Synonyms of tap
120 similar words · 1 opposite word
Another word for tap is strike. Other synonyms of tap are spigot, spile, cock, faucet and handle.
Synonyms and similar words for tap
nounA conical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.
nounA hollow device used to control the flow of a fluid, such as an alcoholic beverage from a cask, or...
verbTo ask or beg for (something) to be given for free; to cadge, to scrounge; also, to ask or beg...
- beg
- blagTo obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion.
- bum[with off or (nonstandard) off of] To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.
- cadgeTo obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.
- leech
- moochTo beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.
- mumpTo deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon.
- scrounge
- scungeTo scrounge; to borrow.
- sponge
- wheedle
verbTo connect a listening and/or recording device to (a communication cable or device) in order to...
verbTo have sexual intercourse with (someone).
- hit
- wap
- Formal terms
- bedTo have sex (with).
- coit
- coitizeTo sexually penetrate.
- enjoy
- go to bed withTo have sex with someone.
- have
- lie with
- love euphemistic
- mount
- penetrate
- seduce euphemisticTo have sexual intercourse with.
- sleep with
- takeTo have sex with.
- Informal and slang terms
- ballTo have sexual intercourse (with).
- bangTo engage in sexual intercourse.
- beepTo have sexual intercourse with (someone), referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts.
- be with euphemistic
- boneTo have sexual intercourse (with).
- boff
- boink
- bonkTo have sexual intercourse (with).
- boom-boom
- dickTo penetrate sexually with a penis.
- diddle
- dig out
- doTo have sex with. (See also do it).
- doink US, humorousTo have sex with.
- drillTo have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.
- eff euphemistic
- fill
- frackFuck.
- frakFuck.
- frickA surname.
- frig
- fuckTo have sexual intercourse with.
- get into someone's pantsTo have sex with someone, especially for the first time.
- get over on
- get up in
- give someone oneTo have sexual intercourse with someone.
- give someone the timeTo have sexual intercourse with.
- go withTo have sexual relations with (someone).
- have one's way with
- have one's wicked way withSynonym of have one's way with (“have sexual intercourse with”).
- hump
- jump
- jump someone's bonesTo have sex with someone; to initiate the physical move.
- knob UK
- knockTo have sex with.
- knock offTo have sex with (a woman).
- know someone in the biblical senseTo have sex with someone.
- layTo have sex with.
- love up
- makeTo have sexual intercourse with.
- nailOf a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.
- ploughTo sexually penetrate, typically in a vigorous manner.
- plug
- pokeTo penetrate in sexual intercourse.
- porkTo have sex with (someone).
- poundTo strike hard, usually repeatedly.
- prigTo copulate.
- ravageTo have vigorous sexual intercourse with.
- ream
- rock euphemistic
- roger
- root AustraliaTo sexually penetrate.
- run throughTo have sex with (someone).
- schlongTo engage in sexual intercourse (with); to fuck.
- screwTo have sexual intercourse with.
- service
- shaftTo fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.
- shagTo have sex with.
- shelveTo have sex with (someone).
- slayTo have sex with.
- slip it to
- smash
- smush US, dialectal
- stallionize
- tupTo mate; used of a ram mating with a ewe.
- dight obsolete
- feague obsolete
- go in unto obsoleteOf a man: to have sexual intercourse with (a woman).
- know archaic
- lie by obsolete
- occupy obsolete
- season obsolete
- bauf rareTo hit the ground with one's shoes.
- expletive deleted euphemistic, humorousTo have sex with.
- jape obsoleteTo have sexual intercourse with.
- pump UK, obsoleteTo have sex with; to sexually penetrate, especially with a thrusting motion.
- rut rareTo have sexual intercourse with.
- sard obsoleteTo have sexual intercourse with (a woman).
- swive obsoleteTo have sex with (someone).
Opposite of tap
nounMore antonyms
- hummingThe sound of something that hums; a hum.
Meaning of tap
- noun A conical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.
- noun An object with a tapering conical form like a tap (etymology 1, noun sense 1); specifically, ellipsis of taproot (“long, tapering root of a plant”).
- noun A hollow device used to control the flow of a fluid, such as an alcoholic beverage from a cask, or a gas or liquid in a pipe.
tap in other languages
Questions about synonyms of tap
- What is another word for tap?
- Tap has 120 synonyms on Word.ws, such as strike, spigot, spile, cock, faucet, handle, spout and stopcock.
- What is the opposite of tap?
- The opposite of tap is humming.
- What does tap mean?
- Tap means a conical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.
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