Sea lampreys attach to fish with a suction cup mouth ringed with sharp teeth.
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Suction
//ˈsʌkʃən//
Synonyms for "suction" (34 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (17)
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9 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- всмукване noun (the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another)
- засмукване noun (the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another)
- засмуквам verb (process)
Catalan
1 entries- succió noun (the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another)
Czech
1 entries- sání noun (the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another)
French
2 entries- succion noun (the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another)
- sucer verb (process)
German
2 entries- Saugwirkung noun (the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another)
- lutschen verb (process)
Greek
2 entries- αναρροφητικός noun (the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another)
- αναρρόφηση noun (the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another)
Icelandic
2 entries- loftsog noun (the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another)
- sog noun (the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another)
Italian
2 entries- aspirazione noun (the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another)
- succhiare verb (process)
Norwegian
1 entries- suging noun (the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another)
Persian
2 entries- مکش noun (the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another)
- مکیدن verb (process)
Portuguese
2 entries- sucção noun (the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another)
- sugar verb (process)
Russian
2 entries- вса́сывание noun (the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another)
- соса́ние noun (the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- deoghal noun (the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another)
Spanish
3 entries- succión noun (the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another)
- chupar verb (process)
- succionar verb (process)
Swedish
1 entries- sugning noun (the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another)
Welsh
1 entries- sugn noun (the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another)
Zulu
1 entries- umunca noun (the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
This is a suction cup towel rack. Its suction cups are super strong.
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Yanni removed the suction cups.
Source: tatoeba (9970636)
Yanni started peeling the suction pad off.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.