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What is another word for
nudge
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Verb
To prod or poke someone, typically gently
To push against or move into someone or something
To touch, nudge or scrape lightly in passing
To near or come close to something
To coax or encourage (someone) to do something
To continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way
To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something)
To come into general physical contact with
To move very slowly (towards something)
To have a specified relationship with another thing or person in terms of nature or quality
Noun
A light touch or push
A gentle encouragement to do something
An general act of touching someone or something
A cue or warning based on past or current events
Something that causes irritation or frustration
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▲
Verb
▲
To prod or poke someone, typically gently
dig
poke
jab
jog
prod
elbow
push
shove
butt
jolt
punch
tap
touch
thrust
stab
ram
bump
stick
drive
spur
goad
bang
nuzzle
gouge
nose
hit
sink
plunge
knock
jar
prick
propel
whack
shake
goose
dab
lunge
rap
jerk
jostle
drum
beat
tip
joggle
hitch
yank
press
depress
mash
hold
squeeze
squish
squash
strike
hold down
press down
push down
exert pressure on
bear down on
jam on
force
hammer
run
insert
drill
bore
pound
send
screw
buffet
belt
lash
cram
smite
batter
dash
jackhammer
sock
thump
stuff
pack
pelt
wham
twack
pop
wedge
jam
tamp
crowd
crush
compress
shoehorn
sandwich
drive into
jam-pack
more ❯
“Josie made sure to
nudge
me hard when she caught me looking at Jonny.”
Verb
▲
To push against or move into someone or something
bump
thrust
barge
jostle
plow
US
plough
UK
shove
bulldoze
push
force
bump against
push against
run into
nudge into
elbow
shoulder
bundle
propel
knock
hustle
press
muscle
crash
ram
rush
jam
squeeze
crowd
bore
prod
poke
butt
manhandle
sweep
drive
impel
bull
plunge
shoot
strike
stick
send
heave
railroad
jolt
hurry
push aside
push forward
inch
move
hit
mob
budge
boost
charge
advance
buck
jab
push hard
rough and tumble
surge
shunt
thrust forward
roll
push roughly
plonk
park
thread
barrel
lob
hump
lunge
wind
strain
pitch
punch
attack
run
slide
swamp
justle
gore
hook
bend
bear down
dig
bludgeon one's way
jostle one's way
shove one's way
steamroll
push one's way
struggle
work
jockey
shift
scramble
fight
make your way
work one's way
thread your way
make one's way
move forward
press on
launch into
crush against
strong-arm
rest on
bear down on
set in motion
exert pressure on
put in motion
bang into
bump into
collide with
cannon into
knock into
knock against
plough into
barrel into
push around
bump heads
more ❯
“That's when I felt someone accidentally
nudge
into me. I turned to see a girl with perfect skin, perfect hair, and a perfect petite frame, sneering at me.”
Verb
▲
To touch, nudge or scrape lightly in passing
shave
kiss
skim
brush
graze
touch
scrape
touch lightly
caress
brush against
glance off
sweep
glance
stroke
flick
contact
brush past
skim against
tickle
touch gently
skim over
come into contact with
clip
skip
rub
rub lightly
touch on
slide
sideswipe
make contact
ricochet
deflect
bounce
carom
rebound
recoil
boomerang
skip off
skim off
bounce off
“She allowed her boat to edge closer to the rock, to
nudge
lightly against it.”
Verb
▲
To near or come close to something
approach
near
border on
be verging on
come close to
get close to
reach
touch
approximate
resemble
verge on
compare with
be similar to
move toward
come near
come near to
be close to
correspond to
measure up to
stack up against
be near to
get on for
border
draw up to
move in on
come within reach of
be like
verge upon
come to
close in on
draw near
draw near to
be comparable to
go up to
be almost
creep up on
bear down on
come up to
touch on
amount to
match
add up to
equal
be not a million miles away from
threaten
equal roughly
come close
be not unlike
stack up with
be not dissimilar to
be tantamount to
approximate to
impinge
contact
join
connect
abut
neighbor
US
march
adjoin
neighbour
UK
lie next to
lie near
more ❯
“The nation's economic growth this year would
nudge
six percent.”
