necked

The word “necked” has 1 syllable: necked

It's pronounced as /nɛkt/


What is synonym and antonym for necked?

In the thesaurus, “necked” has 32 synonyms and 1 antonym.

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


Synonyms for necked

  • babied
  • billed
  • bounced
  • canoodled
  • caressed
  • coddled
  • cradled
  • cuddled
  • dandled
  • embraced
  • enfolded
  • felt up
  • fondled
  • gentled
  • hugged
  • indulged
  • kneaded
  • loved
  • massaged
  • mollycoddled
  • nestled
  • nosed
  • nuzzled
  • pampered
  • patted
  • pawed
  • petted
  • snuggled
  • spoiled
  • spoilt
  • spooned
  • stroked

Antonyms for necked

Meanings of necked

  • verb
    1. To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate.
    2. To make love; to intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.
    3. To drink rapidly.
    4. To decrease in diameter.
  • adjective
    1. (in combination) Having some specific type of neck.
    2. (of a treenail) Cracked.

Example Sentences

  • The giraffe gracefully necked to reach the leaves at the top of the tree.
  • They were surprised to see a pair of swans necked together in the pond.
  • The hiker accidentally stumbled upon a secluded beach where dolphins playfully necked in the waves.
  • The archaeologists unearthed a statue of two ancient gods necked in an embrace.
  • The newlyweds necked affectionately under the moonlight during their honeymoon.

On this page you'll find 33 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to necked, such as: babied, billed, bounced, canoodled, caressed, coddled, cradled.

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

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gawped

  • blinked
  • considered
  • eyed
  • fixated
  • gaped
  • gawked
  • gazed
  • glared
  • gloated
  • glowered
  • goggled
  • leered
  • observed
  • ogled
  • outfaced
  • outstared
  • peered
  • perused
  • regarded
  • rubbernecked
  • stared
  • stared down
  • studied
  • watched

uncontrollable

  • beside oneself
  • boisterous
  • bullheaded
  • contrary
  • difficult
  • disobedient
  • disorderly
  • excited
  • fractious
  • frantic
  • freaked
  • froward
  • furious
  • hardheaded
  • headstrong
  • incontrollable
  • incorrigible
  • indocile
  • indomitable
  • insubordinate
  • insuppressible
  • insurgent
  • intractable
  • intransigent
  • irrepressible
  • irresistible
  • lawless
  • like a loose cannon
  • mad
  • misbehaving
  • mulish
  • naughty
  • obdurate
  • obstinate
  • opinionated
  • out of hand
  • perverse
  • pigheaded
  • rambunctious
  • rebellious
  • recalcitrant
  • refractory
  • rowdy
  • self-willed
  • stiff
  • stiff-necked
  • strong
  • stubborn
  • uncontainable
  • uncontrolled
  • undisciplinable
  • undisciplined
  • ungovernable
  • unmanageable
  • unpunished
  • unrestrainable
  • unruly
  • untoward
  • violent
  • wayward
  • wild
  • wilful
  • willful

ogled

  • eagle eye
  • eye
  • eyeball
  • eyed
  • fix
  • focus
  • gape at
  • gaped
  • gawk
  • gawked
  • gaze
  • gazed
  • glare
  • glared
  • goggle
  • goggled
  • lay eyes on
  • leer
  • look
  • look fixedly
  • make eyes at
  • peer
  • peered
  • rivet
  • rubberneck
  • rubbernecked
  • stared
  • watch

observed

  • abided by
  • allowed
  • articulated
  • ascertained
  • attended
  • beheld
  • bird-dogged
  • blessed
  • blest
  • caught
  • celebrated
  • checked
  • commemorated
  • commentated
  • commented
  • conjectured
  • consecrated
  • considered
  • contemplated
  • daresaid
  • descried
  • detected
  • discerned
  • discovered
  • distinguished
  • editorialized
  • espied
  • esteemed
  • examined
  • expressed
  • eyed
  • fell in with
  • feted
  • followed
  • found
  • gaped
  • gawked
  • gazed
  • glanced
  • glared
  • glimpsed
  • goggled
  • got a load of
  • guarded
  • guessed
  • heard
  • heeded
  • honored
  • identified
  • inspected
  • kept
  • kept to
  • laid eyes on
  • lauded
  • looked
  • looked at
  • looked on
  • made out
  • marked
  • memorialized
  • minded
  • monitored
  • mulled
  • noted
  • noticed
  • obeyed
  • opined
  • peeked
  • peeped
  • peered
  • perceived
  • picked out
  • picked up
  • pondered
  • praised
  • preserved
  • realized
  • recalled
  • recognized
  • reflected
  • regarded
  • remarked
  • remembered
  • respected
  • revealed
  • reverenced
  • rubbernecked
  • said
  • sanctified
  • saw
  • scanned
  • scrutinized
  • seen
  • set eyes on
  • sighted
  • solemnized
  • speculated
  • spied
  • spoke
  • spotted
  • stared
  • stated
  • studied
  • supposed
  • surmised
  • surveyed
  • talked
  • told
  • took
  • uttered
  • venerated
  • verbalized
  • viewed
  • vocalized
  • waked
  • warded
  • watched
  • weighed
  • weighed in
  • witnessed
  • woke
  • worshiped

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