Synonyms for TICKLE
ˈtɪk əltick·le

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1. tickle

   Synonyms:
   titillate, please, gratify, amuse

   Antonyms:
   irritate, hurt, annoy, vex

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1. ticklenoun

   a cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking

   Synonyms:
   titillation, tickling

2. tickle, tickling, titillationverb

   the act of tickling

   Synonyms:
   tickle, titillation, tickling

3. tickle, titillate, vellicateverb

   touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements

   Synonyms:
   vibrate, titillate, thrill, tickle, pinch, vellicate

4. thrill, tickle, vibrateverb

   feel sudden intense sensation or emotion

   "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine"

   Synonyms:
   tickle pink, tickle, resonate, hover, vellicate, shiver, shudder, oscillate, throb, exalt, titillate, thrill, vacillate, vibrate, exhilarate, inebriate, beatify

5. tickleverb

   touch or stroke lightly

   "The grass tickled her calves"

   Synonyms:
   vibrate, titillate, thrill, vellicate

Matched Categories

1. • Caress
   • Cutaneous Sensation
   • Excite
   • Itch

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1. tickleverb

   Synonyms:
   titillate

2. tickleverb

   Synonyms:
   please (by trifles), delight, gladden, rejoice, gratify, make glad, give joy to, take one's fancy, do one's heart good

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1. tickleverb

   Synonyms:
   titillate, please, delight, gladden

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1. List of paraphrases for "tickle":

   tingling

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1. Brad Pitt:

   A couple of things: I dont know if I would describe the tests as beautiful unless your idea of beauty is having a cotton swab tickle your brain, also, when he said Everyone can get a test, what he meant was: almost no one.

2. Sharon Lewin:

   This trial clearly demonstrates that disulfiram is not toxic and is safe to use, and could quite possibly be the game changer we need, the dosage of disulfiram we used provided more of a tickle than a kick to the virus, but this could be enough. Even though the drug was only given for three days, we saw a clear increase in( the) virus in( the) plasma, which was very encouraging.

3. Deanna Maher:

   He was trying to feel me up with his right hand, i kept pushing his hand away. Then he put his hand on my neck and started trying to tickle me. We were on I-75, and he was driving erratically. I was saved by the bell because we got pulled over by the police for the way he was driving.

4. Chamfort:

   Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate, and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness.

5. William Schaffner:

   It's not a tickle in your throat. You're not just clearing your throat. It's not just irritated. You're not putting anything out, you're not coughing anything up, the cough is bothersome, it's coming from your breastbone or sternum. and you can tell that your bronchial tubes are inflamed or irritated.