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Synonyms for caress
kəˈrɛsca·ress

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Wiktionary3.0 / 5 votes

  1. caressverb

    Synonyms:
    soothe, hold, stroke, kiss

    Antonyms:
    poke, hit, stab, strike

  2. caressverb

    An act or expression of affection; Endearment.

    She loves being caressed by her boyfriend.

    Synonyms:
    kiss, hold, soothe, stroke

    Antonyms:
    hit, stab, strike, poke

  3. caressverb

    A gentle stroking or rubbing.

    Synonyms:
    stroke, soothe, hold, kiss

    Antonyms:
    hit, poke, stab, strike

  4. caressverb

    To affect as if with a caress.

    Synonyms:
    soothe, hold, stroke, kiss

    Antonyms:
    poke, hit, strike, stab

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. caress

    To caress is less than to embrace; more dignified and less familiar than to fondle. A visitor caresses a friend's child; a mother fondles her babe. Fondling is always by touch; caressing may be also by words, or other tender and pleasing attentions.

    See synonyms for AFFRONT.

    Synonyms:
    coddle, court, embrace, flatter, fondle, kiss, pamper, pet

    Preposition:
    Caressed by or with the hand; caressed by admirers, at court.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  1. caressnoun

    Synonyms:
    endearment, blandishment, wheedling, fondling, stroking

    Antonyms:
    vexation, irritation, annoyance, teasing, persecution, provocation

Princeton's WordNet3.3 / 4 votes

  1. caressverb

    a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it)

    "he showered her with caresses"; "soft music was a fond caress"; "the caresses of the breeze played over his face"

  2. caress, fondleverb

    touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner

    "He caressed her face"; "They fondled in the back seat of the taxi"

    Synonyms:
    fondle

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. caressverb

    Synonyms:
    fondle, embrace, hug, pet, kiss, coddle, cosset, treat with fondness

  2. caressnoun

    Synonyms:
    embrace, kiss, expression of affection

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "caress":

    fondle, pet

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How to use caress in a sentence?

  1. Stuti Garg:

    Sometimes we want to get away from the busy and hectic city life to find solace in the raging waves of the ocean pounding on the rocks or the turbulent splashing of a bubbling waterfall. At other times we are amazed by the immovable silence of a mountain or the gentle caress of a river overjoyed tat its union with the sea. The topography of a region speaks to each one of us--a secret language that people from all facets of life understand and relate to.

  2. Laurence Hope:

    For this is Wisdom to love, to live To take what fate, or the Gods may give. To ask no question, to make no prayer, To kiss the lips and caress the hair, Speed passion's ebb as you greet its flow To have, - to hold - and - in time, - let go

  3. Behnaz Farahi:

    Caress of the Gaze refers to the 'haptic' quality of our gaze. It's taking something from invisible to visible, the idea for this project was really to create a garment that becomes an extension of our actual skin.

  4. Alice Walker:

    Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely Given out Take only enough Stop short of urge to plead Then purge away the need. Wish for nothing larger Than your own small heart Or greater than a star; Tame wild disappointment With caress unmoved and cold Make of it a parka For your soul. Discover the reason why So tiny human midget Exists at all So scared unwise But expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise.

  5. André Gide:

    Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon.


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