Synonyms for wax
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1. 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:
   wane

2. waxverb

   cover with wax

   "wax the car"

   Synonyms:
   rise, mount, climb, full

   Antonyms:
   wane

3. wax, 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 up

   Antonyms:
   wane

4. wax, fullverb

   increase in phase

   "the moon is waxing"

   Synonyms:
   rise, mount, climb, full

   Antonyms:
   wane

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. waxverb

   Synonyms:
   cere, smear with wax

2. waxverb

   Synonyms:
   increase (as the moon)

3. waxverb

   Synonyms:
   grow, become, come to be, get to be

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1. waxnoun

   Synonyms:
   beeswax, spermaceti, adipocere (grave wax), ozocerite, mineral wax

   Associated words:
   cerography, ceroplastics, ceroplasty, cerograph, cerographist, cerotic, ceromancy, cerate, encaustic, ceroma, inceration, cerotene, incerative, cerographic, ceroplastic, cetin

2. waxverb

   Synonyms:
   cere, increase, grow, develop, become larger

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1. List of paraphrases for "wax":

   cera, wax-burning, candelilla, beeswax, candle, waxy, paraffin

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1. List of known nicknames for "Wax":

   Michael Jones, 왁스, Cho Heari, Cho Hye Ri

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How to use wax in a sentence?

1. Charles Dickens:

   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.

2. Frank Russo:

   We just found a package that contains GBL, which is a date rape drug, as you can see, the package includes sponges to make us think it's turtle wax car wash equipment.

3. Meghan McCain:

   You're talking about Donald Trump supporters, comparing them to Nazis in Nuremberg, that sounds extreme to me as well, when Democrats come on here and wax poetic about extremism -- I'm not saying Donald Trump isn't doing it, but you're calling everybody who was in North Carolina rally a Nazi.

4. Kim Kardashian:

   The wax [museum] has given my mom her wax figure to have just sitting at her bar, but you guys have no idea how real this looks.

5. Jonathan Zimmerman:

   What happened to Amy Wax can happen to you. There is nothing stopping anyone from coming after you. If you say something deemed unacceptable, with public shaming and unreasoned condemnation, once you are labeled a hater, a xenophobe, a racist, or a white supremacist, that label will stick and nothing else will matter in this internet age. is there any achievement gap among law students?