She wants to hug him.
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Hug
//hʌɡ//
Synonyms for "hug" (167 found)
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Closest matches (34)
Strong matches (50)
Related words (83)
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8 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
2 entriesderived
41 entriesShowing 16 of 41 words.
etymologically related_to
1 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesmotivated by_goal
2 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
used for
1 entriesTranslations
308 translations across 100 languages.
A Hmao
1 entries- 𖼀𖽔 verb (to embrace)
Afrikaans
1 entries- knuffel noun (affectionate embrace)
Ahom
1 entries- 𑜀𑜤𑜆𑜫 𑜀𑜥 noun (affectionate embrace)
Albanian
3 entries- përqafim noun (affectionate embrace)
- përqafoj verb (to cling closely together)
- përqafoj verb (to embrace)
Arabic
4 entries- اِحْتِضَان noun (affectionate embrace)
- حَضْن noun (affectionate embrace)
- حُضُن noun (affectionate embrace)
- ضَمَّة noun (affectionate embrace)
Armenian
3 entries- գրկում noun (affectionate embrace)
- գրկել verb (to embrace)
- փարվել verb (to embrace)
Aromanian
1 entries- ambratsu verb (to embrace)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- bağrına basmaq verb (to embrace)
- qucaqlamaq verb (to embrace)
- qucaqlaşmaq verb (to cling closely together)
Basque
2 entries- besarkada noun (affectionate embrace)
- besarkatu verb (to embrace)
Belarusian
4 entries- абдоймы noun (affectionate embrace)
- абды́мак noun (affectionate embrace)
- абды́мкі noun (affectionate embrace)
- абдыма́ць verb (to embrace)
Bikol Central
1 entries- kugos noun (affectionate embrace)
Bulgarian
3 entries- прегръ́дка noun (affectionate embrace)
- прегръ́щам verb (to embrace)
- прегъ́рна verb (to embrace)
Burmese
1 entries- ဖက် verb (to embrace)
Catalan
2 entries- abraçada noun (affectionate embrace)
- abraçar verb (to embrace)
Central Kurdish
3 entries- باوەش noun (affectionate embrace)
- باوەش گرتن verb (to cling closely together)
- باوەش گرتن verb (to embrace)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 抱 verb (to embrace)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 偎抱 noun (affectionate embrace)
- 摟抱 /搂抱 noun (affectionate embrace)
- 擁抱 /拥抱 noun (affectionate embrace)
- 偎抱 verb (to embrace)
Corsican
1 entries- abbraciu noun (affectionate embrace)
Czech
3 entries- objetí noun (affectionate embrace)
- obejmout verb (to embrace)
- objímat verb (to embrace)
Danish
4 entries- knus noun (affectionate embrace)
- kram noun (affectionate embrace)
- omfavnelse noun (affectionate embrace)
- knuse verb (to embrace)
Dutch
4 entries- knuffel noun (affectionate embrace)
- knuffelen noun (affectionate embrace)
- elkaar omarmen verb (to cling closely together)
- knuffelen verb (to embrace)
Egyptian
3 entries- H-p:t-D32:a verb (to embrace)
- i-n:q-D32:D40 verb (to embrace)
- q:n-i-D32 verb (to embrace)
Esperanto
4 entries- brakumo noun (affectionate embrace)
- enbrakigo noun (affectionate embrace)
- ĉirkaŭpremo noun (affectionate embrace)
- ĉirkaŭpreno noun (affectionate embrace)
Estonian
3 entries- kalli noun (affectionate embrace)
- kallistus noun (affectionate embrace)
- embama verb (to embrace)
Faroese
3 entries- klemm noun (affectionate embrace)
- klemma verb (to embrace)
- kroysta verb (to embrace)
Finnish
4 entries- halaus noun (affectionate embrace)
- hali noun (affectionate embrace)
- halata verb (to embrace)
- painautua yhteen verb (to cling closely together)
French
4 entries- accolade noun (affectionate embrace)
- câlin noun (affectionate embrace)
- embrassade noun (affectionate embrace)
- étreinte noun (affectionate embrace)
Galician
2 entries- abrazo noun (affectionate embrace)
- abrazar verb (to embrace)
Georgian
3 entries- ჩახუტება noun (affectionate embrace)
