted in her being stripped of her authority

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Recent Examples of strips

Noun

The chase stretched into Yolo County before looping back, with the driver traveling on Interstate 5, Interstate 80 and Highway 99 before Sacramento police deployed spike strips near Freeport Boulevard and Sutterville Road. — Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2026 After entering westbound Highway 50, the driver encountered multiple attempts by officers to deploy spike strips. — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 This adulation is all Fujino needs to take Kyomoto under her wing, and soon the two are inseparable, collaborating on strips where Fujino writes the stories and draws the figures while Kyomoto does the backgrounds. — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 7 Sep. 2026 These sneakers offer a small pop of color, featuring blue strips and a pink heel against a white base. — Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 6 Sep. 2026 Above and below the main narrative of the Bayeux Tapestry are two strips filled with ancient beasts, including tail-chasing dogs and tightly knotted swans. — John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026 The bestselling whitening strips have more than 62,000 positive reviews. — ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026 The downside is that not all wooden magnetic strips are created equal. — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026 Prior research had shown that cotton strips could also be used to assess decomposition, so why not engage in a bit of citizen science and ask volunteers to bury cotton underpants for a couple of months, then dig them up and record the results? — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026

Verb

After the antler calcification process finishes, the velvet strips off. — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026 The Euphoria actress strips down to just about nothing to promote Novig, a sports prediction market. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026 At one point his colleagues, content to wait for help to retrieve Troy’s boot and dog tag from a very tall tree, watch in awe as Volkov strips down to his undershirt to effortlessly do it himself. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026 Texting also strips out tone of voice and facial expression, the signals that make intent easier to interpret. — Angela Haupt, Time, 26 Aug. 2026 Most tap water in the UAE comes from desalination, which strips out salt but leaves minerals behind, producing a mineral load that builds up on hair, skin and surfaces. — Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026 This is because the bar also features glycerin and shea butter—a combo that moisturizes rather than strips the skin. — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026 Susan strips down to her underwear and jumps in after him, with Thom following closely behind. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026 If retirement investing feels intimidating, SoFi Invest strips out a lot of the friction. — Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for strips

Noun

Dazzling in majolica tile, the Santa Maria Assunta catches the sunlight in ribbons of green, gold, and cobalt—an architectural wonder shimmering above the sea.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
Pale yellow ribbons weave between clouds; mist swirls with the body of dust.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of ribbons

Noun

The decision to launch a separate block of programming aimed at those viewers, filled with raunchy cartoons that actively subverted nostalgia and violent anime that couldn’t be shown during daytime hours, was logical.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026
Characters like Snoopy, Hello Kitty, and other childhood cartoons are at the center of fashion’s latest nostalgia craze.

— Amanda Le, InStyle, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of cartoons

Verb

And although Etna’s narrative voice—vulnerable, curious, endearingly direct—inclines the reader to envision the pluckiest good boy, humanity’s violence deprives him of a gentle youth.

— Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
Canceling this vital research deprives policymakers and communities of crucial data on discrimination's mechanisms and effective interventions.

— Aisha Nyandoro, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of deprives

Noun

Gal Gadot aside, the most prominent version of Wonder Woman etched in our collective cultural memory—the one from the classic comic strips and the TV series starring Lynda Carter—features her pointed tiara with a central red star.

— Giorgia Olivieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
The memo even explicitly bans Stars and Stripes from publishing comic strips.

— Maria Aspan, NPR, 14 Mar. 2026