necking

The word “necking” has 2 syllables: neck-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈnɛkɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for necking?

In the thesaurus, “necking” has 37 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for necking along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for necking

  • babying
  • billing
  • bouncing
  • canoodling
  • caressing
  • coddling
  • cradling
  • cuddling
  • dandling
  • embracing
  • enfolding
  • feeling up
  • fondling
  • gentling
  • hugging
  • indulging
  • kneading
  • lovemaking
  • loving
  • making love
  • making out
  • massaging
  • mollycoddling
  • nestling
  • nosing
  • nuzzling
  • pampering
  • parking
  • patting
  • pawing
  • petting
  • smooching
  • snuggling
  • spoiling
  • spooning
  • stroking
  • sucking face

Meanings of necking

  • 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.
  • noun
    1. A behavior among male giraffes where they hold combat for social dominance using their necks as weapons.
    2. A neckmould.
    3. Chugging beer.
    4. Making out; kissing profusely, especially on the neck.

Example Sentences

  • The teenagers were caught necking behind the school gymnasium.
  • The giraffes were observed necking affectionately in the wild.
  • We witnessed two swans necking gracefully on the lake.
  • The romantic couple enjoyed a quiet moment of necking under the stars.
  • The behavior of necking is common among certain species of birds during courtship rituals.

On this page you'll find 37 synonyms or another words to necking, such as: babying, billing, bouncing, canoodling, caressing, coddling, cradling.

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

Related Words

decelerating

  • ambling
  • arresting
  • baffling
  • bottlenecking
  • braking
  • checking
  • constraining
  • crawling
  • creeping
  • curbing
  • dallying
  • dawdling
  • deliberate
  • dilatory
  • dillydallying
  • dragging
  • encumbering
  • filibustering
  • foiling
  • frustrating
  • halting
  • hampering
  • handicapping
  • heavy-footed
  • hindering
  • hobbling
  • holding back
  • holding up
  • impeding
  • inactive
  • inching
  • inert
  • inhibiting
  • laggard
  • lagging
  • languid
  • leisurely
  • lethargic
  • lingering
  • loafing
  • loitering
  • lounging
  • measured
  • obstructing
  • plodding
  • pokey
  • poking
  • poky
  • procrastinating
  • reining
  • restraining
  • retarding
  • sabotaging
  • setting back
  • shuffling
  • slackening
  • slow
  • slow-footed
  • slowing
  • sluggish
  • snail-paced
  • snaillike
  • stalling
  • stopping
  • strolling
  • tardy
  • tarrying
  • thwarting
  • tieing up
  • tying up
  • unhurried

eavesdropping

  • aspersion
  • attentiveness
  • backbiting
  • backstabbing
  • belittlement
  • bugging
  • calumny
  • cloak-and-dagger
  • concern
  • counterespionage
  • counterintelligence
  • crime
  • curiosity
  • curiousness
  • defamation
  • depreciation
  • detraction
  • dirty linen
  • discredit
  • disgrace
  • dishonor
  • disparagement
  • disrepute
  • dope
  • dynamite
  • espionage
  • goods
  • gossip
  • hearsay
  • idle rumor
  • ignominy
  • infamy
  • inquiry
  • inquisitive
  • inquisitiveness
  • inquisitorial
  • inquisitory
  • intelligence
  • interest
  • interested
  • interference
  • interfering
  • intermeddling
  • interrogation
  • intrusive
  • intrusiveness
  • lowdown
  • meddlesome
  • meddlesomeness
  • mud
  • nosiness
  • obloquy
  • observation
  • obtrusiveness
  • officiousness
  • opprobrium
  • personal
  • prying
  • questioning
  • reconnaissance
  • regard
  • reproach
  • rubbernecking
  • rumor
  • scorcher
  • searching
  • shame
  • sin
  • skeleton in closet
  • slander
  • snooping
  • snoopy
  • spying
  • surveillance
  • tale
  • talk
  • tradecraft
  • turpitude
  • wiretapping
  • wonderment
  • wrongdoing

gaping

gawking

  • blinking
  • bore
  • considering
  • eyeball
  • eyeing
  • eying
  • fixating
  • gape
  • gaping
  • gawping
  • gaze
  • gazing
  • glare
  • glaring
  • gloat
  • gloating
  • glowering
  • goggle
  • goggling
  • leering
  • look
  • observing
  • ogle
  • ogling
  • outfacing
  • outstaring
  • peer
  • peering
  • perusing
  • regarding
  • rubberneck
  • rubbernecking
  • staring
  • staring down
  • studying
  • watching
  • yawp

gawping

  • blinking
  • considering
  • eyeing
  • eying
  • fixating
  • gaping
  • gawking
  • gazing
  • glaring
  • gloating
  • glowering
  • goggling
  • leering
  • observing
  • ogling
  • outfacing
  • outstaring
  • peering
  • perusing
  • regarding
  • rubbernecking
  • staring
  • staring down
  • studying
  • watching

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