English Synonym Finder

fleece

Definitions

The woolly coat of a sheep or similar animal.

A soft, warm, synthetic fabric used for clothing.

To swindle or cheat someone out of money.

Examples

The sheep was sheared to harvest its thick, warm fleece.

I bought a soft fleece jacket to wear during the chilly autumn evenings.

The scammers tried to fleece the elderly couple out of their life savings.

Synonyms

swindle cheat defraud overcharge rob mulct gull

Antonyms

repay reimburse compensate give donate offer return