Burning the candle at both ends reduces the candle to wax in a hurry - just like a playboy having a pretty girl on each arm.
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Wax
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Synonyms for "wax" (343 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (69)
Strong matches (103)
convulsioncorundumcrescendocrocuscushiondaubdevelopdoughdowndressduck fitearwaxeiderdownelectrical transcriptionembrocateemeryemery boardemery paperenlargeevolute
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evolveexpandexplosionfeatherfeather bedfeathersfig waxfilefinishfitfit of angerfit of temperfleecefloor waxflossflourishflowerflueflufffoamfossil waxfurbishgaingain strengthgarnetgathergerminategetget aheadglanceglazeglossglyceringlycerolategogo upgondang waxgraphitegreasegrease the wheelsgrowgrow upheightenhikehypertrophyincreaseintensifykapoklac waxlard
Verb(32 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (171)
Verb(58 words)
lay waste toliquidatemake away withmercmortifymountneutralizeobliterateoffpay offpick offpolishpolish offpop offpunch someone's ticketput an end toput downput six feet underput someone out of their miseryput to sleep
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ravageriserub outruinscotchscupperscuttlesend to eternitysend to hellsend to the gravesend to the great beyondsend to the next lifeshineslaughterslayslime outsmashsmitesnuffsnuff outsquashstiffstop someone's clocktaketake care oftake downtake outterminateterminate with extreme prejudicetoptop offtorpedoturnwastewetwhackwipe outwreck
lubricantlubricatelubricating oillubricatorlustermaturatematuremellowmineral waxmountmucilagemucusmultiplymushroomnail fileoiloutgrowoverdevelopovergrowovertop
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ozokeritepaddyparaffin scaleparaffin waxparoxysmphonograph recordpillowplumbagoplushpolishespomadeprocreateprogressproliferatepuddingpuffpullulatepumicepumice stoneputtyragerasprecordrecordingreproduceripenriserottenstonerougerubrubberrunrun upsalvesandpapersatinscale waxscourshineshoot upsilicon carbidesiliconesilksilver polishski waxsleekslickslick downslick onsmearsmooth the waysnowballsoap the waysspreadspring upsproutsprout upstrengthenswansdownswelltantrumtapetape cartridgetape cassettetape recordingtempertemper tantrumthistledownthrivetowertranscriptionturnunguentupgradeupshootupspearupspringupsproutupsurgevarnishvegetable waxvegetatevelvetvinylwaxenwidenwire recordingwoolzephyr
Adjective(1 words)
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5 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
12 entriesRelated terms
14 entriesat location
4 entriescapable of
7 entriesdbpedia occupation
2 entriesderived
341 entriesShowing 16 of 341 words.
etymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
4 entrieshas property
2 entriesis a
7 entriesmanner of
2 entriesreceives action
6 entriesrelated to
335 entriesShowing 16 of 335 words.
Translations
272 translations across 109 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- dyllë noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Arabic
3 entries- شمع noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- شَمَع noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- شَمْع noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Armenian
1 entries- մոմ noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Aromanian
1 entries- tsearã noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Asturian
1 entries- cera noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- mum noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Bashkir
1 entries- балауыҙ noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Basque
2 entries- argizari noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- ezko noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Belarusian
1 entries- воск noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Bengali
1 entries- মোম noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Breton
3 entries- koar adj (made of wax)
- koar noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- koarañ verb (apply wax to)
Bulgarian
4 entries- восъчен adj (made of wax)
- во́сък noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- нарастване noun (process of growing)
- нараствам verb (of the moon: appear larger each night)
Burmese
1 entries- ဖယောင်း noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Catalan
4 entries- cerós adj (made of wax)
- cera noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- cera noun (preparation containing wax, used as a polish)
- créixer verb (of the moon: appear larger each night)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏗᎠ noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 蜜蠟 /蜜蜡 noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- 蠟 /蜡 noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- 漸盈 /渐盈 verb (of the moon: appear larger each night)
- 熱蠟脫毛 /热蜡脱毛 verb (remove hair from)
Church Slavic
2 entries- воскъ noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- ⰲⱁⱄⰽⱏ noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Czech
2 entries- vosk noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- voskovat verb (apply wax to)
Dalmatian
1 entries- caira noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Danish
4 entries- polervoks noun (preparation containing wax, used as a polish)
- voks noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- vokse verb (apply wax to)
- vokse verb (literary: grow)
Dutch
4 entries- wassen adj (made of wax)
- aanwassen noun (process of growing)
- was noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- was noun (preparation containing wax, used as a polish)
Erzya
1 entries- шта noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Esperanto
2 entries- vaksa adj (made of wax)
- vakso noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Estonian
3 entries- poonimisvaha noun (preparation containing wax, used as a polish)
- vaha noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- vaha noun (preparation containing wax, used as a polish)
Faroese
2 entries- vaks noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- voks noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Fataluku
1 entries- pacu noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Finnish
4 entries- vaha adj (made of wax)
- vahasta tehty adj (made of wax)
- kasvu noun (process of growing)
- savikiekko noun (phonograph record)
French
4 entries- de cire adj (made of wax)
- cire noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- cire noun (preparation containing wax, used as a polish)
- fart noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Friulian
1 entries- cere noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Galician
3 entries- borra noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- buio noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- cera noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Georgian
2 entries- სანთელი noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- ფირფიტაზე ჩანაწერი noun (phonograph record)
German
4 entries- Wachs adj (made of wax)
- wächsern adj (made of wax)
- Bohnerwachs noun (preparation containing wax, used as a polish)
- Wachs noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Greek
4 entries- κέρινος adj (made of wax)
- κερί noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- κερί noun (preparation containing wax, used as a polish)
- κηρός noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Hawaiian
2 entries- kūkae noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- pīlali noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Hebrew
2 entries- שַׁעֲוָה noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- שעווה noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Hindi
1 entries- मोम noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Hungarian
2 entries- viasz noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- gyantáz verb (remove hair from)
Hunsrik
1 entries- wachse verb (apply wax to)
