Synonyms of woolly

woolly

adjective

ˈwu̇-lē 

variants also wooly

1

as in shaggy

made of or resembling hair

the dog's woolly coat will require a lot of grooming

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shaggy
• hairy
• fuzzy
• rough
• fluffy
• furry
• downy
• puffy
• nappy
• hairlike

2

as in hairy

covered with or as if with hair

still had a water bed and a woolly coverlet on top of it

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of woolly

Directed by Kyle Balda, The Sheep Detectives stars Jackman as George, a shepherd who reads whodunit novels to his sheep at night, not realizing that his woolly companions actually understand the murder mysteries. — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026

The work, collected by Yves Saint Laurent and Paul Bergé before drawing the interest of Karl Lagerfeld, Peter Marino, and Tom Ford, offers a fantasy of les enfants laughing while perched on one of Lalanne’s woolly sheep in a sprawling Parisian apartment, Right Bank parents with Left Bank kids. — David Lê, Curbed, 20 Apr. 2026

Earlier finds have revealed bones of mammoth, woolly rhinoceros, reindeer and wild horse, alongside stone tools and evidence of human occupation across multiple periods. — CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026

From lambs with quizzically cocked eyebrows, to lambs whose wooly coats are made of flower petals, to lambs that simply defy description. — Deena Prichep, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026

Phrases Containing woolly

• wild and woolly