Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

Verb

Adjective

The word "wick" can be used as noun, proper noun, verb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Bushwick Eton Wick Hackney Wick Hampton Wick Hannington Wick Haydon Wick Shawswick Wick Hill Wick Hill Wick St Lawrence Wick and Abson Wickfield all wax and no wick candlewick constablewick dip one's wick get on someone's wick herdwick inwick inwick lampwick multiwick outwick outwick pickwick wich wick effect wickable wicked wickemaster wickie wicking wicking wickless wicklike wickmaker wickmaking wych

Etymologically Related To

eco gatwick quick quicken vicinity week

Inflected/Variant Forms

wich

Context

british curling dialect dialectal east anglia slang yorkshire

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

cord

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

candlewick lampwick

Type Of (IsA)

cord non powered device part textile cord

Part Of

candle oil lamp

Related Terms

cottonwick vicinity villa village wich wicken

Related Terms

active alive bay bit braid bundle burning burning bit burning capacity bustling caithness candle candle centre candle cotton candle string candle top candles capacity capillary action castle centre convey cord corner cotton creek dairy dorset drain dwelling eye fabric farm fiber fibre fire flame fuel gauze gloucestershire hamlet harbour in candle life liveliness lively maggot mouth nimble oblique penis porous quick sponge stationary stone street string tallow through top traverse twist vicinity villa village wax west sussex wich wicken worcestershire wound

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.