Icelandic
1 entries- vax noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Indonesian
2 entries- lilin noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- malam noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Ingrian
1 entries- vahata verb (apply wax to)
Irish
1 entries- céir noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Italian
4 entries- di cera adj (made of wax)
- cera noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- cerare verb (apply wax to)
- crescere verb (phase of a planet)
Japanese
4 entries- ワックス noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- ワックス noun (preparation containing wax, used as a polish)
- 成長 noun (process of growing)
- 蜜蝋 noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Kapampangan
1 entries- sera noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Kazakh
1 entries- балауыз noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Khmer
1 entries- ក្រមួន noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Korean
3 entries- 밀랍 noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- 왁스 noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- 왁스 noun (preparation containing wax, used as a polish)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- мом noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Lao
1 entries- ຂີ້ເຜີ້ງ noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Latin
2 entries- cēra noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- cresco verb (literary: grow)
Latvian
1 entries- vasks noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Lithuanian
1 entries- vaškas noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- wósk noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Wuess noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Macedonian
1 entries- восок noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Malay
1 entries- lilin noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Maltese
1 entries- xama’ noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Manchu
2 entries- ᠠᠶᠠᠨ noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- ᠠᠶᠠᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ verb (apply wax to)
Marathi
1 entries- मेण noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Middle English
1 entries- wax noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Mongolian
1 entries- лав noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Māori
1 entries- hua verb (of the moon: appear larger each night)
Norman
2 entries- chithe noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- chither verb (apply wax to)
Norwegian
1 entries- vokse verb (literary: grow)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- voks noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- voks noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Occitan
2 entries- cera noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- créisser verb (of the moon: appear larger each night)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- воскъ noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Old English
1 entries- weax noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Old High German
1 entries- wahs noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- شمع noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- موم noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- воск noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Persian
4 entries- موم noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- واکس noun (preparation containing wax, used as a polish)
- رستن verb (literary: grow)
- وخشیدن verb (literary: grow)
Piedmontese
1 entries- sira noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Wauss noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Polish
3 entries- woskowy adj (made of wax)
- wosk noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- woskować verb (apply wax to)
Portuguese
4 entries- ceroso adj (made of wax)
- céreo adj (made of wax)
- cera noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- cera noun (preparation containing wax, used as a polish)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਮੋਮ noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Romanian
4 entries- de ceară adj (made of wax)
- ceară noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- ceară noun (preparation containing wax, used as a polish)
- cera verb (apply wax to)
Romansch
3 entries- tschaira noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- tscheira noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- tschera noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Russian
3 entries- восково́й adj (made of wax)
- воск noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- вощи́ть verb (apply wax to)
Sardinian
2 entries- cera noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- chera noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- cèir verb (apply wax to)
- cèirich verb (apply wax to)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- vȍsak noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- во̏сак noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Shuar
1 entries- míkia noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Sicilian
2 entries- cira noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- ncirari verb (apply wax to)
Slovak
1 entries- vosk noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Slovene
3 entries- voščen adj (made of wax)
- vosek noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- voskati verb (apply wax to)
Spanish
4 entries- de cera adj (made of wax)
- cera noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- cera noun (preparation containing wax, used as a polish)
- esperma noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Swahili
1 entries- nta noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Swedish
4 entries- vax noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- tillta verb (literary: grow)
- tilltagande verb (of the moon: appear larger each night)
- växa verb (literary: grow)
Tajik
1 entries- мум noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Tatar
1 entries- балавыз noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Telugu
2 entries- మైనం noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- మైనము noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Tetum
1 entries- badut noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Thai
1 entries- ขี้ผึ้ง noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Turkish
3 entries- bal mumu noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- balmumu noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- mum noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Turkmen
1 entries- mum noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Ukrainian
2 entries- во́сковий adj (made of wax)
- віск noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- wosk noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Urdu
1 entries- موم noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Uyghur
1 entries- موم noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Uzbek
1 entries- mum noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Venetan
4 entries- sera noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- siera noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- zhera noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
- çera noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sáp noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Volapük
1 entries- väk noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Welsh
1 entries- cwyr noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Yiddish
1 entries- וואַקס noun (oily, water-resistant substance)
Sample sentences
33 total sentences available.
This car wax gives permanent protection against heavy rain.
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What do you use to pick wax out of your ears?
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I want the wax cleaned from my ears.
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