Home › Words › E › epilateepilateepilate means to remove hair from the skin in such a way that removes or destroys the root, especially by plucking it out.EtymologyFrom e- + Latin pilus (“hair”) + -ate.verbTo remove hair from the skin in such a way that removes or destroys the root, especially by plucking it out.e.g.“Cæsar was proud of his physical beauty, and, like some modern inverts, he was accustomed carefully to shave and epilate his body to preserve the smoothness of the skin.” — 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6):Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.epilation 90% match — The removal of hair from the skin in such a way that removes or destroys the root. vs epilate →depilate 79% match — To remove all hair from skin so as to make it smooth. vs epilate →depilation 76% match — The process of stripping hair from the skin so as to make it smooth; unhairing; hair removal. vs epilate →epilator 71% match — An electrically-powered device used for hair removal by mechanically grasping multiple hairs simultaneously and pulling them out. vs epilate →depilator 70% match — One who or that which depilates; a remover of hair. vs epilate →depilatory 69% match — That removes hair vs epilate →epilatory 66% match — Synonym of depilatory. vs epilate →dehair 63% match — To remove the hair from. vs epilate →