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[ ɹˈʌb], [ ɹˈʌb], [ ɹ_ˈʌ_b]
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Similar words for rub:
- other relevant words (adjective)
- brush (noun)
- cognition (noun)
- difficulty, problem (noun)
- impediment (noun)
- itch (noun)
- obstacle (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- shine (noun)
- touch (noun)
- abrade (verb)
- anoint (verb)
- apply (verb)
- buff (verb)
- burnish (verb)
- caress (verb)
- chafe (verb)
- delete (verb)
- fray (verb)
- furbish (verb)
- gall (verb)
- glaze (verb)
- graze (verb)
- grind (verb)
- lick (verb)
- massage (verb)
- mop (verb)
- shine (verb)
- stroke, massage (verb)
- touch (verb)
- wear (verb)
- wipe (verb)
- other synonyms
- apply
- caress
- chafe
- fray
- furbish
- gall
- irritate
- lick
- massage
- other relevant words
- touch
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Rub:
adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)n.
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- worst-case scenario,
- waste,
- tragedy,
- nightmare,
- put away,
- quagmire,
- stress,
- zap,
- destroy,
- trouble,
- slay,
- crisis,
- off,
- ordeal,
- battle,
- bump off,
- knock off,
- do in.
- catch22's,
- catch 22,
- de lay,
- catch22,
- dis-advantage,
- de-lay,
- dead weights,
- re-striction,
- catch-22's,
- dis-advantages,
- de-lays,
- re strictions,
- dis advantages,
- de lays,
- catch 22's,
- dis advantage,
- re striction,
- retardments,
- re-strictions.
- itch.
- impediment,
- tap,
- set-to,
- lambency,
- Retardment,
- shine,
- obstacle,
- touch,
- setto,
- brush,
- dead weight,
- set to,
- Disincentives,
- pat,
- disincentive,
- hangup,
- glitz,
- hurdle,
- hang up,
- tussle.
v.
• abrade (verb) • anoint (verb) • apply (verb) • buff (verb) • burnish (verb)- putting on a finish,
- put a finish,
- puts on finish,
- put finish,
- putting finish,
- puts a finish,
- putting a finish,
- puts finish,
- puts on a finish,
- putting on finish,
- put on finish,
- patinaing.
- blue-pencilled,
- bluepencils,
- xouting,
- de-contaminating,
- de-stroying,
- blue penciled,
- blots out,
- de stroy,
- bluepencil,
- xout,
- blue-pencilling,
- xouted,
- de contaminate,
- de contaminating,
- bluepencilled,
- cleaning up,
- crosses out,
- bluepencilling,
- de-stroyed,
- de-contaminated,
- de contaminates,
- passing up,
- x outing,
- de-contaminate,
- de-stroy,
- blue pencils,
- x-outed,
- de-contaminates,
- blue pencilling,
- x-outing,
- xouts,
- de stroying,
- x outed,
- de contaminated,
- de stroys,
- de-stroys,
- de stroyed,
- blue-penciled,
- blue pencilled,
- bluepenciled,
- passes up,
- x outs,
- bluepenciling,
- x-outs,
- blue penciling.
- becoming threadbare,
- became ragged,
- un ravel,
- becoming ragged,
- un-raveled,
- un raveling,
- un ravelling,
- un-ravels,
- becomes threadbare,
- un-raveling,
- un ravelled,
- un-ravelling,
- un-ravel,
- un raveled,
- becomes ragged,
- un ravels,
- un-ravelled,
- wore away,
- wears thin.
- re furbishes,
- re conditioned,
- re store,
- re-habilitate,
- re-conditions,
- re habilitate,
- re furbish,
- re-storing,
- re storing,
- re-furbished,
- re new,
- re stores,
- re-furbish,
- decking out,
- re habilitating,
- re-conditioned,
- re-habilitating,
- re-condition,
- re-stored,
- smartens up,
- re conditions,
- re habilitated,
- re news,
- re-furbishing,
- re-habilitates,
- re condition,
- re furbishing,
- re-news,
- re-new,
- decks out,
- re-habilitated,
- gussying up,
- re habilitates,
- re furbished,
- re-stores,
- re-furbishes,
- re-conditioning,
- re conditioning,
- smartening up,
- re stored.
- be-devilling,
- be deviled,
- be-deviled,
- be deviling,
- be-devilled,
- be devilling,
- be-deviling,
- be devils,
- be-devil,
- be-devils,
- be devilled,
- be devil.
