- skin
- n1. integument, epidermis, cuticle, scarf-skin, Anat. corium, derma, cutis; hide, pelt, jacket, fleece, fell, fur, leather, vellum, shagreen; slough, Pathol. desquamation, exuviae.2. rind, peel, Bot. epicarp, hull, bark, cortex, shell, husk; cover, covering, pod, case, Anat., Zool. theca, sheath, Zool. lorica, Bot. colerhiza; pellicle, membrane, involucre, Anat. aponeurosis; coating, coat, layer, overlay, lamina, veneer; film, crust, incrustation.3. wineskin, pouch, container.4. by the skin of one’s teethInformal. just barely, barely, hardly, scarcely, Dial. scantly, only just, just; by a hair's breadth, by a narrow margin, by a little bit, by an inch.5. get under one’s skinSlang.a. irritate, nettle, chafe, gall, grate, rub the wrong way, irk, vex; bother, upset, disturb.b. affect deeply, penetrate, move, touch, impress, excite, inspire.v6. peel, pare, decorticate, excorticate, flay, scale, hull, bark; pod, shell, husk, shuck; strip, denude, excoriate, exfoliate; scalp, shave, lay bare, uncover, unwrap, remove, strip off.7. scrape, abrade, graze, cut, hurt.8. skin aliveInformal. scold, chide, upbraid, Inf dress down, Sl. chew out, tongue-lash, Inf. come down hard on, Inf. rip into; reprimand, reprove, reproach, rate, reprehend, castigate.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.