Synonyms for Licking | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "licking" (123 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Strong matches (37)

Noun(7 words)

defeat soundlydemolish drub heal intense lacing lap

deglutition destruction devouring devourment dieting dining discomfiture downcast downfall dressing-down drubbing eating epulation failure fall feasting feeding gluttony gobbling grazing

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herbivorism herbivority herbivorousness hiding hunger ingestion lambasting larruping lathering leathering

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

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More general

17 entries

amount behavior conclusioncorporal punishmentdefeatdescriptive adjectiveending failurefigurative adjectivefinish improveintensifying adjectivemouth actionphysical actionportion recover

Showing 16 of 17 words.

More specific

24 entries

bounce backcrush dab dash demolish drub drubbingflame lickingice cream lickinglicking glarelicking heatpinch polishrain lickingrecover quicklyrefine

Showing 16 of 24 words.

Collocations

16 entries

animal lickingice cream lickinglick envelopelick stampslicking flamelicking heatlicking lipslicking motionlicking rainlicking shadowslicking soundlicking tongueslicking windlip lickingtongue lickingwound licking

Inflections

5 entries

licked lickings licksmore lickingmost licking

Derivations

8 entries

lick lickability lickable licked licker lickingly licks unlicked

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The cat was licking its paws.

Source: tatoeba (282063)

The cat is licking the candle stand out of love for the candle.

Source: tatoeba (662690)

Mary is licking an ice cream cone.

Source: tatoeba (1487100)

Life is like licking honey off a cactus.

Source: tatoeba (1617876)

Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.

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