Synonyms for "salivate" (12 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

dribbledriveldrool

Strong matches (3)

Verb(1 words)

drool

frothhawk

Related words (6)

slabberslaverslobberspewspit

Verb(1 words)

yearn

Related word relations

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

7 relation types

More general

3 entries

act involuntarilyact reflexivelycovet

Synonyms

1 entries

drool

Related terms

4 entries

droolsalivasalivarysalivation

derived

5 entries

desalivatehypersalivatesalivatinglysalivatorunsalivated

derived from

1 entries

saliva

manner of

2 entries

act involuntarilycovet

related to

7 entries

anticipationdrooleagerexpectationsalivasalivarysalivation

Translations

44 translations across 20 languages.

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Armenian

1 entries

• թքարտադրել verb (to produce saliva)

Bulgarian

3 entries

• отделям слюнка verb (to produce saliva)
• точа се verb (to show eager anticipation)
• чакам с нетърпение verb (to show eager anticipation)

Catalan

1 entries

• salivar verb (to produce saliva)

Czech

1 entries

• slinit verb (to produce saliva)

Dutch

2 entries

• kwijlen verb (to produce saliva)
• watertanden verb (to show eager anticipation)

Esperanto

1 entries

• salivi verb (to produce saliva)

French

3 entries

• baver verb (to show eager anticipation)
• saliver verb (to produce saliva)
• saliver verb (to show eager anticipation)

German

4 entries

• geifern verb (to produce saliva)
• geifern verb (to show eager anticipation)
• keifen verb (to show eager anticipation)
• sabbern verb (to produce saliva)

Hungarian

1 entries

• nyáladzik verb (to produce saliva)

Icelandic

1 entries

• slefa verb (to produce saliva)

Italian

3 entries

• salivare verb (to produce saliva)
• sbavare verb (to produce saliva)
• sbavare verb (to show eager anticipation)

Māori

2 entries

• koe verb (to produce saliva)
• mōwaiwai verb (to produce saliva)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

• tif kirin verb (to produce saliva)

Polish

3 entries

• wydzielać ślinę verb (to produce saliva)
• ślinić się verb (to produce saliva)
• ślinić się verb (to show eager anticipation)

Portuguese

1 entries

• salivar verb (to produce saliva)

Romanian

2 entries

• saliva verb (to produce saliva)
• saliva verb (to show eager anticipation)

Russian

4 entries

• выделя́ть слюну verb (to produce saliva)
• вызыва́ть слюнотечение verb (to produce saliva)
• заслюня́вить verb (to produce saliva)
• истекать слюной verb (to show eager anticipation)

Spanish

2 entries

• ensalivar verb (to produce saliva)
• salivar verb (to produce saliva)

Swedish

3 entries

• dregla verb (to produce saliva)
• dregla verb (to show eager anticipation)
• salivera verb (to produce saliva)

Walloon

2 entries

• blefer verb (to produce saliva)
• gleter verb (to produce saliva)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He's been salivating over the latest model sports car for a while now.

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