Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun goose_skin

1 sense of goose skin

Sense 1
pilomotor reflex, gooseflesh, goose bump, goosebump, goose pimple, goose skin, horripilation -- (reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation)
       => reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction -- (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)