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Synonyms for suckle

Most common

suck nurse breast-feed

All synonyms

Verb

1. Nurse — to give suck to; to nurse at the breast, udder, or dugs

nurse, suck, breast-feed, lactate, give suck dated

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To give suck to; to nurse at the breast, udder, or dugs.

Related words

Word family
suckling

Forms

Past participle
suckled
e.g. suckled → nursed, sucked, breast-fed, lactated…

Example sentences

  • suck Let's suck down some brewskis and have a good time!
  • nurse The nurse took his temperature with a thermometer.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
sucklerising
suckrising
nurserising

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

By length

4 letters
suck1
5 letters
nurse1
7 letters
lactate2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lactate2 = 2 syllables).

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