Home › Words › S › scrubdownscrubdownscrubdown means A thorough scrubbing to clean something from top to bottom.EtymologyDeverbal from scrub down.nounA thorough scrubbing to clean something from top to bottom.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bescrub 71% match — To scrub around or about; scrub completely or all over. vs scrubdown →overscrub 71% match — To scrub excessively. vs scrubdown →scrubbing 70% match — The action of the verb to scrub vs scrubdown →deckscrub 61% match — A floor brush with very hard short bristles, used for scouring. vs scrubdown →scrubber 61% match — A person or appliance that cleans floors or similar by scrubbing. vs scrubdown →overclean 60% match — To clean to an excessive degree. vs scrubdown →decrud 58% match — To remove the crud from. vs scrubdown →scrubbily 58% match — In a scrubby way. vs scrubdown →