Synonyms for taper
Definitions
- n. 1
A long wick or thin stick used for transferring flames to candles, now usually chemically-treated to burn particularly slowly.
- n. 2
A slender wax candle.
Related words
- Phrases
- taper off taper fade
Forms
- Plural
- tapers → matches, spills, spunks, candles…
Example sentences
- candle In cooking we cannot hold a candle to the Chinese.
- wick Mary doesn't realise that she gets on everyone's wick.
By length
- 4 letters
- wick1
- 5 letters
- light1, match1, spill1, spunk1
- 6 letters
- candle2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (candle2 = 2 syllables).