Antonyms for groom
grum, grʊmgroom

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1. groom, bridegroomnoun

   a man participant in his own marriage ceremony

   Synonyms:
   stableboy, bridegroom, hostler, stableman, ostler

2. stableman, stableboy, groom, hostler, ostlernoun

   someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses

   Synonyms:
   stableboy, bridegroom, hostler, stableman, ostler

3. groom, bridegroomverb

   a man who has recently been married

   Synonyms:
   stableboy, bridegroom, hostler, stableman, ostler

4. prepare, groom, trainverb

   educate for a future role or function

   "He is grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior"

   Synonyms:
   rail, dress, coach, prepare, civilise, cook, fix, develop, get up, gear up, organize, take, civilize, make, aim, take aim, train, trail, direct, discipline, organise, curry, ready, set up, school, neaten, cultivate, condition, set, machinate, educate, devise, check

5. dress, groom, curryverb

   give a neat appearance to

   "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses"

   Synonyms:
   line up, decorate, curry, prepare, clip, preen, apparel, primp, prune, garment, habilitate, trim, dress out, arrange, garb, raiment, train, coiffe, do, coiffure, get dressed, plume, neaten, coif, garnish, fit out, crop, dress up, clothe, tog, cut back, enclothe, set, snip, lop, dress

6. groom, neatenverb

   care for one's external appearance

   "He is always well-groomed"

   Synonyms:
   square away, neaten, curry, train, dress, clean up, straighten out, tidy up, straighten, tidy, prepare

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1. groomnoun

   Synonyms:
   valet, hostler, stable-man, bridegroom

How to use groom in a sentence?

1. Ahmad Omid:

   There are so many dead and wounded, i was with the groom in the other room when we heard the blast and then I couldnt find anyone. Everyone was lying all around the hall.

2. The TBI:

   Investigative efforts have revealed a troubling pattern of behavior by Tad Cummins, suggesting the 50-year-old may have been abusing his role as a teacher to groom this vulnerable young girl for some time in an effort to lure and potentially sexually exploit her.

3. Ben Glassman:

   Effectively Xu and his( Chinese Ministry of State Security) colleagues sought to groom experts to hand over trade secrets, china has made clear that it has a program where it is seeking to acquire leading technological information in this industry and several others.

4. Sean Hutchison:

   I absolutely deny having any sexual or romantic relationship with her before she was old enough to legally make those decisions for herself. Prior to that time, I did nothing to ‘groom’ her.

5. Adamu Illiya:

   Relations and friends of the groom and bridegroom were just gathering when the bomb explosions happened.

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