Synonyms for Lip
lɪplip

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1. lipnoun

   The rim of an open container.

   Don’t give me any lip!

   Synonyms:
   backchat, rudeness, labium, edge, impudence, rim, cheek

2. lipverb

   To simulate speech merely by lip-movement, as suffices for a lip-reader

   Synonyms:
   labium

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lipnoun

   either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking

   Synonyms:
   brim, mouth, rim, sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk

2. lipnoun

   (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx

   Synonyms:
   brim, mouth, rim, sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk

3. sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk, lip, mouthnoun

   an impudent or insolent rejoinder

   "don't give me any of your sass"

   Synonyms:
   sassing, lip, rima oris, oral fissure, mouthpiece, mouth, back talk, backtalk, rim, brim, oral cavity, sass

4. brim, rim, lipnoun

   the top edge of a vessel or other container

   Synonyms:
   sassing, lip, sass, back talk, mouth, brim, flange, rim, backtalk

5. lipnoun

   either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell

   Synonyms:
   brim, mouth, rim, sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk

Matched Categories

1. • Articulator
   • Botany
   • Edge
   • External Body Part
   • Margin
   • Plant Part
   • Rejoinder

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lipnoun

   Synonyms:
   edge or border (of the mouth, &c.)

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1. lipnoun

   Associated words:
   labial, labially, labialize, labialization, labialism, chiloma, labret, philtrum, pout, labiochorea, cheiloplasty, labioplasty, harelip, blobber lip

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "lip":

   pil, lips, labial, ppi, verve

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How to use Lip in a sentence?

1. Phoebe Cary:

   And though hard be the task, 'Keep a stiff upper lip'.

2. Mark Jones:

   ATF needs to actually regulate the firearms industry instead of merely paying lip service to that aspect of its mission, for many years now, ATF has been out of balance, and I expect David to return the bureau to its core missions.

3. Jane Fonda:

   I just want to explain the bandage, i just had cancer taken from my lip. I thought it was going to heal in time before I came before you, but it’s fine. I just want to explain it. I don’t normally go around like this.

4. Erik Pevernagie:

   The upper lip must never tremble. Some fear to be abused and have their identity destroyed, if they make an aperture in the curtain of their emotions. (“The upper lip must never tremble”)

5. New Yorkers:

   Related : New language discovered in northern Australia The claim – which Frenkel later acknowledged was little more than a theory - was quickly attacked by other communication experts in Australia. University of Queensland linguistics expert Rob Pensalfini told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that the theory was an example of cultural cringe and was absolute rubbish. They say New Yorkers have nasal voices because they have to cut through the noise of the traffic, New Yorkers told the ABC. The original one for Australia was we speak in a slurred and closed-lip way to keep the flies out of their mouths.