Thesaurus / thumbed
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synonyms for thumbed
- brush
- caress
- feel
- handle
- hit
- kiss
- lick
- pat
- reach
- rub
- strike
- stroke
- tap
- abut
- adjoin
- border
- communicate
- contact
- converge
- dab
- examine
- finger
- fondle
- frisk
- glance
- graze
- grope
- inspect
- join
- line
- manipulate
- march
- massage
- meet
- neighbor
- osculate
- palm
- palpate
- partake
- paw
- percuss
- pet
- probe
- push
- scrutinize
- sip
- smooth
- suck
- sweep
- tag
- taste
- thumb
- tickle
- tip
- verge
- be in contact
- butt on
- come together
- feel up
- impinge upon
- lay a finger on
- manhandle
- toy with
- abut
- adjoin
- border
- brush
- caress
- communicate
- contact
- converge
- dab
- examine
- feel
- finger
- fondle
- frisk
- glance
- graze
- grope
- handle
- inspect
- join
- kiss
- line
- manipulate
- march
- massage
- meet
- neighbor
- osculate
- palm
- partake
- pat
- paw
- percuss
- pet
- probe
- push
- reach
- rub
- scrutinize
- sip
- smooth
- strike
- stroke
- suck
- sweep
- tag
- tap
- taste
- thumb
- tickle
- tip
- toy
- verge
- be in contact
- butt on
- come together
- impinge upon
- lay a finger on
- feed
- graze
- leaf
- nibble
- peruse
- read
- scan
- skim
- survey
- thumb
- check over
- dip into
- examine cursorily
- flip through
- get the cream
- give the once-over
- glance at
- hit the high spots
- inspect loosely
- leaf through
- once over lightly
- pass an eye over
- read here and there
- riffle through
- riff through
- run through
- skip through
- thumb through wander
- perceive
- sense
- try
- apperceive
- caress
- clasp
- clutch
- explore
- finger
- fondle
- frisk
- fumble
- grapple
- grasp
- grip
- grope
- handle
- manipulate
- maul
- palm
- palpate
- paw
- pinch
- ply
- poke
- press
- squeeze
- test
- thumb
- tickle
- twiddle
- wield
- run hands over
- abstain
- avoid
- conceal
- disjoin
- divide
- fail
- hide
- ignore
- leave
- lose
- manhandle
- miss
- neglect
- refrain
- separate
- suppress
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use thumbed in a sentence
It was a history of the lives and trials of great criminals, and the pages were soiled and thumbed with use.
OLIVER TWIST, VOL. II (OF 3)CHARLES DICKENSWho will be ever thumbed over and spelled over as these have been?
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE - VOLUME 55, NO. 343, MAY 1844VARIOUSHe jerked open the table drawer and fetched out a well-thumbed pack of cards, which he flung on the green cloth.
CURSEDGEORGE ALLAN ENGLANDWe are thumbed by the ages into what we are, and by no conscious inward effort can we in a day rethumb ourselves.
REVOLUTION AND OTHER ESSAYSJACK LONDONThe grin was even wider now and he actually chortled as he thumbed a button on his console.
THE REPAIRMANHARRY HARRISONAgain the soft lead was hopelessly blurred over, where the pages had been often thumbed, or perhaps crumbled and thrown aside.
WHERE THE PAVEMENT ENDSJOHN RUSSELLHe reached hesitantly toward the beam-gun, quickly thumbed the catch down to the lowest point, which was simple shock.
THE COLORS OF SPACEMARION ZIMMER BRADLEYWhen Penny thumbed over the little stack of “folding money” she drew in her breath.
GHOST BEYOND THE GATEMILDRED A. WIRTDinner flagged (and froze) while he illustrated a point by reference to the much-thumbed pages.
THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDSERSKINE CHILDERSSometimes in winter when he did not have to go to sea he read one of the well-thumbed volumes by the aid of a tallow dip.
THE FIRST CAPTUREHARRY CASTLEMON