Synonyms and antonyms of Words used to describe the state of people's hair in British Thesaurus

bad hair day (noun)

informal a day when your hair looks untidy and you do not feel attractive

bald (adjective)

with little or no hair on your head

balding (adjective)

beginning to lose your hair

body (noun)

a thick healthy appearance of your hair

bouffant (adjective)

bouffant hair is arranged in a style that lifts it away from your head

bristly (adjective)

bristly hair is short and rough

bushy (adjective)

bushy hair or fur is very thick

close-cropped (adjective)

cut very short

coiffed (adjective)

often humorous coiffed hair has been carefully arranged in a special style

coiffured (adjective)

often humorous coiffured hair has been carefully arranged in a special style

crinkly (adjective)

crinkly hair is rough and curly

curl (noun)

the way that someone’s hair grows in curls

disheveled (adjective)

an American spelling of dishevelled

dishevelled (adjective)

if you are dishevelled, your hair and clothes do not look tidy

down to ()

used for saying how long someone’s hair is or how long their clothes are

flowing (adjective)

flowing clothes or hair hang in an attractive way

flyaway (adjective)

flyaway hair is very thin and soft, so that it is difficult to keep in a tidy hairstyle

frizz (noun)

the condition of hair that has very small tight stiff curls

frizzy (adjective)

frizzy hair has small tight stiff curls

fuzzy (adjective)

covered with short soft hairs or fibres like hair

gloss (noun)

the shiny and attractive appearance of something, especially someone’s hair

hairless (adjective)

with no hair

hairy (adjective)

with a lot of hair

lank (adjective)

lank hair is thin and straight

loose (adjective)

if your hair is loose, it is not tied in position

luxuriant (adjective)

mainly literary luxuriant hair is thick and healthy

matted (adjective)

matted hair or fur is twisted or stuck together and usually dirty

nappy (adjective)

informal nappy hair is tightly curled or twisted. This word is used especially by black people.

scraggly (adjective)

Americaninformal scraggly hair is untidy and does not look clean or healthy

shaggy (adjective)

long, thick, and untidy

shoulder-length (adjective)

shoulder-length hair reaches down to your shoulders

slaphead (noun)

Britishinformal an insulting way of referring to a man who is bald

sleek (adjective)

sleek fur or hair is smooth and shiny

spiky (adjective)

spiky hair sticks up

split ends (noun)

a condition in which the ends of your hair are split into two or more parts

straight (adjective)

straight hair has no curls or waves

swept-back (adjective)

swept-back hair is brushed away from your forehead

thick (adjective)

thick hair or fur is made of many small hairs growing very close together

thin (adjective)

thin hair, fur, or plants do not look solid because there are spaces between the individual hairs or leaves

thin on top ()

losing your hair

tidy (adjective)

tidy hair, clothes etc look good because they are arranged in a nice way

tousled (adjective)

tousled hair looks untidy in an attractive way

unkempt (adjective)

dirty and untidy

wavy (adjective)

a wavy line or wavy hair has a lot of waves or curls in it

wind-blown (adjective)

looking untidy because of being blown around by the wind

windswept (adjective)

someone who is windswept looks untidy because their clothes and hair have been blown around by a strong wind

wiry (adjective)

wiry hair or grass is stiff and rough