kiss

The word “kiss” has 1 syllable: kiss

It's pronounced as /kɪs/


What is synonym and antonym for kiss?

In the thesaurus, “kiss” has 52 synonyms and 20 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for kiss

  • French
  • French-kiss
  • bill
  • bounce
  • brush
  • bump
  • buss
  • butterfly
  • canoodle
  • caress
  • carom
  • contact
  • cuddle
  • embrace
  • endearment
  • fondle
  • glance
  • graze
  • greet
  • hug
  • lip
  • love
  • make out
  • miss
  • neck
  • nestle
  • nudge
  • osculate
  • osculation
  • pat
  • peck
  • pet
  • pucker up
  • rebound
  • ricochet
  • salutation
  • salute
  • scrape
  • shave
  • sideswipe
  • skim
  • skip
  • skirt
  • smack
  • smooch
  • snuggle
  • spoon
  • strike
  • stroke
  • sweep
  • swipe
  • touch

Antonyms for kiss

  • bang
  • bash
  • bump
  • clash
  • collide
  • crash
  • hit
  • impact
  • impinge
  • knock
  • punch
  • ram
  • slam
  • slap
  • smack
  • smash
  • swipe
  • thud
  • thwack
  • whack

Meanings of kiss

  • verb
    1. To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.
    2. To (cause to) touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact.
    3. Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.
    4. To treat with fondness.
  • noun
    1. A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.
    2. An 'X' mark placed at the end of a letter or other type of message.
    3. A type of filled chocolate candy, shaped as if someone had kissed the top. See Hershey's Kisses.

Example Sentences

  • They shared a sweet kiss under the stars.
  • He gave her a goodnight kiss before heading home.
  • A warm kiss on the forehead can make someone feel loved.
  • She received a congratulatory kiss after winning the race.
  • The kiss they exchanged was filled with emotion.

On this page you'll find 72 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to kiss, such as: French, French-kiss, bang, bash, bill, bounce, brush.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

banging

  • agitation
  • barring
  • bashing
  • battering
  • batting
  • beaning
  • beating
  • belting
  • biffing
  • bludgeoning
  • bobbing
  • bolting
  • bonking
  • bopping
  • bouncing
  • boxing
  • braining
  • brouhaha
  • brushing
  • buffeting
  • bulldozing
  • bumping
  • bunging
  • bunting
  • busting
  • butting
  • caning
  • caroming
  • chaining
  • chopping
  • clapping
  • clipping
  • clobbering
  • clocking
  • closing
  • clouting
  • clubbing
  • clunking
  • colliding
  • confusion
  • conking
  • contacting
  • cracking
  • crashing
  • creaming
  • cudgeling
  • cudgelling
  • cuffing
  • decking
  • dither
  • drubbing
  • dumping
  • fastening
  • felling
  • flailing
  • flicking
  • flogging
  • flooring
  • fluster
  • flutter
  • fuss
  • glancing
  • grazing
  • hammering
  • hanging one on
  • hitting
  • impacting
  • impinging
  • jabbing
  • jostling
  • kicking
  • kissing
  • kneeing
  • knocking
  • knocking down
  • lacing
  • lambasting
  • landing
  • lashing
  • latching
  • lather
  • leveling
  • levelling
  • licking
  • locking
  • mangling
  • mauling
  • muscling
  • nailing
  • nudging
  • panic
  • pasting
  • pelting
  • peppering
  • poking
  • pommeling
  • pommelling
  • pother
  • pounding
  • pressing
  • prodding
  • pummeling
  • pummelling
  • punching
  • pushing
  • rabbit-punching
  • ramming
  • rapping
  • rebounding
  • ricocheting
  • ricochetting
  • roughing
  • sapping
  • scraping
  • scuffing
  • sealing
  • securing
  • shaving
  • shoving
  • shutting
  • skimming
  • skipping
  • skulling
  • slamming
  • slapping
  • slashing
  • sledgehammering
  • sledging
  • slogging
  • slugging
  • smacking
  • smashing
  • smiting
  • socking
  • spearing
  • stabbing
  • stamping
  • state
  • stew
  • stopping
  • striking
  • stroking
  • sucker punching
  • swatting
  • sweat
  • sweeping
  • swiping
  • switching
  • tagging
  • tapping
  • thrashing
  • thudding
  • thumping
  • thwacking
  • tizzy
  • to-do
  • touching
  • tumult
  • turbulence
  • turmoil
  • twitter
  • walloping
  • whacking
  • whaling
  • whipping
  • zapping