Verb
▲
To coax or encourage (someone) to do something
prompt
urge
coax
encourage
goad
prod
exhort
influence
persuade
press
spur
jog
stimulate
egg on
incite
push
stir
instigate
provoke
induce
trigger
drive
motivate
inspire
move
impel
propel
rouse
activate
excite
pressure
pressurize
US
prick
fire up
pressurise
UK
spark
sway
badger
inspirit
goose
galvanize
US
arouse
hound
implore
pique
beseech
coerce
entreat
dragoon
harass
actuate
galvanise
UK
sic
put up to
advise
incentivize
US
compel
impassion
cause
lead
refresh
beg
adjure
enjoin
stir up
incline
solicit
bring
spur on
hassle
inflame
nag
insist
bully
whip
incentivise
UK
charge
try to persuade
appeal to
prevail on
insist on
embolden
empower
invigorate
US
incentify
buoy
hearten
vitalize
steel
buoy up
uplift
exhilarate
rally
remind
energize
US
animate
constrain
whip up
pep up
promote
admonish
force
bid
cheer on
quicken
rev up
boost up
pump up
pester
convince
ask
sting
challenge
appeal
request
envigorate
UK
work
convert
get
plead
spirit up
psych up
light a fire under
tempt
touch
foment
energise
UK
key up
rowel
sound
beckon
turn on
call on
push for
talk into
win over
put pressure on
use pressure on
lean on
bring around
set going
shake
hook
gain
satisfy
grab
whet
elate
prevail upon
dispose
fire with enthusiasm
needle
elicit
cajole
occasion
impress
make
evoke
roust
lash
titillate
impact
inveigle
strike
help
necessitate
maneuver
US
sanction
manoeuvre
UK
wheedle
propose
work up
advance
rationalize
US
countenance
commend
rationalise
UK
conjure
hint to
suggest to
hustle
put the heat on
put the screws on
railroad into
twist someone's arm
bulldoze into
bother
advocate
expedite
inspan
recommend
harry
call
clamour
UK
demand
campaign
lobby
speed up
bay
sue
petition
importune
requisition
order
exact
pursue
clamor
US
pour it on
counsel
quest
stipulate
apply
supplicate
sell one on
ask authoritatively
enquire
UK
bug
inquire
US
make a claim
ask brusquely
drum
ask forcefully
caution
call upon
chivvy
strengthen
cheer
reassure
applaud
enliven
put a bomb under
disinhibit
build up
enforce
fillip
fortify
egg
boost
kindle
brighten
jumpstart
comfort
enhearten
build
ignite
give a boost to
reenforce
assure
revitalize
US
raise
revivify
restore
bear up
chirk up
gladden
praise
console
stimulate spiritually
raise your spirits
lift the spirits of
give confidence to
raise the morale of
give a shot in the arm to
give shot in arm
give hope to
boost morale
bield
buck up
gee up
prop up
cheer up
stiffen the resolve of
revitalise
UK
support
fire
enkindle
foster
awaken
perk up
electrify
generate
brace
revive
bolster
lift
agitate
rejuvenate
fuel
enthuse
sustain
ginger up
spark off
intensify
relieve
wake up
vivify
soothe
improve
thrill
renew
kick-start
liven up
solace
waken
bring about
set off
abet
call forth
elevate
ferment
aid
reinforce
assist
engender
touch off
reinvigorate
succor
US
succour
UK
give a lift
calm
jazz up
nurture
brew
give a lift to
fire the imagination of
fan
create
start
pick up
further
amp up
lead to
invite
brighten up
bring on
spike
increase
get going
exalt
give strength to
assuage
trigger off
lighten
breathe new life into
nerve
instil
UK
mobilize
US
pick
psych
produce
resuscitate
commove
rekindle
prime
instill
US
regenerate
recharge
mobilise
UK
jump-start
breed
ease
precipitate
stoke up
freshen
rewaken
rewake
juice up
zip up
reawaken
raise spirits
reactivate
give rise to
drum up
prepare
bring out
entice
intoxicate
set in motion
put in motion
innervate
dynamize
put at ease
see someone through
gird
heighten
bounce back
be a source of strength to
bring comfort to
back
procure
enhance
placate
initiate
drive on
catalyze
US
root on
wake
effectuate
condole
root for
bestir
relax
repair
fan the flames of
result in
recondition
beget
add to
catalyse
UK
renovate
salve
fire the enthusiasm of
wind up
invoke
refreshen
set on
begin
recreate
resurrect
draw forth
recover
charge up
contribute to
give a new lease of life to
be a tower of strength to
touch up
make whole
facilitate
poise
augment
develop
ready
harden
command
upraise
enrich
root
summon
zap
inform
oblige
carry
cultivate
exacerbate
set
accelerate
ameliorate
feed
better
rile
effect
make for
liven
affect
favour
UK
favor
US
jolt
set up
restart
urge on
give a boost
give confidence
build a fire under
be responsible for
