Synonyms for caress
- verb
- noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.
She loves being caressed by her boyfriend.
- n. 1
An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.
Related words
- Word family
- caressive
Choose the right word
To caress is less than to embrace; more dignified and less familiar than to fondle.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- kiss Whenever I meet her, I get the desire to kiss her.
- stroke One stroke of the pen will not solve this problem.
- embrace He was trying to persuade me to embrace his ideas.
- fondle If you leave, I'll tell all the world you fondle me while I sleep.
By length
- 3 letters
- pet1, hug1
- 4 letters
- hold1, kiss1, coax1
- 5 letters
- touch1, dolly2, grope1
- 6 letters
- stroke1, soothe1, pamper2, cocker2, fondle2, coddle2, cosset2, dandle
- 7 letters
- embrace2
- 8 letters
- osculate
- 10 letters
- endearment3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dolly2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- caresser
- Italiano
- accarezzare
- Español
- acariciar
- Deutsch
- streicheln
- Català
- acariciar