- in-crusting,
- over-laying,
- in-crusts,
- over-laid,
- in-crust,
- made vitreous,
- incrusts,
- vitrifies,
- making vitreous,
- in crusting,
- Vitrifying,
- over-lay,
- makes vitreous,
- over laying,
- made lustrous,
- in crusted,
- makes lustrous,
- making lustrous,
- in crusts,
- in-crusted,
- over-lays,
- over lays,
- in crust,
- over laid.
- gave edge to,
- gives edge to,
- giving edge to,
- gives an edge to,
- giving an edge to,
- gave an edge to,
- give edge to.
- giving a sheen,
- making brilliant,
- puts gloss on,
- puts finish on,
- put finish on,
- puts a gloss on,
- give sheen,
- put gloss on,
- giving sheen,
- puts a finish on,
- putting a gloss on,
- putting a finish on,
- gives sheen,
- made brilliant,
- buffing up,
- buffed up,
- putting gloss on,
- gave sheen,
- makes brilliant,
- gives a sheen,
- putting finish on,
- gave a sheen.
- de crease,
- de creases,
- is worthless,
- over-using,
- de cays,
- over-works,
- were worthless,
- de clines,
- becoming worn,
- going to seed,
- went to seed,
- art worthless,
- de-creasing,
- wast worthless,
- de-cay,
- over-worked,
- washes away,
- going seed,
- over using,
- de-cays,
- over used,
- de-creases,
- de-creased,
- go seed,
- are worthless,
- goes seed,
- uses up,
- de creased,
- over worked,
- being worthless,
- over working,
- de cline,
- over works,
- scraped off,
- am worthless,
- over-used,
- becomes worn,
- wert worthless,
- was worthless,
- de-crease,
- de cay,
- scraping off,
- scrapes off,
- de-clines,
- de-cline,
- de creasing,
- became worn,
- went seed.
Other synonyms:
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- rinse,
- detoxification,
- purification,
- rub down,
- dig into,
- rubdown,
- abrasion,
- nip,
- exert.
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- pack.
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- sweep.
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- press.
- wore thin,
- wear away,
- become ragged,
- wear thin,
- wearing thin,
- tattering,
- become threadbare,
- tatters,
- became threadbare,
- wears away,
- wearing away,
- tatter.
- bleeps,
- slicked,
- Enamelling,
- lick,
- buff up,
- Triturate,
- massage,
- took away,
- Rubbed,
- sheened,
- burnish,
- sandpapering,
- scribble,
- buffs up,
- Slicking,
- ground,
- Sanded,
- cleaned up,
- blue-pencils,
- towels,
- scratch,
- sleeks,
- soak up,
- sheening,
- toweled,
- goes to seed,
- stroke,
- put on a finish,
- scrape off,
- give an edge to,
- Lustering,
- overuse,
- cleaned off,
- glance off,
- incrust,
- Incrusted,
- cross out,
- apply,
- over-wrought,
- rub off,
- sand,
- Sleeking,
- patinaed,
- sands,
- Lacquering,
- furbish,
- squeegee,
- knead,
- overusing,
- towel off,
- blotted out,
- clean up,
- grate,
- used up,
- glass,
- sandpaper,
- wear,
- soaked up,
- crossing out,
- irritate,
- make vitreous,
- wash away,
- toweling,
- passed up,
- using up,
- patinas,
- bleeped,
- Gritting,
- overuses,
- fray,
- put a finish on,
- vitrified,
- chafe,
- make lustrous,
- expunge,
- towelled,
- take away,
- Enameling,
- use up,
- delete,
- bleeping,
- go to seed,
- pumices,
- rasp,
- soaks up,
- glassed,
- excoriate,
- Filed,
- caress,
- luster,
- blue pencil,
- towelling,
- paws,
- squeegees,
- rub out,
- gnash,
- taking away,
- blue-pencil,
- slicks,
- become worn,
- blot out,
- glaze,
- make brilliant,
- rubbed off,
- grind,
- glance,
- polish,
- sandpapered,
- scrape,
- Lacquered,
- pumicing,
- gloss,
- pass up,
- wipe,
- scour,
- mop,
- embrocate,
- buff,
- cleans up,
- be worthless,
- put a gloss on,
- bleep,
- give a sheen,
- Sanding,
- Enamelled,
- pumice,
- enamel,
- scrub,
- crossed out,
- soaking up,
- enameled,
- washed away,
- blue-penciling,
- blotting out,
- sandpapers,
- washing away,
- Glassing,
- Gritted,
- Incrusting,
- rubbing off,
- vitrify,
- paw,
- lustered,
- patina,
- Sleeked,
- towel,
- clean off,
- wear down.