add fuel to
pacify
act as a incentive to
act as a stimulus to
get someone going
commiserate with
power
gear up
reanimate
condole with
compose
besoothe
commiserate
allay
get ready
sympathize with
bring into being
give condolences to
snap out of it
yield
spawn
call into being
look up
put new life in
put one's mind to rest
translate into
give new life to
keep someone going
update
make happen
forward
be the cause of
mollify
palliate
re-establish
regain
feed the fire
give solace to
give sympathy to
bring back
replenish
modernise
UK
modernize
US
have
give incentive
summon up
incent
enrapture
intrigue
irritate
make confident
give courage to
speed
transport
roil
burgeon
nourish
boost moral
imbue
infuse
craze
taunt
juice
motive
bolden
arm
actify
activize
enable
forearm
stoke
irk
incense
reestablish
emphasize
US
endue
infect
beghast
add fuel
originate
run
add fuel to the flames
whomp up
give courage
grill
vex
reproduce
recall
redevelop
barrack
make brave
make wild
stress
underline
cement
warm
crank up
give new energy to
predispose
condition
direct
determine
make braver
supplement
heat up
give someone a kick
give impetus
start off
steam up
exercise
lift the morale of
jack up
gear oneself up
work into lather
champion
deepen
psyche up
make happier
make more cheerful
get one started
act as a impetus to
act as a fillip to
act as a spur to
spur to action
make enthusiastic
suscitate
fan the fire
lighten burden
make one feel at ease
quiet fears
empathize with
make well
give pep talk
give a shot in the arm
keep one going
keep you going
change
draw on
have as a consequence
have as a result
give life to
spook
quieten
put zip into
move to action
give a buzz
edify
buttress
maintain
underpin
uphold
corroborate
reward
act upon
ride herd on
lighten up
loosen up
impose on
orient
give one an idea
shake up
madden
upgrade
refine
become cheerful
make happy
take a turn for the better
take heart
clear up
light up
dig
take a load off
agitate for
agitate against
switch on
add fuel to fire
make waves
stir embers
call to mind
make alive
get to
broaden
defend
highlight
substantiate
emphasise
UK
re-energize
reinvent
give a new lease on life
bring back to life
get going again
put new life into
put some spark into
give new strength to
brace up
put on cloud nine
free
let the sun shine in
restore confidence to
bolster up
back up
shout for
put on top of the world
set your mind at rest
snap one out of it
make stronger
give respite to
bolster someone's confidence
restore someone's confidence
dispel someone's fears
shore up
attract
draw
minister to
give the incentive to
give moral support to
hold someone's hand
boost the morale of
be a source of strength
give a leg up to
be there for
sharpen
court
play a part in
extend
alleviate
be instrumental in
help out
cheer along
tide over
keep someone's head above water
keep going
launch
woo
allure
enlarge
amplify
sow the seeds of
play a role in
tranquilize
US
pity
achieve
have a hand in
accomplish
amount to
culminate in
be a factor in
establish
issue
lure
untrouble
save
tranquillise
UK
burn up
get smoking
realise
UK
realize
US
introduce
engineer
open the door for
attain
push forward
be conducive to
organise
UK
organize
US
relaunch
reinstitute
ask for
multiply
swell
mount
magnify
expand
compound
escalate
aggrandize
reintroduce
put new heart into
end in
kickoff
cause to occur
finish in
draw out
have a part in
conduce to
conduce
oil the wheels of
bring off
actualize
carry through
pull off
be partly responsible for
bear
contribute
bring forth
add up to
cause to happen
make possible
be at the bottom of
bring to pass
carry off
have the effect of
entail
contrive
put in place
spell
snap up
put new heart in
put new strength in
admit
let in
beg for
give the kiss of life to
express sympathy to
show compassion to
wax
show fellow feeling to
welcome
be advantageous to
do good to
be beneficial to
befit
be useful to
suit
be of use to
be to the advantage of
profit
be of assistance to
pay off for
be good for
bless
be of help to
serve
be of service to
benefit
please
work for
be helpful to
gratify
be of advantage to
advantage
express sympathy for
express sympathy
call for
flirt with
bring on oneself
leave the door open to
include
more ❯
“I tried using flattery to
nudge
her into revealing her identity.”
