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

2 senses of scar

Sense 1
scar, cicatrix, cicatrice -- (a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue)
       => symptom -- ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Sense 2
scratch, scrape, scar, mark -- (an indication of damage)
       => blemish, defect, mar -- (a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish")

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

1 sense of scar

Sense 1
scar, mark, pock, pit -- (mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently")
       => deface, disfigure, blemish -- (mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue")

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