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

2 senses of scab

Sense 1
scab, strikebreaker, blackleg, rat -- (someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike)
       => worker -- (a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker")

Sense 2
scab -- (the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion)
       => solid body substance -- (the solid parts of the body)

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

2 senses of scab

Sense 1
scab -- (form a scab; "the wounds will eventually scab")
       => heal -- (get healthy again; "The wound is healing slowly")

Sense 2
fink, scab, rat, blackleg -- (take the place of work of someone on strike)
       => work, do work -- (be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college")