Verb
▲
To continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way
nag
harass
pester
badger
hassle
hound
harry
persecute
ride
bully
chivvy
needle
dog
tease
hector
henpeck
provoke
heckle
bait
importune
heavy
goad
criticise
UK
criticize
US
prod
scold
berate
upbraid
egg
urge
keep on at
pick on
keep after
be on your back
give a hard time
go on at
peck at
pick at
work on
harp on at
find fault
find fault with
breathe down someone's neck
grumble at
moan at
carp at
bend someone's ear
keep complaining to
moan on at
get on someone's back
take it out on
bust chops
bust someone's balls
annoy
bother
plague
worry
disturb
bug
trouble
torment
irritate
aggravate
bedevil
irk
vex
molest
mither
devil
taunt
beleaguer
get at
drive up the wall
get on your nerves
be at
exasperate
gall
upset
rile
nettle
peeve
ruffle
nark
get
displease
pique
chafe
grate
spite
frost
rasp
eat
rark
chivy
tantalize
US
get to
rub up the wrong way
tantalise
UK
burn up
hack off
give someone grief
rib
drive crazy
mock
chaff
ridicule
gnaw
get on your wick
josh
rag
razz
put out
get in your hair
intrude upon
roast
drive round the bend
banter
wind up
make somebody's hackles rise
mess with
lead on
fret
press
besiege
dun
insist
remind
eat at
fool around
kid around
give the business
insist on
get on one's nerves
drive you up the wall
antagonize
US
frustrate
incense
infuriate
madden
anger
make angry
perturb
incommode
make cross
agitate
distress
break
enrage
rankle
gravel
drive to distraction
exacerbate
antagonise
UK
T-off
tee off
tick off
hump
make your blood boil
miff
bum out
drive mad
get your goat
get under your skin
give someone the hump
cheese off
push button
turn off
get your dander up
drive round the twist
hack you off
make someone see red
make waves
fire up
heat up
get your back up
egg on
give someone the pip
put your back up
ask for it
rub the wrong way
hit where one lives
afflict
be on the back of
get across
ruffle one's feathers
rattle someone's cage
get up someone's nose
put someone's nose out of joint
raise your hackles
beset
gripe
pain
itch
grieve
hurt
inconvenience
disgust
perplex
discommode
insult
pursue
scare
browbeat
interrupt
bore
hinder
impede
cross
grate on
impose on
get on someone's case
kid
deride
joke
jive
rally
satirize
US
twit
gibe
guy
fun
quiz
chiack
haze
shuck
smoke
rot
sledge
spoof
slam
sound
snap
make sport of
take the mickey
have on
send up
flout at
swipe at
make a monkey of
scoff at
put down
goof on
poke mullock at
rag on
mess around
poke fun at
jibe at
pull someone's leg
make jokes about
put on
jeer at
pull one's leg
poke borak at
take the piss out of
laugh at
make fun of
be sarcastic about
flirt with
satirise
UK
sling off at
offend
torture
disquiet
discompose
fuss
oppress
ail
concern
stress
disconcert
pressurize
US
distract
rattle
agonize
US
fluster
dismay
alarm
try
faze
pressurise
UK
intimidate
unsettle
unhinge
distemper
dragoon
agonise
UK
coerce
force
flurry
compel
roil
pressure
rack
depress
frazzle
railroad
derail
hagride
outrage
unnerve
inflame
discomfort
push
strain
niggle
gnaw at
freak out
weird out
curse
harrow
anguish
alarum
hustle
aggrieve
bulldoze
undo
exercise
strong-arm
sadden
wound
bludgeon
burden
frighten
discombobulate
drive
excruciate
lean on
put pressure on
put the squeeze on
fast-talk
prevail on
make anxious
embarrass
influence
blackjack
affront
discomfit
haunt
sting
brainwash
weigh down
give a bad time
drive bananas
bring pressure to bear on
rankle with
use pressure on
press-gang
make uneasy
put the screws on
affect
confuse
domineer
prick
oblige
constrain
make
attack
persuade
burn
mortify
bewilder
pother
ire
squeeze
enflame
be a nuisance to
assail
discountenance
mad
confound
throw
cause suffering to
bounce
be on one's case
sicken
dishearten
spook
steam up
stir up
turn on the heat
get your hackles up
victimize
US
disrupt
impel
victimise
UK
barrage
ply
tax
chide
terrorize
US
bullyrag
grip
impress
disgruntle
spur
obligate
martyr
tyrannize
US
sandbag
muscle
terrorise
UK
threaten
shake
stew
nauseate
despair
fester
troll
psych
rattle one's cage
indispose
tyrannise
UK
make things hot for someone
craze
make it hot for someone
fall on
nag at
lie heavy on
flip out
cause anguish to
eat away at
get someone
make miserable
make wretched
twist someone's arm
rub you up the wrong way
make a scene
hurt somebody's feelings
throw off balance
prey on your mind
try your patience
wear on
put under an obligation
act on
make fretful
cut to the quick
petition
solicit
carp
mistreat
goose
belabour
UK
chevy
cavil
breath down someone's neck
steamroller
roust
prompt
accost
terrify
give someone hell
curdle
sour
single out
joke with
jangle
mess
belabor
US
bombard
run up the wrong way
sell
politick
bum
punish
disparage
hack
wig
harp on
deject
sweat
fear
noodge
cause disquiet to
be prey to
push someon's buttons
yap at
scratch around
overwhelm
injure
jar on
get on the wrong side of
get on the nerves of
get in the hair of
make an enemy of somebody
cow
be in someone's hair
prey on
puzzle
come at
search high heaven
entangle
hamper
reproach
revile
test
arouse hostility in
push one's buttons
embitter
weigh heavily on
aggress
throw off
psych out
put off
strap
nit-pick
desolate
be the victim of
be a pest to
play cat and mouse
rub salt in wound
put through wringer
grind
snit
pet
tiff
huff
tear
work over
push around
tire
bogart
interfere with
twist one's arm
shock
override
mess with someone's head
sweat out
weigh heavily on one's mind
do someone's head in
cause anxiety to
be a great weight on
muddle
disorder
bluster
buffalo
dispirit
disarrange
obsess
barge in on
intrude on
arouse anxiety in
do a number on
push buttons
make it tough for
weigh on
cut up
disappoint
stress out
cause concern to
make uncomfortable
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
cause discomfort to
bring down
overbear
menace
despotize
enforce
jerk around
jump on one's case
jeer
shake up
beleague
horn in on
horrify
devastate
fall upon
dominate
enslave
start in on
dampen spirits
cast down
crush
break one's heart
start on
give the needle
turn
incapacitate
flip
floor
cramp
debilitate
butt in on
get across someone
set one's teeth on edge
stick in one's craw
discourage
make blue
drag down
put into a funk
put a damper on
break the heart of
weary
repulse
repel
disoblige
jar
slight
umbrage
walk heavy
ride roughshod
mau-mau
use strong-arm tactics on
stir
chasten
possess
shatter
turn on
lay up
key up
boo
cause annoyance to
cause resentment to
ramrod
eat up
crucify
rock the boat
cause anguish
cause suffering
be hurtful to
cause offense
bleed
mourn
lambaste
cause sorrow
hiss
smite
tyrannize over
be autocratic
toy with
be a pest
be bothered
cause anxiety
weigh heavily on someone's mind
be a weight on someone's mind
gnaw away at
hang over
gnaw away
have had enough
make someone fed up
become bored
try the patience of
make discontented
grate at
exhaust someone's patience
lose patience
drive you out of your mind
drive you to distraction
make somebody's blood boil
drive you round the twist
make you see red
send into a rage
make livid
drive you round the bend
drive you crazy
blight
give offence to
make unhappy
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
thumb nose at
chagrin
incite trouble
make trouble
stir the pot
dissatisfy
strike
fiddle with
abrade
take
visit
bite
buffet
dis
barrack
cause trouble to
shout at
make game of
shout catcalls at
be a pain in the neck
mix up
be a thorn in someone's side
shout down
startle
panic
appal
UK
unquiet
appall
US
surround
make restless
overrun
jostle
encircle
constrict
squash
compress
descend on
swarm around
converge on
set upon
mob
crowd around
crowd round
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something)
remind
prompt
advise
alert
caution
inform
mention
notify
tell
tip
warn
alarm
flag
forewarn
note
prod
stress
clue in
hint to
tip off
help someone remember
help you remember
make you remember
put wise
refresh memory
signal to
cause someone to remember
give a cue to
give someone a cue
jog your memory
cue
assist
feed
coach
refresh the memory
help out
indicate to
apprise
give notice
let know
put someone on notice
make aware
instruct
signal
hint
raise the alarm
give a warning to
wise up
put on guard
give warning
sound the alarm
give fair warning to
tip the wink
wake
clue
precounsel
direct
acquaint
give fair warning
give the high sign
put on the alert
fill in
lay it out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To come into general physical contact with
touch
feel
tap
brush
pat
stroke
graze
handle
rub
press lightly
thumb
brush against
frisk
palpate
