Synonyms for wax
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Grow — to increasingly assume the specified characteristic
become, grow, get, increase, turn, turn into, turn to, come, go, develop, fall, enlarge
2. Polish — to apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny
4. Grease — to kill, especially to murder a person
grease, finish, bump off, take care of, baptize UK US, baptise UK, whack
Other
Noun
Other
beeswax, honey oil, shoe polish, sealing wax, ear wax, mineral wax, knock-off, cerumen, cerate dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
- v. 2
To kill, especially to murder a person.
- v. 3
To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.
Near-synonyms: become, get, go, turn, come, fall, grow
- n. 1
The phonograph record format for music.
Related words
- Word family
- waxen waxing
- Phrases
- wax paper wool wax wax plant wax palm nose of wax lad of wax wax bean lost wax
Example sentences
- fall One step further, and you will fall into an abyss.
- polish These sentences in Polish have different meanings.
- burnish The company is trying to burnish its image after the scandal.
By length
- 2 letters
- go1
- 3 letters
- get1
- 4 letters
- come1, full1, turn1, fall1, grow1, rise1, buff1
- 5 letters
- mount1, shine1, climb1, vinyl2, whack1
- 6 letters
- become2, record2, finish2, polish2, grease1, cerate
- 7 letters
- develop3, enlarge2, baptize2, beeswax, burnish2, baptise, furbish2, cerumen
- 8 letters
- increase2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vinyl2 = 2 syllables).