raw synonyms

raw

modif.

  1. Not cooked

    uncooked, fresh, rare, hard, unprepared, undercooked, underdone, fibrous, coarse-grained, unpasteurized, unbaked, unfried; see also rare 5.

    Antonyms cooked, baked*, fried. *

  2. Unfinished

    natural, untreated, rough, newly cut, unprocessed, crude, unrefined, unstained, untanned, coarse, newly mined, uncut, virgin, unedited, unevaluated; see also unfinished 2.

    Antonyms manufactured, refined*, processed. *

  3. Untrained

    inexperienced, immature, new, fresh; see inexperienced.

  4. Cold

    biting, windy, bleak; see cold 1.

  5. Without skin

    peeled, skinned, dressed, galled, scraped, blistered, cut, wounded, pared, uncovered, chafed, bruised, sore, irritated, inflamed.

    Antonyms coated, covered*, healed.

  6. *Nasty

    coarse, crude, brutally frank; see coarse 2, rude 2, vulgar 1.

in the raw*

nude, bare, unclothed; see naked 1.

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