Caress

Verb

 * 1) To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.
 * 2) To show and act on deep closeness shared with another person.

Adjectives for Caress
condescending; complacent; fond; final; gentle; hasty; haughty; impulsive; impassioned; perfunctory; sympathetic; mesmeric; bitter-sweet; adolescent; dizzying; monotonous; turbulent; vicarious; exploratory; casual; mellowing; playful; sustained; infinite; indescribable; fierce; pussy-cat; rude; vague.

Verbs for Caress
bestow —es on; cherish —es; countenance—es ; delight in —es; encourage—es ; favor with —es ; fondle—; hunger for —es; intermix with —es ; invite —es ; long for —es; overwhelm with —es; ward off —; welcome—; — allure; — burn; — cheer; — endear; — offend; — soothe.

Adverbs for Caress
endearingly; ecstatically; adoringly; sympathetically; warmly; lovingly; roughly; thrillingly; imploringly; affectionately; blissfully.

Synonyms for Caress
hold, soothe, stroke, pet, pamper, embrace, fondle, cuddle, flatter, kiss, salute, hug.

Antonyms for Caress
poke, stab, strike, spurn, forsake, neglect, abandon, buffet, insult, annoy, provoke, irritate, exasperate, displease, aggravate, tease.

Thesaurus
cuddle, cutaneous sense, dally, dandle, embrace, endearment, feel, feel up, feeling, fingertip caress, flick, flirt, fondle, fondling, frictionize, glance, graze, hand-mindedness, hit, honeyed words, hug, impinge, impingement, impingence, indulge, kiss, knead, lambency, lap, lick, light touch, love, massage, nose, nudge, nuzzle, osculate, osculation, pamper, pat, pet, rub, rub against, rub down, rub noses, scrape, sense of touch, shave, sideswipe, skim, skirt, soft words, squeak by, stroke, sweet nothings, sweet talk, tactile sense, taction, tangency, tap, tentative contact, tentative poke, touch, touching, toy, trifle, whisper, artful endearments, attouchement, blandishment, blandishments, breath, brush, brush by, cocker, coddle, come in contact, contact, contingence, coquet, cosset,

Translations

 * Arabic: لاطف
 * Bulgarian: милвам, лаская
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 爱抚
 * Czech: laskat
 * Danish: kærtegne
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: hyväillä
 * French:
 * German:, kosen
 * Greek:, θωπεύω


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 어르다
 * Latin:
 * Luxembourgish: heemelen
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: ласкать
 * Sicilian: allisciari
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: okşamak

Anagrams

 * crases
 * sacres
 * scares
 * seracs