Dude, you can't just go up to a woman and grope her. That's sexual harassment!
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Grope
//ɡɹəʊp//
Synonyms for "grope" (60 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
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More general
11 entriesderived
7 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
119 translations across 29 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ψηλαφάω verb (to search by feeling)
Armenian
1 entries- խարխափել verb (to search by feeling)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- əlləmək verb (obsolete: to feel with or use the hands)
- əlləşdirmək verb (obsolete: to feel with or use the hands)
Bulgarian
3 entries- опипвам verb (obsolete: to feel with or use the hands)
- опипвам verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- търся пипнешком verb (to search by feeling)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 摸索 verb (obsolete: to feel with or use the hands)
- 摸索 verb (to search by feeling)
Czech
4 entries- hmatat verb (obsolete: to feel with or use the hands)
- osahávat verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- tápat verb (to search by feeling)
- šmátrat verb (to search by feeling)
Dutch
3 entries- betasten verb (to search by feeling)
- betasten verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- tasten verb (obsolete: to feel with or use the hands)
Esperanto
3 entries- palpi verb (to search by feeling)
- palpserĉi verb (to search by feeling)
- palpserĉi verb (to touch closely and sexually)
Finnish
4 entries- hipelöidä verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- hyväillä verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- kopeloida verb (to search by feeling)
- kopeloida verb (to touch closely and sexually)
French
4 entries- peloter verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- tripoter verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- tâter verb (obsolete: to feel with or use the hands)
- tâtonner verb (obsolete: to feel with or use the hands)
Galician
4 entries- apalpar verb (obsolete: to feel with or use the hands)
- apalpar verb (to search by feeling)
- apalpar verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- cotifar verb (to touch closely and sexually)
German
4 entries- begrapschen verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- grapschen verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- herumtasten verb (to search by feeling)
- tappen verb (to search by feeling)
Greek
2 entries- πασπατεύω verb (to search by feeling)
- πασπατεύω verb (to touch closely and sexually)
Hebrew
1 entries- חָפַן verb (to touch closely and sexually)
Hungarian
4 entries- fogdos verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- taperol verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- tapizik verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- tapogat verb (to touch closely and sexually)
Italian
4 entries- palpare verb (obsolete: to feel with or use the hands)
- palpare verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- palpeggiare verb (obsolete: to feel with or use the hands)
- palpeggiare verb (to search by feeling)
Japanese
3 entries- 探る verb (obsolete: to feel with or use the hands)
- 探る verb (to search by feeling)
- 痴漢する verb (to touch closely and sexually)
Latin
3 entries- depsō verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- perdepsō verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- subigitō verb (to touch closely and sexually)
Māori
4 entries- mori verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- muhu verb (to search by feeling)
- takamori verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- tīnaonao verb (to search by feeling)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- beføle verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- tafse verb (to touch closely and sexually)
Portuguese
3 entries- apalpar verb (obsolete: to feel with or use the hands)
- apalpar verb (to search by feeling)
- apalpar verb (to touch closely and sexually)
Romanian
4 entries- bâjbâi verb (to search by feeling)
- dezmierda verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- giugiuli verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- mângâia verb (to touch closely and sexually)
Russian
4 entries- ла́пать verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- ласка́ть verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- нащу́пывать verb (obsolete: to feel with or use the hands)
- нащу́пывать verb (to search by feeling)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- rùraich verb (to search by feeling)
Spanish
4 entries- agarrar verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- buscar a tientas verb (to search by feeling)
- magrear verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- manosear verb (to touch closely and sexually)
Swedish
4 entries- antasta verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- famla verb (to search by feeling)
- kladda verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- tafsa verb (to touch closely and sexually)
Telugu
1 entries- తడుము verb (to search by feeling)
Turkish
4 entries- avuçlamak verb (obsolete: to feel with or use the hands)
- avuçlamak verb (to touch closely and sexually)
- el yordamıyla aramak verb (to search by feeling)
- ellemek verb (obsolete: to feel with or use the hands)
Uzbek
1 entries- paypaslamoq verb (to search by feeling)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
It's a great folly to grope for a thing in the dark when you have a candle standing by you.
Source: tatoeba (8300068)
If you get into any form of public transport and there are men around, they feel free to grope you, rub against you.
Source: tatoeba (10839208)
Back in the Phuthaditjaba Tavern, couples grope in corners, while Bob Marley serenades the darkness.
Source: tatoeba (10876534)
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