Massage

//ˈmæsɑː(d)ʒ//

Synonyms for "massage" (78 found)

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Closest matches (16)

Strong matches (23)

Verb(1 words)
knead

Related words (39)

Verb(2 words)
rub downshampoo
Noun(1 words)
shampoo

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Related terms

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capable of

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entails

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has property

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is a

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related to

12 entries

Translations

162 translations across 78 languages.

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Albanian

4 entries
  • fërkim noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • masazh noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • ndrys noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • ngjesh noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • μάλαξις noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Arabic

4 entries
  • تَدْلِيك noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • تَمْسِيد noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • مَسَاج noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • مَسَاج noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Armenian

1 entries
  • մերսում noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Asturian

1 entries
  • masaxe noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • masaj noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • маса́ж noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ম্যাসেজ noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • маса́ж noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • масажирам verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Burmese

1 entries
  • အနှိပ် noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Catalan

1 entries
  • massatge noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • hilot verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎦᏅᎦᎸᏗ noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 按摩 noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • 𢱕骨 verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 按摩 noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • 馬殺雞 /马杀鸡 noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • 按摩 verb (to perform a massage on somebody)
  • 篡改 verb (to falsify data or accounts)

Czech

2 entries
  • masáž noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • masírovat verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Danish

1 entries
  • massage noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Dari

1 entries
  • چَاپِی noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Dutch

4 entries
  • massage noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • manipuleren verb (to manipulate data or a document)
  • masseren verb (to perform a massage on somebody)
  • vervalsen verb (to falsify data or accounts)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • masaĝo noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • masaĝi verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Estonian

3 entries
  • massaaž noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • masseerimine noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • masseerima verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Faroese

1 entries
  • vøddamýking noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Finnish

2 entries
  • hieronta noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • hieroa verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

French

2 entries
  • massage noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • masser verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Galician

3 entries
  • freta noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • masaxe noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • masaxear verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მასაჟი noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

German

3 entries
  • Massage noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • massieren verb (to perform a massage on somebody)
  • schönen verb (to manipulate data or a document)

Greek

3 entries
  • μάλαξη noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • μασάζ noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • μαλάσσω verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • עִסוּי noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • עיסוי noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • עיסה verb (to perform a massage on somebody)
  • עסה verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Hindi

3 entries
  • अंगमर्दन noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • मसाज noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • मालिश noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • masszázs noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • kozmetikáz verb (to manipulate data or a document)
  • masszíroz verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • nudd noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • pijat noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • urut noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • ماساژ noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Irish

1 entries
  • suathaireacht noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Italian

1 entries
  • massaggio noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Japanese

3 entries
  • マッサージ noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • 按摩 noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • マッサージする verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • массаж noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • уқалау verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Khmer

4 entries
  • ការគក់ច្របាច់ noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • ម៉ាស្សា noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • សម្ពាហកម្ម noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • គក់ច្របាច់ verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Korean

3 entries
  • 마사지 noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • 안마 noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • 마사지하다 verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • массаж noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Lao

2 entries
  • ສັມພາຫະ noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • ນວດ verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Latin

2 entries
  • frictio noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • frīcō verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Latvian

1 entries
  • masāža noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • masažas noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • маса́жа noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • тр́лање noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • маси́ра verb (to perform a massage on somebody)
  • тр́ла verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • manotra noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Malay

2 entries
  • urut noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • urut verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Maltese

1 entries
  • massaġġi noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • иллэг noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • массаж noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Māori

3 entries
  • kōmuru verb (to perform a massage on somebody)
  • kōmurumuru verb (to perform a massage on somebody)
  • mirimiri verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • gemirandin noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • masaj noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • mistdan noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • perixandin noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • massasje noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • massasje noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Pashto

4 entries
  • مالش noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • مساج noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • مساژ noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • چاپي noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Polish

2 entries
  • masaż noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • masować verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • massagem noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • massagear verb (to perform a massage on somebody)
  • massajar verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Romanian

4 entries
  • masaj noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • masare noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • a face masaj verb (to perform a massage on somebody)
  • manipula verb (to manipulate data or a document)

Russian

3 entries
  • масса́ж noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • де́лать масса́ж verb (to perform a massage on somebody)
  • масси́ровать verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • masáža noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • маса́жа noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Slovak

1 entries
  • masáž noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Slovene

1 entries
  • masaža noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Spanish

2 entries
  • masaje noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • masajear verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Swedish

2 entries
  • massage noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • massera verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Tajik

2 entries
  • массаж noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • молиш noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Tausug

1 entries
  • hilud verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Telugu

2 entries
  • మర్దనము noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • మర్దించు verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Thai

2 entries
  • การนวด noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • นวด verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Turkish

2 entries
  • masaj noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • masaj yapmak verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • massaž noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • маса́ж noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • масажува́ти verb (to perform a massage on somebody)
  • промасажува́ти verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Urdu

2 entries
  • مالِش noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • مَساج noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ماساژ noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • massaj noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • sự xoa bóp noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • sự đấm bóp noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
  • mát-xa verb (to perform a massage on somebody)
  • tẩm quất verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Volapük

1 entries
  • masetön verb (to perform a massage on somebody)

Welsh

1 entries
  • tylino noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • מאַסאַזש noun (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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I want a massage. I need to relax.

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Would you like me to massage your chest?

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She gave him a massage.

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Tom asked Mary to give him a massage, but she didn't want to.

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