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Synonyms of carpet in English:

carpet


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noun

1‘a genuine Turkish carpet’

SYNONYMS
rug, mat, matting, floor covering, runner, drugget

2‘a carpet of wild flowers’

SYNONYMS
covering, blanket, layer, cover, coat, coating, sheet, film, overlay, cloak, mantle, canopy, bed, expanse
crust

verb

1‘the gravel was carpeted in bright green moss’

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cover, coat, overlay, overspread, blanket, overlie, extend over, pave

2‘a top fraud officer has been carpeted for leaking information’

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reprimand, rebuke, admonish, chastise, chide, upbraid, reprove, reproach, scold, remonstrate with, berate, take to task, pull up, castigate, lambast, read someone the Riot Act, give someone a piece of one's mind, lecture, criticize, censure
British haul over the coals
informal tell off, give someone a talking-to, give someone a telling-off, dress down, give someone a dressing-down, give someone an earful, give someone a roasting, give someone a rocket, give someone a rollicking, rap, rap over the knuckles, slap someone's wrist, send someone away with a flea in their ear, let someone have it, bawl out, give someone hell, come down on, blow up, pitch into, lay into, lace into, give someone a caning, put on the mat, slap down, blast, rag, keelhaul
British informal tick off, have a go at, give someone a mouthful, tear someone off a strip, give someone what for, give someone some stick, wig, give someone a wigging, give someone a row, row
North American informal chew out, ream out
Australian informal monster
British vulgar slang bollock, give someone a bollocking, tear someone a new arsehole, rip someone a new arsehole
North American vulgar slang chew someone's ass, ream someone's ass, tear someone a new asshole, rip someone a new asshole
dated call down, rate, give someone a rating, trim
rare reprehend, objurgate
ANTONYMS

praise, commend, compliment