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Synonyms of paw

11 similar words

Another word for paw is palpate. Other synonyms of paw are hand, foot, feel up, fiddle and fondle.

Synonyms and similar words for paw

nounThe soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails...

  • handThe part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in humans and other primates, and the corresponding part in many...
  • foot

verbTo touch (someone) in a sexual way.

  • feel upTo grope someone, especially someone's breasts, in a sexual manner.
  • fiddle
  • fondle
  • grope
  • palpateTo examine or otherwise explore through touch, particularly (medicine) in reference to an area or organ of the human...
  • touch up

verbTo clumsily dig (through something).

Meaning of paw

  1. noun The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.
  2. noun A hand.
  3. verb Of an animal, to dig through (something, such as a garbage can) with paws.

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Questions about synonyms of paw

What is another word for paw?
Paw has 11 synonyms on Word.ws, such as palpate, hand, foot, feel up, fiddle, fondle, grope and touch up.
What does paw mean?
Paw means the soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paw (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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