palpate

The word “palpate” has 2 syllables: pal-pate

It's pronounced as /ˈpælˌpeɪt/


What is synonym and antonym for palpate?

In the thesaurus, “palpate” has 76 synonyms and 16 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for palpate

  • abut
  • adjoin
  • be in contact
  • border
  • brush
  • butt on
  • caress
  • chuck
  • clap
  • clasp
  • clench
  • clutch
  • come together
  • communicate
  • contact
  • converge
  • dab
  • examine
  • feel
  • finger
  • flick
  • fondle
  • frisk
  • glance
  • grasp
  • graze
  • grip
  • grope
  • handle
  • hit
  • hold
  • impinge upon
  • inspect
  • join
  • kiss
  • knock
  • lay a finger on
  • line
  • manipulate
  • march
  • massage
  • meet
  • neighbor
  • osculate
  • palm
  • palp
  • partake
  • pat
  • paw
  • percuss
  • pet
  • pound
  • probe
  • push
  • rap
  • reach
  • rub
  • scrutinize
  • shave
  • sip
  • skim
  • smooth
  • strike
  • stroke
  • suck
  • sweep
  • tag
  • tap
  • taste
  • thumb
  • tickle
  • tip
  • touch
  • toy
  • verge
  • whack

Antonyms for palpate

Meanings of palpate

  • verb
    1. To examine or otherwise explore through touch, particularly in reference to an area or organ of the human body.
  • adjective
    1. Of palp, or having palp.

Example Sentences

  • Before making a diagnosis, the veterinarian will carefully palpate the animal's joints for any signs of swelling or discomfort.
  • As part of the physical examination, the massage therapist will palpate the muscles to identify areas of tension.
  • The chef used his fingers to palpate the dough, ensuring it had the right consistency for baking.
  • To assess the patient's injury, the physiotherapist will palpate the affected area to determine the extent of the damage.
  • The doctor began to palpate the patient's abdomen to check for any abnormalities.

On this page you'll find 92 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to palpate, such as: abstain, abut, adjoin, avoid, be in contact, border, brush.

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

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  • geek
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  • haymaker
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  • paring
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  • pick
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  • sucker punch
  • surface
  • suspicion
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  • swat
  • swing
  • swipe
  • switch
  • syllable
  • tad
  • tag
  • tap
  • taste
  • tatter
  • thrashing
  • thud
  • thump
  • thwack
  • tip
  • tittle
  • touch
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  • wham
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  • whit
  • whiz
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  • wipe
  • wizard

palm

  • abut
  • adhere
  • adjoin
  • annex
  • appendage
  • apperceive
  • appropriate
  • arrest
  • bays
  • be in contact
  • bind
  • blowout
  • blue-ribbon
  • booty
  • border
  • borrow
  • bottle up
  • brush
  • bury
  • butt on
  • cache
  • capture
  • caress
  • carry
  • catch
  • chaplet
  • check
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  • citation
  • clasp
  • cleave
  • clench
  • clinch
  • cling
  • clutch
  • come together
  • communicate
  • conceal
  • confine
  • conquest
  • contact
  • contain
  • converge
  • cop
  • cork up
  • coronal
  • counterfeit
  • cover
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  • crib
  • crown
  • cup
  • dab
  • decoration
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  • detain
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  • eject
  • embrace
  • enclose
  • enjoy
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  • explore
  • extremity
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  • feel
  • feel up
  • festoon
  • filch
  • fin
  • finesse
  • finger
  • fist
  • fob off
  • foist
  • fondle
  • force
  • forge
  • freeze to
  • frisk
  • fumble
  • glance
  • gold
  • gold star
  • grapple
  • grasp
  • graze
  • grip
  • grope
  • guerdon
  • handle
  • hang on
  • harbor
  • have
  • hide out
  • hit
  • hold
  • honors
  • hook
  • hug
  • impinge upon
  • impose
  • imprison
  • inflict
  • inspect
  • join
  • keep
  • keep close
  • keep out
  • keep quiet
  • keep secret
  • keep to oneself
  • keep under wraps
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  • kiss
  • landslide
  • laugher
  • laurel
  • laurels
  • lay a finger on
  • liberate
  • lick
  • lift
  • line
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  • maintain
  • make a pretense of
  • manhandle
  • manipulate
  • march
  • massage
  • mastery
  • maul
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  • moonlight
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  • palpate
  • paper
  • partake
  • pass off
  • pat
  • paw
  • perceive
  • percuss
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  • pinch
  • plant
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  • ply
  • poke
  • possess
  • press
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  • probe
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  • push
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palp

  • antenna
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  • feel
  • finger
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  • hit
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  • tentacle
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  • touch
  • vibrissa
  • whack
  • whisker

