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Synonyms of canoodle

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Another word for canoodle is feel up. Other synonyms of canoodle are grope, touch up, caress, cosset and dally.

Synonyms and similar words for canoodle

verbTo caress, fondle, or pet (someone); also, to have sexual intercourse with (someone); to make love...

  • feel upTo grope someone, especially someone's breasts, in a sexual manner.
  • grope
  • touch up
  • caressTo touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.
  • cosset
  • dallyTo caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet.
  • dandle
  • dawt UK, dialectalTo fondle or caress.
  • faddle UK, dialectal
  • fondle
  • grabbleTo touch (someone) with one's hands or fingers, sometimes in a sexual way.
  • pet
  • pettle UK, dialectalTo fondle or pet; to pamper.
  • shift Ireland, slangTo engage in sexual petting with.
  • tiddle UK, dialectal
  • worshipTo touch, fondle, or kiss in an intensely sensual way.
  • chuckle archaic
  • coax obsoleteTo fondle, kid, pet, tease.
  • fond obsolete
  • nantle obsolete
  • smuggle obsolete

verbTo cajole or persuade (someone).

  • inveigle
  • sweet-talkTo influence or urge by gentle caressing or flattering.
  • wheedleTo cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.
  • blandishTo persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole.
  • butter up figurativelyTo flatter, especially with the intent of personal gain.
  • cajoleTo persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.
  • sweeten
  • fast-talkTo use clever speech in order to persuade, mislead, or manipulate someone.
  • carny dialectalTo cajole, wheedle, or coax.
  • collogueTo coax (someone); also, to flatter (someone).
  • fleech ScotlandTo wheedle; coax; cajole; induce with fair words; flatter.
  • honey around figurativelyTo cajole or sweet-talk (someone); to hang out around (someone) as a yes-man or toady.
  • soft-sawderTo flatter or cajole.
  • soft-soapTo attempt to persuade by flattery or pleasing words; to butter up.
  • stroke US, figurativelyTo influence (someone) by convincing or flattering them.
  • twistTo coax.
  • blandander Ireland, datedTo flatter or cajole.
  • croodle UK, dialectalTo fawn or coax.
  • engle obsolete
  • honey up dated, figurativelyTo cajole, suck up to or sweet-talk (someone).
  • hum UK, datedTo flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.
  • ingle obsoleteTo cajole or coax; to wheedle.
  • soap dated, slangTo flatter; to wheedle.
  • tweedle obsoleteTo influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.
  • whilly Scotland, archaicTo cajole.
  • word obsoleteTo flatter with words, to cajole.

Meaning of canoodle

  1. verb To caress, fondle, or pet (someone); also, to have sexual intercourse with (someone); to make love with.
  2. verb To cajole or persuade (someone).
  3. verb Of a person: to caress, fondle, or pet another person; of two people: to caress, fondle, or pet each other; also, to have sexual intercourse; to make love.

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Questions about synonyms of canoodle

What is another word for canoodle?
Canoodle has 47 synonyms on Word.ws, such as feel up, grope, touch up, caress, cosset, dally, dandle and dawt.
What does canoodle mean?
Canoodle means to caress, fondle, or pet (someone); also, to have sexual intercourse with (someone); to make love with.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: canoodle (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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