leatherlike

Thân thiện

The jacket has a durable leatherlike texture.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Resembling leather in appearance, texture, or quality: Having the tough, durable, and often slightly pliable characteristics of leather. 2. Made to imitate leather: A material manufactured to look and feel like genuine leather.

Usage and Examples

The adjective "leatherlike" is used to describe objects or materials that have the qualities of leather.

Advanced Usage

• Descriptive Use: Often used in product descriptions for vegan or synthetic alternatives to leather (e.g., "leatherlike upholstery," "leatherlike texture").
• Comparative Use: Can be used in similes or comparisons to evoke a specific tactile or visual quality.
  • The skin on his palms was tough and leatherlike from years of manual labor.

Variants and Related Words

• Leathery (adj): Very similar in meaning to "leatherlike," often implying a natural toughness and texture resembling leather (e.g., "leathery skin," "leathery leaves").
• Pliable (adj): Capable of being bent or flexed without breaking; a key characteristic of both leather and leatherlike materials.
• Synthetic leather (n): A direct term for manufactured materials designed to imitate genuine leather.

Synonyms

• Leathery
• Coriaceous (technical, chiefly botanical/biological)
• Tough
• Durable

Antonyms

• Delicate
• Fragile
• Flimsy
• Soft (in the sense of lacking toughness)

Học thuật

Adjective

1. resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable

Từ đồng nghĩa

• coriaceous
• leathered
• leathery