dandle

The word “dandle” has 2 syllables: dan-dle

It's pronounced as /ˈdændəl/


What is synonym and antonym for dandle?

In the thesaurus, “dandle” has 38 synonyms and 27 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for dandle along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for dandle

  • amuse
  • appease
  • baby
  • cocker
  • coddle
  • content
  • cosset
  • cradle
  • dance
  • delight
  • fondle
  • gladden
  • gratify
  • humor
  • indulge
  • love
  • mollify
  • mollycoddle
  • mother
  • nurse
  • nuzzle
  • oblige
  • pacify
  • pamper
  • pet
  • placate
  • play
  • please
  • ride on knee
  • rock
  • satisfy
  • soothe
  • spoil
  • sport
  • toss
  • toy
  • toy with
  • wet-nurse

Antonyms for dandle

  • abuse
  • control
  • discipline
  • harass
  • harm
  • hurt
  • ill-treat
  • ill-use
  • injure
  • maltreat
  • manhandle
  • mishandle
  • mistreat
  • misuse
  • molest
  • neglect
  • oppress
  • outrage
  • overlook
  • persecute
  • restrain
  • slight
  • torment
  • torture
  • victimize
  • violate
  • work

Meanings of dandle

  • verb
    1. To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant.
    2. To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet.
    3. To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle.

Example Sentences

  • She loves to dandle her baby niece in her arms.
  • The father would often dandle his infant son on his knee.
  • Grandparents often enjoy the opportunity to dandle their grandchildren.
  • The babysitter would gently dandle the toddler to soothe her to sleep.
  • As the family gathered, they would all take turns to dandle the newborn.

On this page you'll find 65 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to dandle, such as: abuse, amuse, appease, baby, cocker, coddle, content.

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pamper

  • appease
  • baby
  • caress
  • cater to
  • cocker
  • coddle
  • content
  • cosset
  • dandle
  • delight
  • fondle
  • gladden
  • gratify
  • humor
  • indulge
  • mollify
  • mollycoddle
  • mother
  • nurse
  • oblige
  • overindulge
  • pacify
  • pet
  • placate
  • please
  • regale
  • satisfy
  • soothe
  • spare the rod
  • spoil
  • spoil rotten
  • tickle
  • wet-nurse
  • yield

pampered

  • advantaged
  • affluent
  • appeased
  • babied
  • blessed
  • blest
  • cockered
  • coddled
  • comfortable
  • contented
  • cosseted
  • costly
  • dandled
  • delighted
  • deluxe
  • doughy
  • easy
  • elaborate
  • epicurean
  • expensive
  • extravagant
  • fancy
  • fat
  • flabby
  • flaccid
  • fleshy
  • flourishing
  • flush
  • formless
  • fortunate
  • gladdened
  • gone to seed
  • gorgeous
  • grand
  • grandiose
  • gratified
  • gratifying
  • hedonistic
  • humored
  • immoderate
  • imposing
  • impressive
  • in the lap of luxury
  • indulged
  • lavish
  • limp
  • loaded
  • lucky
  • luscious
  • lush
  • luxuriant
  • magnificent
  • majestic
  • mollified
  • mollycoddled
  • moneyed
  • monied
  • mothered
  • nursed
  • obliged
  • opulent
  • ostentatious
  • out of shape
  • overindulged
  • pacified
  • palatial
  • placated
  • pleased
  • pleasurable
  • pleasure-loving
  • plush
  • plushy
  • posh
  • pretentious
  • privileged
  • propertied
  • prospering
  • prosperous
  • red-carpet
  • rich
  • ritzy
  • satisfied
  • self-indulgent
  • sensual
  • sensuous
  • soothed
  • splendid
  • spoiled
  • spoilt
  • stately
  • successful
  • sumptuous
  • sybaritic
  • thriving
  • untrained
  • upscale
  • voluptuous
  • weak
  • wealthy
  • well-appointed
  • well-heeled
  • well-off
  • well-to-do
  • wet-nursed

