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Synonyms for mash

27 synonyms
3 meanings

verb
noun

Most common

smash squeeze squash squelch chat up romance grind mix

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Crush

crush, smash, squish informal, squeeze, press, squash, squelch, compress

2. Chat up

chat up, romance, flirt, butterfly, coquette, philander

3. Grind

grind, crunch, bray, comminute

Other

mix, knead, bruise, pomate dated

Noun

mashed potatoes, pulp, mess, mongo bean, dolly

Definitions

v. 1
To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure
The potatoes need to be mashed.
v. 2
In brewing, to convert (for example malt, or malt and meal) into the mash which makes wort, by mixing it with hot water.
v. 3
To prepare a cup of tea in a teapot; to brew (tea).
n. 1
A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.

Related words

Word family: masher
Phrases: mash bean instant mash sour mash mash note mash potato
Other spellings: maash

Forms

Plural: mashes → pulps, messes, dollies…
Past participle: mashed
e.g. mashed → crushed, smashed, squished, squeezed…

Example sentences

smash Did you smash the window willingly or unwillingly?
squeeze Everyone squeeze together so I can take a picture.
squash Squash, vanilla beans, and yams are the main crops.
squelch If you squelch the fire with water, the coals will not smolder.
romance I have studied all the national Romance languages.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
mash		rising
smash		rising
squeeze		rising
squash		rising
squelch		rising

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

By length

3 letters: mix¹
4 letters: mess¹, pulp¹, bray¹
5 letters: press¹, crush¹, smash¹, grind¹, flirt¹, dolly², knead¹
6 letters: crunch¹, squash¹, bruise¹, squish, pomate
7 letters: romance², squeeze¹, squelch¹
8 letters: compress², coquette
9 letters: butterfly³, philander³, comminute

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