Home › Words › D › depilatorydepilatory/dəˈpɪləˌtɔɹi/depilatory means that removes hair.depilatory is pronounced /dəˈpɪləˌtɔɹi/.EtymologyFrom French dépilatoire.adjThat removes haire.g.“You can do anything with electrolytic, depilatory creams and a little patience.” — 1913, Gaston Leroux, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, Balaoo, Book 2:nounA preparation that removes hair from the body.e.g.“When Bilkis Queen of Sheba discovered her legs by lifting her robe (Koran xxvii.), Solomon was minded to marry her, but would not do so till the devils had by a depilatory removed the hair.” — 1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar editioDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.depilator 79% match — One who or that which depilates; a remover of hair. vs depilatory →depilate 76% match — To remove all hair from skin so as to make it smooth. vs depilatory →depilation 75% match — The process of stripping hair from the skin so as to make it smooth; unhairing; hair removal. vs depilatory →depilant 75% match — A substance used to remove hair from leather being processed. vs depilatory →depilous 72% match — hairless vs depilatory →dehair 72% match — To remove the hair from. vs depilatory →epilation 71% match — The removal of hair from the skin in such a way that removes or destroys the root. vs depilatory →epilatory 70% match — Synonym of depilatory. vs depilatory →