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washing has 4 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 2 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.
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for washing come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering