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Exact Match:

rub

the act of rubbing or wiping; "he gave the hood a quick rub"

move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin"

cause friction; "my sweater scratches"

scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!"

Synonyms:

• Discordia,
• Eris,
• ablate,
• abrade,
• abrase,
• afflict,
• aggravate,
• agonize,
• ail,
• air-dry,
• anhydrate,
• annoy,
• apple of discord,
• attouchement,
• bake,
• bandage,
• bar,
• bark,
• bathe,
• bite,
• block,
• blockade,
• blot,
• bone of contention,
• bone to pick,
• bother,
• bottleneck,
• breath,
• brush,
• brush by,
• buff,
• burn,
• burnish,
• care for,
• caress,
• casus belli,
• catch,
• catch a likeness,
• chafe,
• character,
• characterize,
• chart,
• clash,
• clashing,
• climacteric,
• clutch,
• come in contact,
• conflict,
• confrication,
• contact,
• contention,
• contingence,
• convergence of events,
• convulse,
• cordon,
• crimp,
• crisis,
• critical juncture,
• critical point,
• crossroads,
• crow to pick,
• crow to pluck,
• crucial period,
• crucify,
• crunch,
• crux,
• cure,
• curtain,
• cut,
• cutaneous sense,
• dehumidify,
• dehydrate,
• delineate,
• depict,
• desiccate,
• determent,
• deterrent,
• diagnose,
• diagram,
• difficulty,
• disaccord,
• disaffinity,
• discord,
• discordance,
• discordancy,
• disharmony,
• distress,
• doctor,
• drain,
• draw,
• drawback,
• dry,
• emergency,
• enmity,
• erase,
• erode,
• evaporate,
• exasperate,
• excoriate,
• excruciate,
• exigency,
• exsiccate,
• extremity,
• feel,
• feel up,
• feeling,
• fester,
• file,
• fingertip caress,
• finish,
• fire,
• flick,
• flux,
• fondle,
• fray,
• frazzle,
• fret,
• frication,
• friction,
• frictionize,
• frottage,
• furbish,
• gall,
• give care to,
• give pain,
• glance,
• glaze,
• gloss,
• gnaw,
• gnaw away,
• grate,
• graze,
• grind,
• gripe,
• grounds for war,
• hamper,
• hand-mindedness,
• hang-up,
• harrow,
• hazard,
• heal,
• hinge,
• hit,
• hit off,
• hitch,
• hurdle,
• hurt,
• impediment,
• impinge,
• impingement,
• impingence,
• incompatibility,
• incompatibleness,
• inflame,
• inflict pain,
• inharmoniousness,
• inharmony,
• insolate,
• irk,
• irritate,
• jangle,
• jar,
• joker,
• kill by inches,
• kiln,
• kiss,
• knead,
• lacerate,
• lambency,
• lap,
• lick,
• light touch,
• limn,
• luster,
• map,
• martyr,
• martyrize,
• massage,
• minister to,
• mischief,
• mummify,
• nettle,
• nip,
• noncooperation,
• nose,
• notate,
• nudge,
• nurse,
• nuzzle,
• objection,
• obstacle,
• obstruction,
• obstructive,
• one small difficulty,
• open conflict,
• operate on,
• osculate,
• osculation,
• pain,
• paint,
• parch,
• pass,
• peeve,
• perfrication,
• pet,
• physic,
• picture,
• picturize,
• pierce,
• pinch,
• plaster,
• polish,
• portray,
• poultice,
• prick,
• print,
• prolong the agony,
• provoke,
• purge,
• push,
• put to torture,
• rack,
• rankle,
• rasp,
• raze,
• register,
• remedy,
• render,
• represent,
• rile,
• rub against,
• rub away,
• rub down,
• rub noses,
• rub off,
• rub out,
• rubbing,
• ruffle,
• schematize,
• scorch,
• scour,
• scrape,
• scrub,
• scuff,
• sear,
• sense of touch,
• shave,
• shine,
• shrivel,
• sideswipe,
• skim,
• skin,
• skirt,
• sleek,
• slick,
• slick down,
• smoke,
• snag,
• soak up,
• sore point,
• splint,
• sponge,
• squeak by,
• stab,
• sting,
• strained relations,
• strait,
• strap,
• stroke,
• stumbling block,
• stumbling stone,
• sun,
• sun-dry,
• swab,
• symbolize,
• tactile sense,
• taction,
• take a rubbing,
• tangency,
• tap,
• tender spot,
• tension,
• tentative contact,
• tentative poke,
• ticklish issue,
• torment,
• torrefy,
• torture,
• touch,
• touching,
• towel,
• trace,
• trace out,
• trace over,
• traverse,
• treat,
• turn,
• turning point,
• tweak,
• twist,
• unharmoniousness,
• unpleasantness,
• varnish,
• vex,
• wax,
• wear,
• wear away,
• weazen,
• whisper,
• wipe,
• wither,
• wizen,
• wound,
• wring,
• write