- lay finger on,
- impinge upon,
- be in contact,
- thumb,
- Palming,
- Thumbing,
- thumbs,
- impinged upon,
- felt up,
- comes together,
- palms,
- coming together,
- thumbed,
- Palmed,
- butt on,
- come together,
- lay a finger on,
- percuss.
- disaccord,
- remedy,
- niggle,
- dissuasion,
- vex,
- comedown,
- incumbrance,
- contrary,
- squeak by,
- chart,
- nark,
- map,
- swipe,
- emphasize,
- give pain,
- enlistment,
- frictional,
- nose,
- rag,
- mischief,
- daub,
- preventative,
- tangency,
- inflame,
- torture,
- ravel,
- dehydrate,
- spoil,
- Torrefy,
- wipe up,
- abrase,
- brushing,
- aggravating,
- bugaboo,
- encumbrance,
- cover,
- wrap,
- smear,
- insolate,
- clutch,
- eat into,
- brighten,
- file,
- raze,
- mummify,
- burn,
- climacteric,
- clash,
- shave,
- mantle,
- overwrite,
- trial,
- rankle,
- spread on,
- Kneading,
- misfortune,
- bathe,
- delineate,
- play for time,
- slather,
- kiln,
- pest,
- objection,
- remove,
- curtain,
- irritative,
- operate on,
- anhydrate,
- dry,
- nurse,
- Incompatibleness,
- begrime,
- anoint,
- portray,
- cancel,
- wash,
- nettle,
- impingence,
- prick,
- scuff,
- tear,
- change,
- discordance,
- annoy,
- lacerate,
- drain,
- sting,
- annoying,
- peeve,
- harrow,
- oil,
- Oppilative,
- dwell on,
- esclandre,
- baffling,
- coat,
- draw,
- soothe,
- distress,
- detrition,
- disharmony,
- rile,
- adjust,
- eradicate,
- plate,
- lap,
- scraping,
- impingement,
- journey,
- picture,
- agonize,
- scuff mark,
- frazzle,
- unaccommodating,
- blockade,
- check,
- wound,
- convert,
- ruffle,
- refine,
- flux,
- bedaub,
- excursion,
- block,
- doctor,
- meddlesome,
- tour of duty,
- quandary,
- reduce,
- notate,
- crux,
- bogey,
- fire,
- trace,
- deface,
- care for,
- character,
- extremity,
- cleanse,
- prolong the agony,
- in sequence,
- mocking,
- deterrent,
- stroking,
- consort with,
- fondle,
- feeling,
- run over,
- harp on,
- contretemps,
- god,
- diagram,
- swaddle,
- bugbear,
- brushed,
- affect,
- accomplish,
- impair,
- minister to,
- close to,
- pass,
- irritation,
- apple of discord,
- smoke,
- irritant,
- cumbersome,
- dry up,
- deity,
- scratch up,
- erode,
- sideswipe,
- represent,
- critical juncture,
- dehumidify,
- catastrophe,
- symbolize,
- kill,
- strike,
- uncooperative,
- give care to,
- curry,
- stamp down,
- hardship,
- unravel,
- fly,
- nudge,
- skirt,
- rubbing,
- mix with,
- wear out,
- manipulation,
- bothersome,
- anger,
- excruciate,
- print,
- halt,
- critical situation,
- barbecue seasoning,
- duty tour,
- Inharmony,
- nuisance,
- splint,
- corrade,
- adversity,
- turn,
- pierce,
- besmirch,
- cordon,
- feel up,
- sore point,
- gripe,
- skin,
- torment,
- rent,
- tactility,
- obstructive,
- troublesome,
- frottage,
- cloak,
- flick,
- provoke,
- whet,
- interference,
- cure,
- gnaw,
- wear off,
- turning point,
- swab,
- overspread,
- bug,
- martyrize,
- grounds for war,
- misadventure,
- affricate,
- hassle,
- powder,
- treat,
- mischance,
- osculation,
- crucial period,
- crunch,
- crossroads,
- keep company with,
- ail,
- exigency,
- be communicated,
- stoppage,
- discord,
- exasperate,
- twist,
- slick,
- touching,
- tweak,
- diagnose,
- rub up,
- pet,
- detraction,
- murder,
- gravel,
- dust,
- strap,
- parch,
- symbolise,
- heal,
- paint,
- contention,
- tension,
- inscribe,
- ransack,
- shrivel,
- execute,
- sponge,
- Backset,
- choke,
- scorch,
- Discordancy,
- in order,
- exasperation,
- gag,
- grab at,
- martyr,
- devil,
- joker,
- characterize,
- smudge,
- desiccate,
- stab,
- Exsiccate,
- modify,
- Affriction,
