Synonyms of lathers

lathers 1 of 2

noun

plural of lather

1

as in foams

a light mass of fine bubbles formed in or on a liquid

she worked the shampoo into a lather before rubbing it into the dog's coat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• foams
• suds
• surfs
• froths
• sprays
• spumes
• heads
• mists
• mousses
• scums
• spindrifts

2

as in huffs

a state of nervous or irritated concern

he worked himself into a lather waiting for the results of the test

Synonyms & Similar Words

• huffs
• panics
• sweats
• fusses
• frets
• flusters
• swelters
• dithers
• pothers
• tizzies
• twitters
• swivets
• stews
• piques
• agitations
• dudgeons
• alarms
• deliriums
• alarums
• hysterias
• bothers
• ados
• furors
• hand-wringings
• nervous breakdowns
• distractions
• uproars

lathers

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of lather

as in licks

to strike repeatedly

the farmer lathered the recalcitrant mule

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licks
• pounds
• hides
• whips
• lashes
• does
• slaps
• spanks
• pelts
• beats
• thumps
• knocks
• batters
• bastes
• tans
• pummels
• slams
• hits
• threshes
• assaults
• smashes
• punches
• attacks
• mauls
• thrashes
• belabors
• bats
• whaps
• lambasts
• bludgeons
• bashes
• smacks
• lambastes
• paddles
• chops
• hammers
• slates
• laces
• punches out
• clubs
• flogs
• works over
• belts
• curries
• whacks
• wallops
• tromps
• boxes
• drubs
• swipes
• switches
• wounds
• slogs
• raids
• whales
• buffets
• storms
• roughs (up)
• fibs
• assails
• pommels
• rushes
• whops
• whups
• messes (up)
• pastes
• swats
• thwacks
• beats up on
• bungs up
• clobbers
• besets
• cracks
• socks
• whams
• birches
• clouts
• descends (on or upon)
• lams
• straps
• cuffs
• cudgels
• lacerates
• flagellates
• jumps (on)
• leathers
• lays on
• whomps
• busts
• canes
• maims
• horsewhips
• mangles
• mutilates
• scourges
• gores
• pounces (on or upon)
• pistol-whips
• rawhides
• cowhides
• blackjacks
• fustigates