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skirt Antonyms

Opposite of skirt

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• noun (Context 1)

A garment fastened around the waist and hanging down around the legs, typically worn by women and girls.

Usage Example

"She wore a pleated uniform trousers to school every day."

Strong
trousers
pants

• verb (Context 2)

To go around or past the edge of (a place or geographical feature).

Usage Example

"Rather than driving through the congested city center, we decided to cross the downtown area."

Strong
cross
penetrate
traverse

• verb (Context 3)

To attempt to ignore, evade, or avoid dealing directly with (a difficult issue, topic, or rule).

Usage Example

"The politician managed to confront the reporter's difficult questions by changing the subject."

Strongest
confront
face
Strong
address
tackle

• noun (Context 4)

The edge, border, or extreme margin of a particular area.

Usage Example

"The hikers set up their camp on the rocky center of the mountain."

Strongest
center
core
heart
Strong
interior

Similar words to skirt

Looking for synonyms? Words similar to skirt vary depending on the context. Here are a few common synonyms:

edge
border
evade
bypass
dodge
circumvent
sidestep
margin
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Wordmom. (2026). Antonyms for Skirt. In Wordmom Thesaurus. Retrieved Oct 13, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/antonyms/skirt
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