Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb comb

3 senses of comb

Sense 1
comb -- (straighten with a comb; "comb your hair")
       => straighten, straighten out -- (make straight)

Sense 2
comb, ransack -- (search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child")
       => search -- (subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys")

Sense 3
comb, comb out, disentangle -- (smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool")
       => groom, neaten -- (care for one's external appearance; "He is always well-groomed")

Antonyms of adj combed

1 sense of combed

Sense 1
combed (vs. uncombed) -- ((of hair) made tidy with a comb; "with hair combed to the side")

uncombed (vs. combed) -- ((of hair) not combed; "he was unwashed and uncombed with his clothes half buttoned"; "wild unkempt hair")
        => uncombable -- (not capable of being combed)
        => unkempt -- (not neatly combed; "wild unkempt hair")

Similarity of adj combed

1 sense of combed

Sense 1
combed (vs. uncombed) -- ((of hair) made tidy with a comb; "with hair combed to the side")

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