Thesaurus:fondle

Thesaurus

fondle

English

Verb

(transitive)

Sense: to touch someone lovingly

Synonyms

• canoodle
• caress
• chuckle (archaic)
• coax (obsolete)
• cosset
• dally
• dandle
• dawt (UK dialect)
• faddle (UK dialect)
• feel up
• fond (obsolete)
• fondle
• grabble
• grope
• nantle (obsolete)
• pet
• pettle (UK dialect)
• shift (vulgar, Ireland, slang)
• smuggle (obsolete)
• tiddle (UK dialect)
• touch up (idiomatic)

Hyponyms

• muzzle (obsolete)
• nestle
• nuzzle
• snug
• snuggle
• tit up (vulgar, UK, slang)

Hypernyms

• act sexually    [⇒ thesaurus]
• rub    [⇒ thesaurus]

Coordinate terms

• embrace    [⇒ thesaurus]
• kiss    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• cop a feel
• get to second base (US, slang)
• make out (US, slang)
• massage

Further reading

• “902. endearment” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “fondle” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.