Synonyms for wax
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1. waxverb

   any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water

   Antonyms:
   wane

2. waxverb

   cover with wax

   "wax the car"

   Synonyms:
   rise, mount, climb, full

   Antonyms:
   wane

3. wax, mount, climb, riseverb

   go up or advance

   "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"

   Synonyms:
   resurrect, rise, stand up, climb up, uprise, put on, climb on, heighten, go up, rebel, surface, lift, arise, spring up, come up, grow, originate, mount up, ride, ascend, prove, develop, climb, bestride, full, get on, get up, hop on, jump on, move up, turn out, jump, rear, mount, rise up

   Antonyms:
   wane

4. wax, fullverb

   increase in phase

   "the moon is waxing"

   Synonyms:
   rise, mount, climb, full

   Antonyms:
   wane

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. waxverb

   Synonyms:
   cere, smear with wax

2. waxverb

   Synonyms:
   increase (as the moon)

3. waxverb

   Synonyms:
   grow, become, come to be, get to be

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1. waxnoun

   Synonyms:
   beeswax, spermaceti, adipocere (grave wax), ozocerite, mineral wax

   Associated words:
   cerography, ceroplastics, ceroplasty, cerograph, cerographist, cerotic, ceromancy, cerate, encaustic, ceroma, inceration, cerotene, incerative, cerographic, ceroplastic, cetin

2. waxverb

   Synonyms:
   cere, increase, grow, develop, become larger

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1. List of paraphrases for "wax":

   cera, wax-burning, candelilla, beeswax, candle, waxy, paraffin

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1. List of known nicknames for "Wax":

   Michael Jones, 왁스, Cho Heari, Cho Hye Ri

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1. Charles Dickens:

   It was a turkey He could never have stood upon his legs, that bird He would have snapped 'em off short in a minute, like sticks of sealing wax.

2. Seth Schwartz:

   It's not a bad thing to have wax in your ears. Everybody does and should. It's more of an issue when it becomes too much.

3. Frank Russo:

   We just found a package that contains GBL, which is a date rape drug, as you can see, the package includes sponges to make us think it's turtle wax car wash equipment.

4. John Steinbeck:

   A book is like a man -- clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every flowering thought there will be a page like a wet and mangy mongrel, and for every looping flight a tap on the wing and a reminder that wax cannot hold the feathers firm too near the sun.

5. George Gordon Byron:

   For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'dAnd the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill,And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still