Synonyms Starting with C
Cringe Synonyms: draw back, flinch, shrink, cower, quail, shy, recoil, stoop, duck, skulk.Crinkle Synonyms: wrinkle, crumple, twist, twirl, crimp, crimple, rumple, pucker, kink, wave, undulate, muss, ruffle.crackle, rustle, swish, murmur, hum, whisper, whir, stir.wrinkle, ruffle, crimple, kink, ripple, waveCripple Synonyms: maim, lame, paralyze, mangle, injure, wound, disable, mutilate, lacerate, hamstring, hock, amputate.impair, disable, weaken, paralyze, ruin, destroy, harm, enfeeble, wound, incapacitate, emasculate.Crisis Synonyms: turning point, emergency, climax, exigency, strait, pinch, rub, crux, dilemma, predicament, plight, trial, quandary, confrontation, crunch.Crisp Synonyms: terse, pithy, trenchant, plainspoken, piquant, scintillating, sprightly, sharp, brilliant, witty, lively.bracing, invigorating, stimulating, refreshing, tonic, cool, brisk, chilly.brittle, crumbly, frCriterion Synonyms: standard, rule, test, yardstick, principle, guideline, guidepost, measure, parameter, proof, touchstone, fact, law, model, norm, canon, gauge, scale, example.Critic Synonyms: judge, connoisseur, cognoscente, adept, aesthetician, dilettante, virtuoso, arbiter, expert.Critical Synonyms: discriminating, judicious, tasteful, exact, precise, fastidious, nice, fine, analytical, acute, discerning, perspicacious, scrupulous.decisive, grave, serious, urgent, pressing, important, vital, esseCriticism Synonyms: censure, stricture, animadversion, pan, knock, diatribe, hatchet job, reproof, sarcasm, condemnation, slam, rap.review, critique, comment, commentary, write up, editorial, article, dissertation, treatCriticize Synonyms: judge, evaluate, examine, appraise, dissect, review, treat, analyze, investigate, survey, scan, probe.censure, fault, blame, flay, denounce, ridicule, condemn, pillory, damn, slam, animadvert, score, Critique Synonyms: review, examination, commentary, comment, write up, article, notice, editorial, remark, discussion, appreciation, assessment.Critter Synonyms: creature.Croak Synonyms: die.Crony Synonyms: friend, buddy, chum, companion, pal, comrade, mate, colleague, sidekick, bedfellow, roommate, partner, ami, amigo.Crook Synonyms: criminal, felon, shyster, thief.bend, curve, curvature, angle, arc, turn, hook, bow, flexure, inflection, fold.Crooked Synonyms: tricky, dishonest, thievish, unscrupulous, fraudulent, unprincipled, deceptive, underhanded, crafty, cunning, unfair, insidious.bent, angled, angular, winding, wavy, curved, bowed, sinuous, devious, zCrop Synonyms: trim, cut, clip, top, lop, snip, mow, shear, barber, pare, prune.Cross Synonyms: crucifix, rood, holy rood.traverse, pass over, ford, cut across, overpass, go across, ply, travel over, transit.interbreed, hybridize, mongrelize, crossbreed, mix, blend, cross-fertilize, cross-pollinCross-examine Synonyms: examine.Cross-eye Synonyms: strabismus, squint, walleye, exotropia.Cross-grained Synonyms: stubborn.Crosspatch Synonyms: crank.Crotchet Synonyms: eccentricity, whimsy, whim, vagary, quirk, caprice, freakishness, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, irregularity, oddity.Crotchety Synonyms: eccentric, perverse, cantankerous, erratic, flighty, freakish, whimsical, capricious, quirky, odd, unpredictable, peculiar, bizarre, fey.Crouch Synonyms: stoop, bend, squat, bow, kneel.crouch, stoop, squat, bend, kneel.cringe, cower, grovel, quail, crawl, truckle, fawn, flatter, toady, bootlick, kowtow, wheedle.