Antonyms for grope
groʊpgrope

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.2 / 5 votes

1. grope

   Antonyms:
   grasp, seize, hold, expose

   Synonyms:
   feel, search, grabble, fumble

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. gropeverb

   the act of groping; and instance of groping

2. grope, fumbleverb

   feel about uncertainly or blindly

   "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"

   Synonyms:
   spoil, bobble, bungle, bollocks, mishandle, bollix, foul up, bodge, flub, fumble, botch up, fluff, ball up, screw up, blunder, louse up, mess up, blow, bollix up, botch, muck up, bumble, bollocks up, muff

3. gropeverb

   search blindly or uncertainly

   "His mind groped to make the connection"

   Synonyms:
   fumble

4. gropeverb

   fondle for sexual pleasure

   "He made some sexual advances at the woman in his office and groped her repeatedly"

   Synonyms:
   fumble

How to use grope in a sentence?

1. Shawn Crowley:

   Three women, one clear pattern, pounce, kiss, grab, grope, don’t wait. When you’re a star you can do anything you want. And when they speak up about what happened, attack, humiliate them, call them liars. Call them too ugly to assault.

2. The Hollywood Reporter:

   I didnt grope anybody. I might have kissed somebody on the cheek to say goodbye and then licked them. Thats my thing I licked Carrie Fisher at a roast. Its me being funny. Im not trying to sexually harass people.

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