- ეხუტება verb (to embrace)
- მოიცავს verb (to embrace)
German
4 entries- Umarmung noun (affectionate embrace)
- drücken verb (to embrace)
- sich umarmen verb (to cling closely together)
- umarmen verb (to embrace)
Gheg Albanian
1 entries- rrok verb (to cling closely together)
Greek
4 entries- αγκάλιασμα noun (affectionate embrace)
- αγκαλιά noun (affectionate embrace)
- αγκαλιάζω verb (to cling closely together)
- αγκαλιάζω verb (to embrace)
Hebrew
3 entries- חיבוק \ חִבּוּק noun (affectionate embrace)
- חָבַק verb (to embrace)
- חיבק \ חִבֵּק verb (to embrace)
Hindi
2 entries- आलिंगन noun (affectionate embrace)
- आलिंगन करना verb (to embrace)
Hungarian
3 entries- ölelés noun (affectionate embrace)
- ölel verb (to embrace)
- összeölelkezik verb (to cling closely together)
Icelandic
4 entries- faðmlag noun (affectionate embrace)
- knús noun (affectionate embrace)
- faðma verb (to embrace)
- faðmast verb (to cling closely together)
Ido
2 entries- embraco noun (affectionate embrace)
- embracar verb (to embrace)
Indonesian
2 entries- memeluk verb (to embrace)
- mendekap verb (to embrace)
Irish
3 entries- cuach noun (affectionate embrace)
- barróg a thabhairt dá chéile verb (to cling closely together)
- cuach verb (to embrace)
Italian
4 entries- abbraccio noun (affectionate embrace)
- abbracciare verb (to cling closely together)
- abbracciare verb (to embrace)
- tenersi vicino verb (to stay close to)
Japanese
4 entries- ハグ noun (affectionate embrace)
- 抱擁 noun (affectionate embrace)
- だく verb (to embrace)
- ハグする verb (to embrace)
Jeju
1 entries- 안다 verb (to embrace)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- abrasa verb (to embrace)
- brasá verb (to embrace)
Kapampangan
2 entries- kaul noun (affectionate embrace)
- kawul noun (affectionate embrace)
Kazakh
4 entries- аймалау verb (to embrace)
- айқалау verb (to embrace)
- құшақтау verb (to embrace)
- құшу verb (to embrace)
Khmer
3 entries- ការអោបរឹត noun (affectionate embrace)
- អាលិង្គន noun (affectionate embrace)
- អោបរឹត verb (to embrace)
Korean
4 entries- 포옹 noun (affectionate embrace)
- 껴안다 verb (to embrace)
- 끌어안다 verb (to embrace)
- 안다 verb (to embrace)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- кучактоо verb (to embrace)
Lao
1 entries- ກອດ verb (to embrace)
Latin
3 entries- complexus noun (affectionate embrace)
- amplector verb (to embrace)
- complector verb (to embrace)
Latvian
2 entries- apkampiens noun (affectionate embrace)
- apskaut verb (to embrace)
Lithuanian
2 entries- apkabinimas noun (affectionate embrace)
- apkabinti verb (to embrace)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- łono noun (affectionate embrace)
Luxembourgish
4 entries- Ëmaarmung noun (affectionate embrace)
- sech ëmaarmen verb (to cling closely together)
- ëmaarmen verb (to embrace)
- ëmäerbelen verb (to embrace)
Macedonian
4 entries- гушка noun (affectionate embrace)
- прегратка noun (affectionate embrace)
- прегрнување noun (affectionate embrace)
- гушка verb (to embrace)
Malay
2 entries- pelukan noun (affectionate embrace)
- memeluk verb (to embrace)
Malayalam
4 entries- ആലിംഗനം noun (affectionate embrace)
- ആശ്ലേഷം noun (affectionate embrace)
- കെട്ടിപ്പിടിക്കൽ noun (affectionate embrace)
- കെട്ടിപ്പിടിക്കുക verb (to embrace)
Maltese
2 entries- għannaq verb (to embrace)
- ħaddan verb (to embrace)
Mongolian
1 entries- тэврэх verb (to embrace)
Māori
4 entries- awhi verb (to embrace)
- haumiri verb (to stay close to)
- kēkeke verb (to embrace)
- miri verb (to stay close to)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- hemêz noun (affectionate embrace)
Northern Sami
2 entries- fátmut verb (to embrace)
- sallut verb (to embrace)
Norwegian
1 entries- klem noun (affectionate embrace)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- klemme verb (to embrace)
- omfavne verb (to embrace)
Nǀuu