babies

  • accomplishments
  • achievements
  • acquirements
  • appeases
  • arrivals
  • attainments
  • babes
  • baby
  • bambini
  • bambinos
  • bantlings
  • bawlers
  • beings
  • bellyachers
  • birds
  • bleaters
  • blockbusters
  • bodies
  • bods
  • boys
  • brethren
  • brood
  • brothers
  • celebrities
  • characters
  • cherubim
  • cherubs
  • children
  • cockers
  • coddles
  • complainers
  • completions
  • conquests
  • consummations
  • contents
  • cookies
  • cossets
  • coups
  • crabs
  • creatures
  • crybabies
  • culminations
  • customers
  • dandles
  • deeds
  • delights
  • devils
  • ducks
  • eggs
  • executions
  • faces
  • family
  • feats
  • fellowmen
  • fellows
  • fish
  • fishes
  • foundlings
  • fruitions
  • fulfillments
  • fulfilments
  • fussbudgets
  • fussers
  • fusspots
  • gains
  • girls
  • gladdens
  • gratifies
  • gripers
  • grumblers
  • grumps
  • guys
  • heads
  • hits
  • hominids
  • homos
  • hoydens
  • human beings
  • humanoids
  • humans
  • humors
  • implementations
  • imps
  • individuals
  • indulges
  • infants
  • issue
  • jackpots
  • juveniles
  • kiddies
  • kiddos
  • kids
  • kvetchers
  • kvetches
  • litter
  • little ones
  • lives
  • malcontents
  • megahits
  • men
  • minors
  • miracles
  • moaners
  • mollifies
  • mollycoddles
  • moppets
  • mortals
  • mothers
  • neighbors
  • neonates
  • newborn
  • newborns
  • nippers
  • nurses
  • nurslings
  • obliges
  • offspring
  • pacifies
  • pampers
  • parties
  • people
  • performances
  • personages
  • personalities
  • placates
  • pleases
  • preemies
  • premies
  • progeny
  • realizations
  • satisfies
  • scouts
  • screamers
  • selves
  • skills
  • slobs
  • smashes
  • snivelers
  • somebodies
  • sons of man
  • soothes
  • sorts
  • souls
  • specimens
  • spoils
  • squawkers
  • squirts
  • stiffs
  • successes
  • sucklings
  • tads
  • things
  • tikes
  • toddlers
  • tomboys
  • tots
  • triumphs
  • tykes
  • urchins
  • victories
  • wailers
  • weepers
  • wet-nurses
  • whiners
  • whippersnappers
  • wights
  • winners
  • wins
  • younglings
  • youngsters
  • youths

baby

  • Lilliputian
  • accomplishment
  • achievement
  • acquirement
  • angelface
  • appease
  • arrival
  • atomic
  • attainment
  • babe
  • bairn
  • bambino
  • bantling
  • bawler
  • being
  • bellyacher
  • bird
  • bitsy
  • bitty
  • bleater
  • blockbuster
  • bod
  • body
  • boy
  • brother
  • bundle
  • buttercup
  • button
  • cater to
  • celebrity
  • character
  • cherish
  • cherub
  • chick
  • child
  • cocker
  • coddle
  • complainer
  • completion
  • conquest
  • consummation
  • content
  • cookie
  • cooky
  • cosset
  • coup
  • crab
  • crawler
  • creature
  • crybaby
  • cuddle
  • culmination
  • customer
  • dandle
  • deed
  • delight
  • devil
  • diminutive
  • dinky
  • dote on
  • duck
  • dumpling
  • dwarf
  • dwarfish
  • egg
  • elfin
  • execution
  • face
  • feat
  • fellow
  • fellowman
  • fish
  • foster
  • foundling
  • fruition
  • fulfillment
  • fulfilment
  • fussbudget
  • fusser
  • fusspot
  • gain
  • girl
  • gladden
  • gratify
  • griper
  • grumbler
  • grump
  • guy
  • half-pint
  • head
  • hit
  • hominid
  • homo
  • hoyden
  • human
  • human being
  • humanoid
  • humor
  • imp
  • implementation
  • individual
  • indulge
  • infant
  • infinitesimal
  • insignificant
  • itsy-bitsy
  • itty-bitty
  • jackpot
  • juvenile
  • kid
  • kiddie
  • kiddo
  • kiddy
  • kvetch
  • kvetcher
  • life
  • little
  • little angel
  • little bitty
  • little darling
  • little doll
  • little one
  • malcontent
  • man
  • megahit
  • micro
  • microminiature
  • microscopic
  • microscopical
  • mini
  • miniature
  • minikin
  • minor
  • minuscule
  • minute
  • miracle
  • moaner
  • model
  • mollify
  • mollycoddle
  • moppet
  • mortal
  • mother
  • neighbor
  • neonate
  • newborn
  • nipper
  • nurse
  • nursling
  • oblige
  • overindulge
  • pacify
  • pamper
  • papoose
  • party
  • performance
  • person
  • personage
  • personality
  • pet
  • petite
  • pint-size
  • pint-sized
  • placate
  • please
  • pocket
  • pocket-size
  • pocket-sized
  • preemie
  • premie
  • puny
  • pygmy
  • realization
  • satisfy
  • scaled-down
  • scout
  • screamer
  • scrubby
  • self
  • serve
  • skill
  • slob
  • small
  • small-scale
  • smallish
  • smash
  • sniveler
  • somebody
  • son of man
  • soothe
  • sort
  • soul
  • specimen
  • spoil
  • squawker
  • squirt
  • stiff
  • success
  • suckling
  • tad
  • teensy
  • teensy-weensy
  • teeny
  • teeny-weeny
  • thing
  • tike
  • tiny
  • toddler
  • tomboy
  • tot
  • toy
  • triumph
  • tyke
  • undersize
  • undersized
  • urchin
  • victory
  • wailer
  • wee
  • weensy
  • weeny
  • weeper
  • wet-nurse
  • whiner
  • whippersnapper
  • wight
  • win
  • winner
  • youngling
  • youngster
  • youth

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