Purr

/pɜː/

Synonyms for "purr" (49 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (10)

Verb(1 words)

Strong matches (15)

buzzdelightdie with delightdronefeel happygo into raptureshum
Verb(3 words)
Noun(4 words)
Adjective(1 words)

Related words (24)

joylaughsingsmiletake great satisfactionthrumtread on airwhirwhiz
Verb(6 words)
make vibrant soundswhirwhirrwhirredwhizwhizz

Related word relations

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

5 relation types

More general

9 entries
gonoiseoperating stateresonatesoundsound productionvibratevocalization

More specific

5 entries
cat purrengine purrkitten purrmachine purrmotor purr

Collocations

9 entries
cat purrcontinuous purrdeep purrengine purrgentle purrlow frequency purrpurr loudlypurr quietlysoft purr

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

5 entries

Translations

9 translations across 6 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • мър intj (Translations)
  • мър-мър intj (Translations)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 呼嚕 /呼噜 intj (Translations)

Japanese

1 entries
  • ゴロゴロ intj (Translations)

Polish

1 entries
  • mru intj (Translations)

Russian

3 entries
  • мур intj (Translations)
  • мур-мур intj (Translations)
  • мур-р-р intj (Translations)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • мур intj (Translations)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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Do tigers purr?

Source: tatoeba (569046)

I cannot purr like a cat. I'm a dog!

Source: tatoeba (1686894)

Why do cats purr?

Source: tatoeba (3821316)

O grey pussycat, please don't purr. Grandpa might hear you.

Source: tatoeba (4226062)

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