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

2 senses of crinkle

Sense 1
wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp -- (make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane")
       => fold, fold up, turn up -- (bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar")

Sense 2
rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle -- (become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle")
       => fold, fold up -- (become folded or folded up; "The bed folds in a jiffy")

Antonyms of adj crinkled

1 sense of crinkled

Sense 1
crinkled, crinkly, rippled, wavy, wavelike -- (uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves)

INDIRECT (VIA uneven) -> even -- (being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with); "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window")

Similarity of adj crinkled

1 sense of crinkled

Sense 1
crinkled, crinkly, rippled, wavy, wavelike -- (uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves)
       => uneven (vs. even) -- (not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain")

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