Doormat

//ˈdɔɹˌmæt//

Synonyms for "doormat" (66 found)

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Closest matches (14)

weakling baby big baby bitch broom carpet carpeting chicken

Noun(6 words)

apple polisher ass-licker bitch bootlick bootlicker brownnose

Strong matches (19)

cleaning crybaby device drop cloth duckboards dull tool floorboards flooring flunkey ground cloth ground-sheet gutless wonder inferior invertebrate jellyfish

Noun(4 words)

glazer groveler lick-platter lickpot

Related words (33)

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8 relation types

More general

7 entries

individual mat mortal person somebody someone soul

Synonyms

1 entries

weakling

at location

9 entries

doorway entrance porch florida front door front of door front of house's front door hallway porch store

derived from

2 entries

door mat

is a

2 entries

mat rug

receives action

1 entries

found outside door

related to

2 entries

mat submissive

used for

16 entries

absorb moisture and dirt from shoes decoration hiding key under keeping dirt outside keeping floor clean keeping house clean keeping shoes clean prevent dirt from entering house preventing mud from being tracked inside saying welcome stepping on walking over wipe one's feet on wipe shoes wiping shoes wiping shoes clean

Translations

75 translations across 37 languages.

Belarusian

3 entries

дыванок noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
каберац noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
палавік noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

Bengali

1 entries

পাপোষ noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

Bulgarian

1 entries

изтривалка noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

觀音兵 /观音兵 noun (someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

擦腳墊 /擦脚垫 noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
舔狗 noun (someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes)
門口地墊 /门口地垫 noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
門墊 /门垫 noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

Czech

1 entries

rohožka noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

Danish

2 entries

dørmåtte noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
dørmåtte noun (someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes)

Dutch

3 entries

buklaaf noun (someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes)
deurmat noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
voetveeg noun (someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes)

Esperanto

1 entries

mato noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

Faroese

1 entries

duramotta noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

Finnish

3 entries

kynnysmatto noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
kynnysmatto noun (someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes)
ovimatto noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

French

4 entries

carpette noun (someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes)
essuie-pieds noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
paillasson noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
paillasson noun (someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes)

German

4 entries

Fußabstreifer noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
Fußabtreter noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
Fußabtreter noun (someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes)
Fußmatte noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

Greek

1 entries

πατάκι noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

Gujarati

1 entries

પગલૂછણિયું noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

Hebrew

3 entries

אַסְקֻפָּה נִדְרֶסֶת noun (someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes)
אסקופה נדרסת noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
אסקופה נדרסת noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

Hindi

1 entries

पांवड़ा noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

Hungarian

3 entries

lábtörlő noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
lábtörlő noun (someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes)
papucs noun (someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes)

Ido

1 entries

tapiseto noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

Italian

4 entries

nettapiedi noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
stoino noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
stuoino noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
zerbino noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

Japanese

3 entries

ドアマット noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
マット noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
靴拭き noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

Korean

1 entries

호구 noun (someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes)

Macedonian

3 entries

бришалка noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
мивка noun (someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes)
подметка noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

Malayalam

1 entries

ചവുട്ടി noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

Marathi

1 entries

पायपुसणे noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

dørmatte noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
dørmatte noun (someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

dørmatte noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
dørmatte noun (someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes)

Polish

2 entries

pantofel noun (someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes)
wycieraczka noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

Portuguese

2 entries

capacho noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
capacho noun (someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes)

Romanian

1 entries

preș noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

Russian

4 entries

ко́врик noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
полови́к noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
терпила noun (someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes)
тря́пка noun (someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes)

Spanish

1 entries

felpudo noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

Swedish

2 entries

dörrmatta noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
dörrmatta noun (someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes)

Tagalog

1 entries

kuskusan ng paa noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

Tamil

1 entries

கால்மிதி noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

Thai

2 entries

พรมเช็ดเท้า noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
พรมเช็ดเท้า noun (someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes)

Turkish

1 entries

paspas noun (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

Sample sentences

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Tom knew that Mary kept a key under the doormat.

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Tom wiped his feet on the doormat.

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You should never be the doormat of a self-centered person.

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Fadil became like a complete doormat.

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