Antonyms for thumb
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1. thumbverb

   To touch with the thumb.

   Synonyms:
   thumby, pollex, digit I, first digit

2. thumbverb

   Synonyms:
   page, leaf, peruse, browse

Matched Categories

1. • Covering
   • Peruse
   • Ride
   • Touch

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1. thumb, pollexnoun

   the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb

   Synonyms:
   ovolo, quarter round, pollex

2. thumbnoun

   the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb

   Synonyms:
   ovolo, quarter round, pollex

3. ovolo, thumb, quarter roundverb

   a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse

   Synonyms:
   ovolo, quarter round, pollex

4. hitchhike, hitch, thumbverb

   travel by getting free rides from motorists

   Synonyms:
   jerk, hitch, hitchhike, leaf, flip, buck, limp, flick, riff, finger, catch, gimp, riffle, hobble

5. flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riffverb

   look through a book or other written material

   "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"

   Synonyms:
   pitch, throw, twitch, click, toss, flip over, switch, turn over, flick, riff, leaf, tack, alternate, riffle, flip, ripple, interchange, snap, flip-flop, flip out, flicker, hitch, ruffle, finger, jerk, cockle, sky, hitchhike, undulate

6. finger, thumbverb

   feel or handle with the fingers

   "finger the binding of the book"

   Synonyms:
   hitch, hitchhike, leaf, flip, flick, feel, riff, finger, riffle

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   Submitted by anonymous on December 2, 2019  

How to use thumb in a sentence?

1. Ben Lieberman:

   If advanced appliances make sense for consumers, they would sell themselves without mandates, i think that's a good rule of thumb with very, very few exceptions. Consumers are smart shoppers. These mandates force one-size-fits-all solutions on everybody. No two homes are exactly alike, no two homeowners are exactly alike.

2. David Wessel:

   It's short-hand, it's a rule of thumb, the average person can understand it. You don't need a PhD in Economics to add together two numbers.

3. New York:

   New York City should still use this opportunity to rename the street and thumb ournose at the North Korean dictatorship. Otto's life could matter even more as a strong sign against totalitarianism.

4. Arthur Conan Doyle:

   I can never bring you to realize the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumb-nails, or the great issues that may hang from a boot-lace.

5. Lindsey Graham:

   Chuck Schumer introduced legislation several months ago that would allow abortion on-demand up to the moment of birth, like China and North Korea, for the entire nation, what did I do in response? I said at 15 weeks when the baby can feel pain and sucks its thumb that we're gonna ban abortion except in the cases of rape, incest, life of the mother, we're talking almost four months into the pregnancy. It puts us in line with France, which is at 12 weeks. Germany, England is at 14 weeks. Only in Washington is it extreme to protect the baby at 15 weeks from an excruciating death.

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