Synonyms of hairy

Adjective


1. hairy (vs. hairless), haired, hirsute, canescent, hoary, coarse-haired, coarse-furred, comate, comose, comal, curly-haired, curly-coated, dark-haired, dark-coated, downy, pubescent, puberulent, sericeous, floccose, furlike, furred, furry, fuzzed, fuzzy, glossy-haired, glossy-coated, glossy-furred, hispid, lanate, woolly, long-haired, pappose, pilous, pilose, pilary, rough-haired, shock-headed, short-haired, silky-haired, silver-haired, smooth-haired, snake-haired, soft-haired, stiff-haired, thick-haired, tomentose, tomentous, velvety-furred, velvety-haired, wire-haired, wiry-coated, wiry, wooly, woolly, wooly-haired, woolly-haired

usage: having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar"

2. hairy, alarming (vs. unalarming)

usage: hazardous and frightening; "hairy moments in the mountains"

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Definition and meaning of hairy (Dictionary)