kissing good-bye

ramming

  • accelerating
  • arrowing
  • banging
  • barreling
  • barrelling
  • bashing
  • beating it
  • beelining
  • beetling
  • belting
  • blasting
  • blazing
  • blowing
  • bolting
  • bombing
  • bouncing
  • bowling
  • breezing
  • brushing
  • bulldozing
  • bumping
  • bundling
  • bustling
  • buzzing
  • cannonballing
  • careening
  • careering
  • caroming
  • catching up
  • chasing
  • clunking
  • colliding
  • contacting
  • coursing
  • cramming
  • crashing
  • crowding
  • crushing
  • darting
  • dashing
  • driving
  • fast-forwarding
  • filling
  • flitting
  • flying
  • galloping
  • getting a move on
  • glancing
  • grazing
  • haring
  • hastening
  • heaping
  • hieing
  • highballing
  • hitting
  • humping
  • hurling
  • hurrying
  • hurtling
  • hustling
  • hying
  • impacting
  • impinging
  • jam-packing
  • jamming
  • jetting
  • jogging
  • jostling
  • jumping
  • kissing
  • knocking
  • landing
  • loading
  • making tracks
  • motoring
  • muscling
  • nipping
  • nudging
  • outpacing
  • outrunning
  • outstripping
  • overtaking
  • packing
  • pelting
  • pressing
  • pushing
  • quickening
  • racing
  • rebounding
  • ricocheting
  • ricochetting
  • ripping
  • rocketing
  • running
  • rushing
  • rustling
  • sandwiching
  • scampering
  • scooting
  • scraping
  • scudding
  • scuffling
  • scurrying
  • scuttling
  • shaking a leg
  • shaving
  • shoehorning
  • shooting
  • skimming
  • skipping
  • slamming
  • smashing
  • speeding
  • sprinting
  • squeezing
  • stampeding
  • stepping
  • stepping on it
  • stepping out
  • streaking
  • striking
  • stuffing
  • sweeping
  • swiping
  • tearing
  • thudding
  • touching
  • traveling
  • travelling
  • trotting
  • wedging
  • whirling
  • whisking
  • whizzing
  • zipping
  • zooming

making out

  • absorbing
  • acting
  • action
  • affecting
  • affording
  • appreciating
  • apprehending
  • ascertaining
  • assimilating
  • assuming
  • beholding
  • bluffing
  • bussing
  • camouflaging
  • canoodling
  • caress
  • caressing
  • carrying on
  • catching
  • cognizing
  • compassing
  • comprehending
  • concealing
  • conceiving
  • concluding
  • conjecturing
  • construing
  • contemplating
  • contriving
  • coping
  • counterfeiting
  • cuddling
  • deciding
  • deciphering
  • decoding
  • deducing
  • deriving
  • digesting
  • digging
  • discerning
  • disguising
  • dissembling
  • dissimulating
  • doing
  • drawing a conclusion
  • eking out
  • embracing
  • extrapolating
  • faking
  • faring
  • fathoming
  • feigning
  • feinting
  • fending for oneself
  • finding out
  • fondling
  • gathering
  • getting
  • getting along
  • getting by
  • getting on
  • grasping
  • grokking
  • guessing
  • heavy petting
  • impersonating
  • inferring
  • interpreting
  • intuiting
  • judging
  • kissing
  • knowing
  • lasting
  • letting on
  • lovemaking
  • making
  • making a pretense
  • making a show
  • making believe
  • making do
  • making ends meet
  • making love
  • making shift
  • managing
  • masking
  • masquerading
  • necking
  • oral sex
  • parking
  • penetrating
  • perceiving
  • petting
  • philosophizing
  • picking up on
  • piercing
  • playacting
  • playing
  • posing
  • pretending
  • professing
  • putting on
  • putting on an act
  • putting up a front
  • rationalizing
  • reading
  • realizing
  • reasoning
  • recognizing
  • registering
  • savvying
  • scrounging
  • seeing
  • seizing
  • sensing
  • sex
  • sexual activity
  • shamming
  • shifting
  • simulating
  • smooching
  • speculating
  • spooning
  • squeezing
  • sucking face
  • supposing
  • surmising
  • surviving
  • swinging
  • taking in
  • thinking
  • twigging
  • understanding
  • wresting
  • wringing

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