handle

  • Christian name
  • abide
  • absorb
  • accept
  • acquiesce
  • address
  • administer
  • administrate
  • advise
  • alias
  • allow
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  • appellation
  • appellative
  • apply
  • arm
  • bail
  • banner
  • baptismal name
  • bar
  • bear
  • behave toward
  • bestow
  • bide
  • binomial
  • boss
  • bow
  • brand name
  • bring off
  • brook
  • broomstick
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  • call the signals
  • capitulate
  • captain
  • carry off
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  • cognomen
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  • come to grips with
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  • cut the mustard
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  • denomination
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  • designation
  • diminutive
  • direct
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  • dispense
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  • dominate
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  • ear
  • employ
  • endure
  • engineer
  • epithet
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  • examine
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  • exploit
  • family name
  • feel
  • field
  • finesse
  • finger
  • first name
  • fondle
  • forename
  • get a handle on
  • get off
  • given name
  • go
  • govern
  • grasp
  • grip
  • guard
  • guide
  • hack
  • hack it
  • haft
  • handgrip
  • handlebar
  • have a grip on
  • head
  • helve
  • hilt
  • hold
  • holder
  • hypocorism
  • jockey
  • keep
  • knob
  • label
  • lead
  • live with
  • loop
  • maiden name
  • make out
  • make the grade
  • manage
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  • manipulate
  • market
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  • maul
  • meet
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  • middle name
  • mind
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  • monicker
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  • monitor
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  • name
  • negotiate
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  • nom de plume
  • nomen
  • nomenclature
  • offer
  • operate
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  • overlook
  • oversee
  • palpate
  • patronymic
  • paw
  • pen name
  • permit
  • pick up
  • pilot
  • play
  • ply
  • pocket
  • poke
  • protect
  • pseudonym
  • pull
  • quarterback
  • rate
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  • retail
  • ride herd on
  • rubric
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  • shaft
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  • show
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  • stage-manage
  • stand
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  • stick out
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  • stomach
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  • suffer
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  • swing
  • tag
  • take
  • tend
  • test
  • thumb
  • tiller
  • title
  • tolerate
  • tough it out
  • trade
  • trade name
  • trademark
  • traffic in
  • treat
  • trivial name
  • try
  • use
  • utilize
  • vernacular
  • view
  • watch
  • watch over
  • wear
  • whipstock
  • wield
  • work

handles

  • Christian names
  • abides
  • absorbs
  • accepts
  • acquiesces
  • addresses
  • administer
  • administers
  • administrates
  • advise
  • aliases
  • allows
  • anonyms
  • appellation
  • appellations
  • appellatives
  • apply
  • arm
  • bail
  • bails
  • banners
  • baptismal names
  • bars
  • bears
  • behave toward
  • bestow
  • bides
  • binomials
  • bosses
  • bows
  • brand names
  • brings off
  • brooks
  • broomsticks
  • byname
  • bynames
  • byword
  • call the signals
  • capitulates
  • captains
  • carries off
  • carries on
  • carries out
  • check
  • codirects
  • cognomen
  • cognomens
  • cognomina
  • comanages
  • comes to grips with
  • command
  • commands
  • compellations
  • conduct
  • conducts
  • considers
  • control
  • controls
  • cope with
  • countenances
  • crank
  • crops
  • cryptonyms
  • cut the mustard
  • deal in
  • deal with
  • denomination
  • denominations
  • denotations
  • designation
  • designations
  • diminutives
  • direct
  • directs
  • discuss
  • dispense
  • does by
  • dominate
  • drives
  • ear
  • employ
  • endures
  • engineers
  • epithets
  • esteems
  • examine
  • exercise
  • exploit
  • family names
  • feel
  • fields
  • finesses
  • finger
  • first names
  • fondle
  • forenames
  • get a handle on
  • gets off
  • given names
  • goes
  • govern
  • governs
  • grasp
  • grips
  • guards
  • guide
  • guides
  • hack it
  • hacks
  • haft
  • hafts
  • handgrip
  • handgrips
  • handlebars
  • has a grip on
  • heads
  • helve
  • helves
  • hilt
  • hilts
  • hold
  • holder
  • hypocorisms
  • jockeys
  • keeps
  • knob
  • labels
  • leads
  • lives with
  • loops
  • maiden names
  • make out
  • make the grade
  • manages
  • maneuver
  • maneuvers
  • manipulate
  • manipulates
  • market
  • matronymics
  • maul
  • meets
  • micromanages
  • middle names
  • minds
  • misnomers
  • monickers
  • moniker
  • monikers
  • monitors
  • monomials
  • name
  • names
  • negotiates
  • nicknames
  • nomen
  • nomenclatures
  • noms de guerre
  • noms de plume
  • offer
  • operate
  • operates
  • orders
  • overlooks
  • oversees
  • palpate
  • patronymics
  • paw
  • pen names
  • permits
  • pick up
  • pilots
  • play
  • plays
  • plies
  • ply
  • pockets
  • poke
  • protects
  • pseudonyms
  • pulls
  • quarterbacks
  • rates
  • reckons
  • regards
  • regulates
  • reigns
  • respects
  • retail
  • rides herd on
  • rubrics
  • rules
  • run things
  • runs
  • safeguards
  • sell
  • serve
  • serves
  • shaft
  • shafts
  • shepherds
  • shows
  • sobriquet
  • sobriquets
  • soubriquets
  • stage-manages
  • stands
  • stands for
  • steer
  • steers
  • stem
  • stewards
  • sticks out
  • stock
  • stomachs
  • style
  • suffers
  • superintends
  • supervise
  • supervises
  • supports
  • surnames
  • sustains
  • swallows
  • sweats out
  • swing
  • swings
  • tags
  • take
  • takes
  • tends
  • test
  • thumb
  • tiller
  • title
  • titles
  • tolerates
  • toughs it out
  • trade
  • trade names
  • trademarks
  • traffic in
  • treat
  • treats
  • trivial names
  • try
  • use
  • uses
  • utilize
  • vernaculars
  • views
  • watches
  • watches over
  • wears
  • whipstocks
  • wield
  • wields
  • work
  • works

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