The monkeys are grooming each other.
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Grooming
//ˈɡɹuːmɪŋ//
Synonyms for "grooming" (45 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (22)
Related word relations
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More general
2 entriesSynonyms
4 entriescauses
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
coordinate
1 entriesderived
6 entriesform of
1 entrieshas prerequisite
12 entrieshas subevent
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
is a
2 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesused for
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
Translations
33 translations across 11 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اِسْتِمَالَة الْأَطْفَال noun (attempting to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person for sexual purposes)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 性誘拐 /性诱拐 noun (attempting to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person for sexual purposes)
Finnish
2 entries- verkkoviettely noun (attempting to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person for sexual purposes)
- viettely noun (attempting to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person for sexual purposes)
German
4 entries- Coaching noun (act of teaching)
- Fellpflege noun (caring for horses)
- Körperpflege noun (care for one's appearance)
- Pferdepflege noun (caring for horses)
Greek
1 entries- καλλωπισμός noun (care for one's appearance)
Hungarian
4 entries- becserkészés noun (attempting to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person for sexual purposes)
- beetetés noun (attempting to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person for sexual purposes)
- behálózás noun (attempting to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person for sexual purposes)
- beédesgetés noun (attempting to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person for sexual purposes)
Portuguese
1 entries- corrupção de menor noun (attempting to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person for sexual purposes)
Russian
2 entries- ухо́д noun (care for one's appearance)
- ухо́д noun (caring for horses)
Spanish
4 entries- acicaladura noun (caring for horses)
- adiestramiento noun (act of teaching)
- arreglo noun (care for one's appearance)
- capacitación noun (act of teaching)
Swedish
1 entries- kontakt med barn i sexuellt syfte noun (attempting to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person for sexual purposes)
Western Apache
1 entries- bee ídadołzhooní noun (care for one's appearance)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Grooming in primates increases group cohesion.
Source: tatoeba (326114)
Today, after riding, while grooming the horse I carelessly got my right foot trod on.
Source: tatoeba (328015)
The woman is grooming herself.
Source: tatoeba (881778)
Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.