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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loving touch |
| Synonyms: | cuddle, embrace, endearment, feel, fondling, hug, kiss, pat, pet, petting, snuggle, squeeze, stroke |
| Main Entry: | brush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch lightly |
| Synonyms: | caress, contact, flick, glance, graze, kiss, scrape, shave, skim, smooth, stroke, sweep, tickle |
| Main Entry: | coddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | indulge, pamper |
| Synonyms: | baby, caress, cater to, cosset, cotton, favor, humor, make much of, make over, mollycoddle, nurse, pet, play up to, spoil |
| Antonyms: | ignore, turn away |
Example Sentences
- They stroke the keys in the piano room and they caress violins in the auditorium.
- Wielding a single hair on a brush, a researcher tests the effects of a caress on skin.
- Some forms of springtails caress each other with their antennae before mating.
| Main Entry: | cuddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold fondly, closely |
| Synonyms: | bundle, burrow, caress, clasp, cosset, curl up, dandle, embrace, enfold, feel up, fondle, huddle, hug, kiss, love, nestle, nuzzle, pet, snug, snuggle, touch |
| Antonyms: | push away |
| Main Entry: | feel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch, stroke |
| Synonyms: | apperceive, caress, clasp, clutch, explore, finger, fondle, frisk, fumble, grapple, grasp, grip, grope, handle, manipulate, maul, palm, palpate, paw, perceive, pinch, ply, poke, press, run hands over, sense, squeeze, test, thumb, tickle, try, twiddle, wield |
| Main Entry: | fondle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch lovingly |
| Synonyms: | bear hug, caress, clutch, cosset, cuddle, dandle, embrace, feel, fool around, grab, grope, hug, love, make love to, neck, nestle, nuzzle, pat, paw, pet, play footsie, snuggle, squeeze, stroke |
| Main Entry: | foreplay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fondling |
| Synonyms: | action*, caress, cuddling, heavy petting, kissing, lovemaking, making out, necking, oral sex, petting, sex, sexual activity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hug |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | embrace |
| Synonyms: | affection, bear hug, bunny hug, caress, clasp, clinch, lock, squeeze, tight grip |
| Antonyms: | push, release |
| Main Entry: | kiss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | touching lips to another |
| Synonyms: | butterfly, caress, embrace, endearment, osculation, peck, salutation, salute, smack*, smooch |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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