Synonyms for grope

Most common

poke · fumble · coax · caress

All synonyms

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.

2. n. 1

   An act of groping, especially sexually.

   The old man tried to get a quick grope of the young lady on the train.

Forms

Plural

gropes → make-outs, searches, chuckles, necks…

Past participle

groped
e.g. groped → fumbled, poked, caressed, touched…

Example sentences

• poke I don't poke my nose into other people's business.
• fumble Don't fumble with anything during an interview.
• coax Yanni tried to coax Skura into sending him money.
• caress Tom and Mary kiss and caress each other.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

pet¹, paw¹

4 letters

feel¹, neck¹, root¹, fond¹, poke¹, coax¹, dawt

5 letters

touch¹, shift¹, dolly², glaum

6 letters

search¹, fumble², caress², fondle², nantle, tiddle, pettle

7 letters

worship², chuckle², grabble

8 letters

canoodle

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dolly² = 2 syllables).

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