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See definition of towel on Dictionary.com
  • as inmop
  • as innapkin
  • as indry
  • as inwipe

synonyms for towel

  • sponge
  • squeegee
  • swab
  • sweeper
  • absorb liquid duster
See also synonyms for: toweled / toweling
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How to use towel in a sentence

Keep moving the paper towels to absorb the stain on each area.
HINTS FROM HELOISE: OUR CHILDREN ARE WORRIEDHELOISE HELOISEFEBRUARY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POST
If the kids still don’t get on board, she suggests putting a basket where they toss the towels, or even establishing consequences or rewards.
5 SIMPLE WAYS TO GET YOUR HOME IN ORDER, FROM ‘CLEAN MAMA’ BECKY RAPINCHUKLINDSEY ROBERTSFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POST
I actually threw in the towel in November, ordering and paying for my bike then.
IS PELOTON OVERVALUED?ALAN MURRAYFEBRUARY 4, 2021FORTUNE
Next time I go to clean, I take the paper towels off and just wipe off.
HINTS FROM HELOISE: BEFORE BUYING A DIAMOND, LEARN ABOUT THE FOUR C’SHELOISE HELOISEFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Thoroughly pat the meat dry with paper towels and generously season it with salt and pepper.
FIND OUT WHY ANTHONY BOURDAIN’S BOEUF BOURGUIGNON IS ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR RECIPES EVERBECKY KRYSTALJANUARY 20, 2021WASHINGTON POST
All towels hung up, wipe mirror and sink after use and throw out old cosmetics.
HINTS FROM HELOISE: FAMILY NEEDS TO GET ON BOARD TO KEEP BATHROOM SHIP SHAPEHELOISE HELOISEJANUARY 15, 2021WASHINGTON POST
I think he's really just upset because I disrupted HIS week — he of course is more comfortable with her and cares less about things like giving guests a clean towel.
CAROLYN HAX: A MOTHER-IN-LAW STAYS IN A HOTEL BECAUSE OF HER SON’S COMMENTSCAROLYN HAXJANUARY 14, 2021WASHINGTON POST
So instead, Morsell watched the final minutes of the first half of last week’s game against Michigan from the bench, bobbing his knees up and down in his chair while occasionally burying his face in his hands or in a towel.
MARYLAND BASKETBALL GETS DARRYL MORSELL BACK, JUST IN TIME FOR CRUCIAL BIG TEN STRETCHEMILY GIAMBALVOJANUARY 6, 2021WASHINGTON POST
He left the game and never returned to the floor, his face in his hands and a towel over his head at times during the final minutes before halftime.
MARYLAND RUNS OUT OF ANSWERS FOR HUNTER DICKINSON AND MICHIGANEMILY GIAMBALVOJANUARY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Pelosi has not thrown in the towel on her drive to obtain state and local aid, which was part of the almost $2 trillion CARES Act that passed the Senate unanimously in March.
THE NEXT ROUND OF STIMULUS WILL LIKELY LOSE SUPPORT FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTSRACHEL SCHALLOMDECEMBER 15, 2020FORTUNE
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WORDS RELATED TO TOWEL

  • anhydrate
  • bake
  • blot
  • concentrate
  • condense
  • dehumidify
  • dehydrate
  • deplete
  • desiccate
  • drain
  • empty
  • evaporate
  • exhaust
  • exsiccate
  • freeze-dry
  • harden
  • kiln
  • mummify
  • parch
  • scorch
  • sear
  • shrivel
  • soak up
  • sponge
  • stale
  • swab
  • torrefy
  • towel
  • wilt
  • wipe
  • wither
  • wizen
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.