Synonyms for rub
rʌbrub

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. hang-up, hitch, rub, snagnoun

   an unforeseen obstacle

   Synonyms:
   rent, split, enlistment, preventative, term of enlistment, duty tour, stay, preventive, tear, wipe, limp, hitch, tour, interference, stoppage, check, tour of duty, hinderance, incumbrance, hobble, snag, halt, encumbrance, hang-up, hindrance, rip, stop, arrest

2. rub, wipeverb

   the act of rubbing or wiping

   "he gave the hood a quick rub"

   Synonyms:
   hang-up, hitch, snag, wipe

3. rubverb

   move over something with pressure

   "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin"

   Synonyms:
   fray, itch, chafe, scratch, fret

4. rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratchverb

   cause friction

   "my sweater scratches"

   Synonyms:
   fuss, eat into, itch, excise, gag, choke, scratch up, nark, erode, fret, excoriate, bother, rile, scrub, gravel, strike, inscribe, rankle, get to, eat away, come up, scrape up, scrape, cancel, nettle, gall, call off, chafe, get at, engrave, scratch, irritate, annoy, frazzle, niggle, rag, expunge, vex, grate, fray, devil, grave

5. rub, scratch, itchverb

   scrape or rub as if to relieve itching

   "Don't scratch your insect bites!"

   Synonyms:
   itch, call off, scrape up, expunge, spoil, fret, grave, strike, chafe, come up, scratch, cancel, inscribe, engrave, scrub, scrape, fray, excise, scratch up

Matched Categories

1. • Irritate
   • Obstacle
   • Pass

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. massage

   rub in a manner to bring relief to muscles.

   the woman at the gym gives a wonderful massage.

   Submitted by JP03 on June 11, 2015  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rubverb

   Synonyms:
   abrade, scrape, chafe, grate

2. rubverb

   Synonyms:
   wipe, clean, scour

3. rubverb

   Synonyms:
   grate, chafe

4. rubnoun

   Synonyms:
   obstacle, difficulty, embarrassment, perplexity, dilemma, nonplus, poser, quandary, puzzle, knotty point, nice point

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1. rubnoun

   Synonyms:
   friction, hindrance, impediment, obstruction, pinch, difficulty, sarcasm, jeer, jibe, taunt, whetstone

2. rubverb

   Synonyms:
   abrade, chafe, scrape, grate, fret, embrocate, massage, graze, scour, smooth, smear, fray, burnish, furbish, polish

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1. List of paraphrases for "rub":

   scrub, bmw, massage, wipe

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1. List of known nicknames for "Rub":

   Clark, Michael, Michael Clark

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rub

   Synonyms:
   See Friction rub
   

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How to use rub in a sentence?

1. Phoenix Kalen at Societe Generale:

   Current pressures on RUB are primarily geopolitics-driven, considering the context of supportive emerging market sentiment and stabilizing oil prices, market participants are anxious regarding the extent of the Western backlash against Russia in response to the government’s crackdown on protests by Navalny supporters.

2. John Rogers:

   I would say a gentle touch or kind of a stroke, a type of sensation that you might feel if you rub your finger across your skin.

3. Michael Gianaris:

   We can't find two nickels to rub together to make the subways run on time or to build affordable housing or to build enough schools for our kids -- in this very neighborhood, mind you -- and yet we're showering Jeff Bezos with all this money that he clearly doesn't need.

4. Antony Blinken:

   But here's the rub, and I acknowledge this, there is a difference between moving expeditiously to get this program off the ground, off the dead stall that it was in, and get it moving.... there's a difference between that and a full-on evacuation.

5. Mat Staver:

   Because that in Kim Davis understanding and mind is authorizing something that is contrary to Kim Davis Christian values and convictions, that's where the conscience rub is.