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Synonyms for lap
læplap

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Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  1. lapnoun

    the upper side of the thighs of a seated person

    "he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap"

    Synonyms:
    circuit, overlap, lick, lap covering, circle

  2. lapnoun

    an area of control or responsibility

    "the job fell right in my lap"

    Synonyms:
    circuit, overlap, lick, lap covering, circle

  3. lap, lap coveringnoun

    the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs

    "his lap was covered with food stains"

    Synonyms:
    circuit, overlap, lick, lap covering, circle

  4. lap, overlapnoun

    a flap that lies over another part

    "the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches"

    Synonyms:
    overlap, lap covering, lick, intersection, circuit, circle, convergence

  5. lap, circle, circuitnoun

    movement once around a course

    "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"

    Synonyms:
    rotary, lot, roofy, set, dress circle, racing circuit, rophy, tour, roach, electrical circuit, rope, overlap, circle, circumference, electric circuit, lap covering, roundabout, band, lick, circuit, forget me drug, traffic circle, round

  6. lick, lapverb

    touching with the tongue

    "the dog's laps were warm and wet"

    Synonyms:
    poke, circuit, slug, overlap, biff, lap covering, lick, salt lick, circle, punch, clout

  7. lapverb

    lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another

    Synonyms:
    swosh, wash, lave, swoosh, lick, lap up, swish

  8. lick, lapverb

    pass the tongue over

    "the dog licked her hand"

    Synonyms:
    work out, clobber, wash, lave, thrash, solve, bat, puzzle out, swoosh, lap up, work, swish, drub, cream, swosh, lick, figure out

  9. lap, swish, swosh, swooshverb

    move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound

    "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open"

    Synonyms:
    swosh, wash, lap up, swoosh, lick, swish, lave

  10. lap, lap up, lickverb

    take up with the tongue

    "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"

    Synonyms:
    bat, clobber, cream, lave, thrash, solve, puzzle out, swoosh, lap up, lick, work out, swish, drub, wash, swosh, figure out, work

  11. lave, lap, washverb

    wash or flow against

    "the waves laved the shore"

    Synonyms:
    rinse, wash out, swosh, wash, wash away, wash up, lap up, swoosh, lick, swish, lave, wash off, launder, moisten, dampen

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. lapverb

    Synonyms:
    fold, turn over, lay over

  2. lapverb

    Synonyms:
    wrap, cover, twist round

  3. lapverb

    Synonyms:
    lick, lick up, take up with the tongue

  4. lapverb

    Synonyms:
    be folded over, be laid over

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "lap":

    laps, abdominal, knee, wpi, tower, erotic

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How to use lap in a sentence?

  1. Susie Moss:

    It was one lap too many, he just closed his eyes.

  2. Audrey Hepburn:

    Good things aren't supposed to just fall into your lap. God is very generous, but He expects you to do your part first.

  3. Jaime Alguersuari:

    We have a target (power) consumption per lap and we need to respect that like the Bible, you want to win, but if you burn up all your energy you won't finish.

  4. Chelsea Handler:

    I think it’s a pretty inappropriate question to ask a daughter if she believes the accusers of her father when he’s affirmatively stated that there’s no truth to it. I don’t think that’s a question you would ask many other daughters, i believe my father, I know my father. Soon after, Handler took to Twitter to share an image from a 1996 photo shoot for Vanity Fair that shows her sitting on her father’s lap, caressing his face and staring at him at his Mar-a-Lago estate. Ivanka Trump at the 2018 Winter Olympics. ( Reuters).

  5. Kathrine Palmer Peterson, 516 Sensational Cat Quotes:

    The best holistic remedy for high blood pressure is a purring cat on your lap.


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