Thesaurus / thumbing
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synonyms for thumbing
- 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
On this page you'll find 295 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to thumbing, such as: address, advise, feel, greet, accost, and beseech.
- abstain
- avoid
- conceal
- disjoin
- divide
- fail
- hide
- ignore
- leave
- lose
- manhandle
- miss
- neglect
- refrain
- separate
- suppress
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How to use thumbing in a sentence
The gesture unnerved him for a moment, and he had to go thumbing over the page to find his place.
THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYD"He's a big guy all right," he observed, thumbing toward the vanishing driver.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUS"Hey, what about that nest of vampires down there," Urson said, thumbing viciously toward the black behind them.
THE JEWELS OF APTORSAMUEL R. DELANYDrew raised a sheath of papers from his desk, turned with the chair, and started thumbing over the data he had accumulated.
WHISPERING WIRESHENRY LEVERAGEWes leaped at him, his steely fingers thumbing into the man's throat and throttling its scream to a gasping choke.
ASTOUNDING STORIES, JULY, 1931VARIOUSOnly last summer, we found a freight conductor thumbing his “Sartor Resartus,” and discussing Carlyle as a stylist.
THE MODERN RAILROADEDWARD HUNGERFORDAnd expensive, unless I wished to demean myself by thumbing rides—a difficult thing to do, burdened as I was by the pump.
GREENER THAN YOU THINKWARD MOOREHe was in deep contemplation of a pile of green paper which he was thumbing over.
MR. DOOLEY: IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRYMENFINLEY PETER DUNNEThe door of my office was open and Adolphi was thumbing through the pile of script I had been working on.
JANET HARDY IN RADIO CITYRUTHE S. WHEELERThe Greeks did not p. 42speak of “thumbing” but of “walking up and down” on a volume (πατεῖν).
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