1 entries- ǁxam verb (to embrace)
Old English
2 entries- clypping noun (affectionate embrace)
- clyppan verb (to embrace)
Old Norse
1 entries- faðma verb (to embrace)
Oromo
1 entries- hammachuu verb (to embrace)
Persian
4 entries- بغل noun (affectionate embrace)
- بغل گیری noun (affectionate embrace)
- بغل کردن verb (to embrace)
- در آغوش گرفتن verb (to embrace)
Pitjantjatjara
1 entries- ampuṉi verb (to embrace)
Polish
4 entries- obejmowanie noun (affectionate embrace)
- objęcie noun (affectionate embrace)
- przytulenie noun (affectionate embrace)
- obejmować verb (to embrace)
Portuguese
2 entries- abraço noun (affectionate embrace)
- abraçar verb (to embrace)
Romanian
2 entries- îmbrățișare noun (affectionate embrace)
- îmbrățișa verb (to embrace)
Russian
4 entries- обнима́ние noun (affectionate embrace)
- объя́тие noun (affectionate embrace)
- обнима́ть verb (to embrace)
- обнима́ться verb (to cling closely together)
Sardinian
3 entries- abbratzada noun (affectionate embrace)
- abbratzare verb (to cling closely together)
- abbratzare verb (to embrace)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- ioma-ghlacadh noun (affectionate embrace)
- ioma-ghlac verb (to embrace)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- zagrljaj noun (affectionate embrace)
- загрљај noun (affectionate embrace)
- gȑliti verb (to embrace)
- obujmljívati verb (to embrace)
Shor
1 entries- қучақтарға verb (to embrace)
Sicilian
1 entries- abbrazzu noun (affectionate embrace)
Slovak
3 entries- objatie noun (affectionate embrace)
- objať verb (to embrace)
- objímať verb (to embrace)
Slovene
4 entries- objèm noun (affectionate embrace)
- objemati verb (to embrace)
- objéti verb (to cling closely together)
- objéti verb (to embrace)
Southern Kurdish
1 entries- باوِش noun (affectionate embrace)
Spanish
4 entries- abrazo noun (affectionate embrace)
- apapacho noun (affectionate embrace)
- apapuche noun (affectionate embrace)
- abrazar verb (to cling closely together)
Swedish
4 entries- kram noun (affectionate embrace)
- krama verb (to embrace)
- kramas verb (to cling closely together)
- omfamna verb (to embrace)
Tagalog
2 entries- yakap noun (affectionate embrace)
- yakap verb (to embrace)
Tajik
1 entries- оғӯш кардан verb (to embrace)
Thai
2 entries- กอด noun (affectionate embrace)
- กอด verb (to embrace)
Tocharian B
1 entries- yäks verb (to embrace)
Turkish
2 entries- sarılma noun (affectionate embrace)
- sarılmak verb (to embrace)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎈𐎁𐎖 verb (to embrace)
Ukrainian
4 entries- об'я́ття noun (affectionate embrace)
- обі́йми noun (affectionate embrace)
- обійма́ння noun (affectionate embrace)
- обня́ти verb (to embrace)
Upper Sorbian
2 entries- wobjeće noun (affectionate embrace)
- wobjimanje noun (affectionate embrace)
Urdu
3 entries- ملنا verb (to embrace)
- گلے لگانا verb (to embrace)
- گلے ملنا verb (to embrace)
Uzbek
2 entries- quchmoq verb (to embrace)
- quchoqlamoq verb (to embrace)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cái ôm noun (affectionate embrace)
- ôm verb (to embrace)
Volapük
2 entries- lelöfül noun (affectionate embrace)
- lelöfülön verb (to embrace)
Welsh
1 entries- cofleidiad noun (affectionate embrace)
Yiddish
3 entries- אַרומנעם noun (affectionate embrace)
- אַרומנעמען verb (to embrace)
- האַלדזן verb (to embrace)
Yoruba
1 entries- dìmọ́ verb (to embrace)
Zazaki
1 entries- vırar noun (affectionate embrace)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Tom wants to hug Mary.
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Even though it's against company policy, Tom and Mary kiss and hug every time they meet.
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Tom gave Mary a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
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