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mold has 16 distinct synonyms spread across 13 of its 14 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
become moldy; spoil due to humidity
“The furniture molded in the old house”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for mold come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
fit tightly, follow the contours of
“The dress molds her beautiful figure”