What is another word for mincing?

Synonyms for mincing
ˈmɪn sɪŋminc·ing

This thesaurus page is about all possible synonyms, equivalent, same meaning and similar words for the term mincing.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms

  1. mincing

    Synonyms:
    slow, affected, pedantic, syllabical, euphuistic

    Antonyms:
    rapid, voluble, unaffected, natural, bluff

Princeton's WordNet

  1. dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, tweeadjective

    affectedly dainty or refined

    Synonyms:
    straitlaced, prissy, squeamish, overnice, dainty, puritanical, straightlaced, priggish, prudish, strait-laced, tight-laced, nice, straight-laced, niminy-piminy, victorian, prim, exquisite, twee, square-toed

    Antonyms:
    unrefined

Dictionary of English Synonymes

  1. mincingadjective

    Synonyms:
    affected, over-nice

How to pronounce mincing?

How to say mincing in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#1157nice
#2901slow
#3153affected
#6856victorian
#13127exquisite
#33359prim
#35759pedantic
#42465dainty
#59849twee
#87865squeamish
#92958prissy
#108246puritanical
#108620mincing
#142690prudish
#302146priggish

How to use mincing in a sentence?

  1. James Blake:

    Police! Don’t move! yes. I’m not mincing words here.

  2. Officer James Frascatore:

    Yes. I’m not mincing words here, in my opinion he should never have a badge again because I think it’s people like him that give the entire force a bad name.

Translations for mincing

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for mincing »

Translation

Find a translation for the mincing synonym in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Citation

Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"mincing." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2022. Web. 28 Jun 2022. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/mincing>.

Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

Discuss these mincing synonyms with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good synonym for mincing?

    Image or illustration of

    mincing

    Credit »

    Browse Synonyms.com

    #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Quiz

    Are you a human thesaurus?

    »
    What is the synonym for Somniferous?
    • A. Somite
    • B. Slumberous
    • C. Somnocinematography
    • D. Bracing

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for mincing: