hair: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 7 letter points · starts with H · ends with R
Meaning of hair
noun
- countable, singular, usually
A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
- singular, uncountable, usually
The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for any part or the whole body.
- singular, uncountable, usually
Specifically, the collection of hairs on the top and sides of the human head, growing from the scalp.
Example: In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair.
- countable, singular, usually
A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
Listed forms: hairs.
Source: Wiktionary — hair.
verb
- singular, transitive, usually
To remove the hair from.
- intransitive, singular, usually
To grow hair (where there was a bald spot).
- singular, transitive, usually
To cause to have or bear hair; to provide with hair
- singular, usually
To string the bow for a violin.
Listed forms: hairs, hairing, haired.
Source: Wiktionary — hair.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for hair.
noun
a very small distance or space
- hair's breadth
- hairsbreadth
- whisker
noun
filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
- fuzz
- tomentum
noun
any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
- pilus
noun
cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is hair in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of hair
H(4) + A(1) + I(1) + R(1) = 7 points.
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Anagrams of hair
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from hair
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