WHISKERED Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

whiskered

adjective

Definition of whiskered

as in bearded

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Adjective

The bearded Wyle could be seen smiling amid the celebratory mayhem.

— Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 8 July 2026
Sweltering 94 degree heat encased San Jose on June 11, but that didn’t stop dozens of middle-age and bearded men from confidently strutting around Santana Row in heels.

— Shivika Verma, Mercury News, 6 July 2026

Definition of bearded

Adjective

South India is the scent of frangipani and coffee, bushels of bananas and coconuts, women with gold nose rings and hair braided with jasmine and mustachioed men in pink with hands on hips.

— Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026
Sadly, anyone hoping to see his mustachioed self opposite Hudson Williams' Shane Hollander and Connor Storrie's Ilya Rozanov in 2027 may be disappointed.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026

Definition of mustachioed

Adjective

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

Definition of hirsute

Adjective

The shaggy golden Saint Berdoodle was killed on June 13 by an LAPD officer while bounding out of Marseille’s Canoga Park apartment.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Yeoh sported a shaggy platinum crop with dark roots peeping through, pairing her transformation with one of the brand’s signature skirt suits.

— Hannah Malach, InStyle, 7 July 2026

Definition of shaggy

Adjective

As well as opting out of ownership, consumers are also shopping differently for their furred or feathered friends.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 May 2026
The 3-year-old, black-furred wolf has become the first of her kind known to venture into Sequoia National Park in more than a century — after making similarly momentous visits to Los Angeles and Inyo counties.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026

Definition of furred

Adjective

This daring accessory was first debuted in Schiaparelli’s fall 2024 ready-to-wear collection, and the hairy tie has been making the rounds with other celebrities such as Selma Blair.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 6 July 2026
The ambitious series will debut new episodes later this year, making this the perfect time to prop up your hairy feet and marathon the first two seasons.

— Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 22 June 2026

Definition of hairy

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