All lotion synonyms

noun lotion

• balm — Balm is a sweet-smelling oil that is obtained from some tropical trees and used to make creams that heal wounds or reduce pain.
• ointment — a soft, unctuous preparation, often medicated, for application to the skin; unguent.
• cosmetic — Cosmetics are substances such as lipstick or powder, which people put on their face to make themselves look more attractive.
• salve — a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores.
• cream — Cream is a thick yellowish-white liquid taken from milk. You can use it in cooking or put it on fruit or desserts.
• liniment — a liquid or semiliquid preparation for rubbing on or applying to the skin, as for sprains or bruises, usually soothing or counterirritating.
• unguent — an ointment or salve, usually liquid or semiliquid, for application to wounds, sores, etc.
• preparation — a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one prepares for something: preparations for a journey.
• wash — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
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• lenitive — softening, soothing, or mitigating, as medicines or applications.
• demulcent — soothing; mollifying
• palliative — serving to palliate.
• oil — any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
• rub — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
• gel — Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
• embrocation — A liquid used for rubbing on the body to relieve pain from sprains and strains.