- goddess,
- tender spot,
- rosin,
- cut,
- spread,
- nonplus,
- vexatious,
- bottleneck,
- unharmoniousness,
- hammer away,
- irritating,
- socialize with,
- put,
- nuzzle,
- apply to,
- bone to pick,
- bone of contention,
- associate with,
- mishap,
- enmity,
- scrap,
- bake,
- inconvenient,
- plaster,
- get at,
- unevenness,
- botheration,
- hinge,
- depict,
- inharmoniousness,
- sense of touch,
- pain,
- in good order,
- pinch,
- warm,
- preventive,
- eliminate,
- stub out,
- put on,
- impinge,
- blot,
- obstruction,
- Picturize,
- term of enlistment,
- blanket,
- critical point,
- slick down,
- physic,
- attouchement,
- elbow grease,
- clashing,
- bite,
- corrode,
- emergency,
- bother,
- conflict,
- aggro,
- varnish,
- purge,
- screech,
- calamity,
- grindstone,
- scouring,
- Confrication,
- wring,
- Taction,
- light touch,
- afflict,
- wipe off,
- wax,
- Irksome,
- awkward,
- pulp,
- register,
- ablate,
- schematize,
- dress,
- hazard,
- break down,
- problem,
- wizen,
- soil,
- casus belli,
- heat,
- reverse,
- indulge,
- bow down,
- scramble,
- Limature,
- write,
- unpleasantness,
- noncooperation,
- stop,
- Weazen,
- determent,
- HIT,
- agonise,
- limp,
- be transferred,
- be imparted to,
- layer,
- discouragement,
- stridulate,
- engrave,
- strait,
- prohibitive,
- reiterate,
- incompatibility,
- sear,
- sun,
- bandage,
- rack,
- breath,
- jar,
- evaporate,
- Arrosion,
- interruption,
- convulse,
- annoyance,
- be transmitted,
- mountain,
- grinding,
- whetstone,
- poultice,
- fuss,
- shred,
- whisper,
- bark,
- accident,
- furrow,
- jangle,
- roughness,
- limn,
- perfrication,
- smooth,
- tour,
- Frication,
- render,
- fester,
- overlay,
- arrest,
- catch a likeness,
- contrition,
- sleek,
- Smoothing,
- brunt,
- X,
- disaster,
- brush by,
- make sore,
- pretty pass,
- eat away,
- dramatize,
- casualty,
- get to,
- crucify,
- contingence,
- infuriating,
- setback,
- wither,
- air-dry.
How to use "Rub" in context?
The word "rub" is one that is often used unknowingly or unknowing. It is the past tense and past participle of the verb rub. The verb rub means to move or frictionally touch something with a thumb, index or middle finger while the hand is held at a 45-degree angle. The word can also be used figuratively to describe a situation causing friction. There are a few things to know about the word "rub."
The word originated from the Saxon word rud, meaning a particle of wood or metal that is rubbed against another to produce a smooth surface.
Paraphrases for Rub:
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Reverse Entailment
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Interjection
scrub.
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Verb, base form
scrub.
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Interjection
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
embarrassment, massage, problem.
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Noun, singular or mass
Homophones for Rub:
- reb, rife, ropeway, rorippa, rep, rarify, ropy, rope up, rb, reify, repay, Roofy, reeve, ref, ruff, rarefy, riff, raphia, rubia, rupee, revue, rib, rip, robe, rhaphe, rap, rube, review, rip-off, rev up, rv, rabbi, rf, rev, rub off, Rabi I, raffia, rave, Rabi Ii, rupiah, rope off, reave, rob, rip off, rappee, ripe, raphe, rove, rub up, repp, rip up, revive, rebuff, rive, roar off, raf, rave-up, rape, rbi, RUF, r.v., ropey, rubify, ruby, RPA-ABB, reef, reap, rope, roof, reefy, revivify, rophy.
Hyponym for Rub:
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