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Synonyms for wax
wækswax
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Princeton's WordNet
waxverb
any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
Antonyms:
wanewaxverb
cover with wax
"wax the car"
Synonyms:
rise, mount, climb, fullAntonyms:
wanewax, mount, climb, riseverb
go up or advance
"Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
Synonyms:
resurrect, rise, stand up, climb up, uprise, put on, climb on, heighten, go up, rebel, surface, lift, arise, spring up, come up, grow, originate, mount up, ride, ascend, prove, develop, climb, bestride, full, get on, get up, hop on, jump on, move up, turn out, jump, rear, mount, rise upAntonyms:
wanewax, fullverb
increase in phase
"the moon is waxing"
Synonyms:
rise, mount, climb, fullAntonyms:
wane
Dictionary of English Synonymes
waxverb
Synonyms:
cere, smear with waxwaxverb
Synonyms:
increase (as the moon)waxverb
Synonyms:
grow, become, come to be, get to be
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
waxnoun
Synonyms:
beeswax, spermaceti, adipocere (grave wax), ozocerite, mineral waxAssociated words:
cerography, ceroplastics, ceroplasty, cerograph, cerographist, cerotic, ceromancy, cerate, encaustic, ceroma, inceration, cerotene, incerative, cerographic, ceroplastic, cetinwaxverb
Synonyms:
cere, increase, grow, develop, become larger
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "wax":
cera, wax-burning, candelilla, beeswax, candle, waxy, paraffin
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Wax":
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #196 | full | |
| #1482 | develop | |
| #1653 | surface | |
| #1861 | jump | |
| #2206 | mount | |
| #2703 | rise | |
| #2923 | grow | |
| #2968 | ride | |
| #3398 | rear | |
| #4340 | prove | |
| #4499 | lift | |
| #6085 | candle | |
| #7087 | arise | |
| #8420 | rebel | |
| #8474 | wax | |
| #9251 | climb | |
| #21569 | originate | |
| #29929 | ascend | |
| #32368 | paraffin | |
| #42265 | beeswax | |
| #46777 | heighten | |
| #53917 | resurrect | |
| #54519 | waxy | |
| #70633 | cera | |
| #207890 | uprise |
How to use wax in a sentence?
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'dAnd the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill,And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still
It's not a bad thing to have wax in your ears. Everybody does and should. It's more of an issue when it becomes too much.
It was a turkey He could never have stood upon his legs, that bird He would have snapped 'em off short in a minute, like sticks of sealing wax.
I thought that Amy's comments, in places, were outrageous, i said as much during the interview what Amy Wax said about the Asians could have been said, and was said, about the Jews not so long ago. Today we call that antisemitism.
Translations for wax
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- شمْعٌArabic
- mumAzerbaijani
- восъкBulgarian
- koar, koarañBreton
- cera, créixer, cerós, encerar, tornar-seCatalan, Valencian
- vosk, voskovatCzech
- cŵyrWelsh
- vokse, voksDanish
- wichsen, werden, zunehmen, Wachs, [[Wachs, wächsern, wachsen, bohnernGerman
- αποτριχώνω, γεμίζει, κηρώνω, κερί, κηρός, γεμίζω, αυξάνομαι, κέρινοςGreek
- vaksa, vaksoEsperanto
- cera, esperma, encerar, devenir, depilar, crecer, bolearSpanish
- poonimisvaha, vahaEstonian
- واکس, موم, رستن, وخشیدنPersian
- poistaa, muuttua, vahata, tulla, [[vahasta]] [[tehty]], savikiekko, vaha, kasvu, kasvaaFinnish
- voks, vaksFaroese
- cire, croître, fart, cirer, devenirFrench
- cèir, cèirichScottish Gaelic
- ceraGalician
- שעווהHebrew
- मोमHindi
- viaszHungarian
- մոմArmenian
- lilin, malamIndonesian
- vaxIcelandic
- cera, cerare, diventare, crescere, incerare, divenireItalian
- ワックス, 蝋Japanese
- სანთელი, ფირფიტაზე ჩანაწერიGeorgian
- 蜜蠟, 밀랍Korean
- ceraLatin
- WuessLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- vaškasLithuanian
- vasksLatvian
- lilinMalay
- xama'Maltese
- voksNorwegian
- wassen, met was insmeren, toenemen, was aanbrengen, groeien, was, aanwassen, wordenDutch
- voksNorwegian Nynorsk
- vokseNorwegian
- woskowy, wosk, woskowaćPolish
- cera, ceroso, crescer, encerar, tornar-se, céreoPortuguese
- tscheira, tschera, tschairaRomansh
- ceară, ceraRomanian
- воск, восково́йRussian
- cera, cheraSardinian
- vosak, восакSerbo-Croatian
- voskSlovak
- vosek, voskati, voščenSlovene
- dyllëAlbanian
- vax, växaSwedish
- balmumu, bal mumuTurkish
- sápVietnamese
- väkVolapük
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