dab
fiddle with
finger
manipulate
osculate
palm
paw
poke
probe
prod
tickle
toy with
play about with
brush up against
lay a hand on
rub up against
lay a finger on
impinge upon
come into contact
flick
flip
lob
tip
kiss
hit lightly
strike lightly
fondle
maul
grope
molest
pet
goose
feel up
touch up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To move very slowly (towards something)
nose
crawl
creep
plod
limp
inch
drag
snail
edge
poke
push
slide
slip
ease
steer
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
move
ooze
shove
slouch
squeeze
ease forward
move slowly
creak along
advance slowly
lag
loiter
mope
shuffle
slink
trail
guide
worm
pick your way
advance stealthily
ease oneself
worm your way
ease one's way
inch one's way
nose one's way
shrithe
move at a snail's pace
mosey
toddle
schlepp along
get no place fast
dawdle
dally
linger
delay
tarry
dillydally
diddle
lollygag
lallygag
straggle
draggle
shilly-shally
lag behind
hang back
go slowly
trail behind
limp along
appear to pass slowly
creep along
hang heavy
go on and on
become tedious
wear on
go at a snail's pace
slow down
go on too long
drag your feet
procrastinate
dilly-dally
idle
put off
stall
hesitate
dither
pause
fall behind
mark time
hang around
take your time
take one's time
hang fire
temporize
US
stay
drop behind
wait
waste time
vacillate
temporise
UK
hang about
mooch
loaf
saunter
falter
trifle
stagger
loll
filibuster
kill time
not keep pace
be slow
stay put
potter around
potter about
goof off
play for time
warm a chair
play a waiting game
put off doing something
use delaying tactics
potter round
sit around
be dilatory
fool around
be indecisive
hum and haw
stroll
slack
shirk
drift
fiddle
bat
putter
languish
moon
droop
stooge
while away time
be long
be tardy
stonewall
bide
totter
hang on
horse around
hold back
let the grass grow under one's feet
wait around
buy time
hang round
goof around
lose time
tail
trudge
drop
adjourn
waver
prolong
retard
postpone
defer
protract
haver
swither
cool
goldbrick
suspend action
kick the can down the road
drag your heels
postpone action
hold off
defer action
let something slide
take a raincheck
be undecided
fall back
drop back
be behind
drag behind
bring up the rear
fall off
slow up
inch along
potter
bum around
shlep along
hang out
fritter away
fritter time away
diddle-daddle
scrounge around
sit on one's butt
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have a specified relationship with another thing or person in terms of nature or quality
compare
correlate
match
resemble
approach
compete
equate
parallel
relate
rival
approximate
emulate
equal
link
connect
standardise
UK
standardize
US
touch
vie
be comparable to
come up to
match up to
approximate to
be on a level with
be on a par with
be the equal of
come close to
come near to
distinguish between
bear comparison with
be as good as
be in the same class as
be in the same league as
be not dissimilar to
be not unlike
equal roughly
hold a candle to
put alongside
show correspondence
stack up with
bear comparison
be nearly as good as
bring near
be not a million miles from
challenge
measure up
keep up with
keep pace with
stand the pace
stand the test
compare with
be a match for
amount to
measure up to
meet
correspond to
tie with
be in the same category as
reach
equalize
US
live up to
be equal with
equalise
UK
square with
be as great as
be tantamount to
vie with
be equal to
come to
contend with
rise up to
tally with
equate with
agree with
be commensurate with
compete with
be equivalent to
be the same as
coordinate with
tot up to
be similar to
be identical to
equate to
be comparable with
suit
fit
conform
achieve
dovetail with
answer
be consistent with
harmonize with
rime with
be like
correspond with
fit the pattern
jibe with
coincide with
accord with
check with
comport with
imitate
marry with
rhyme with
be consonant with
correlate to
cohere with
sort with
satisfy
add up to
chord with
go with
near
tie
level
balance
make
beat
better
measure up with
get close to
come near
measure up against
be on an equal footing with
get near
rise to
equiponderate
copy
be level with
rank with
run abreast
be even with
make even
break even with
equipoise
tally
more ❯
Noun
▲
A light touch or push
poke
jab
dig
prod
push
butt
shove
jolt
bump
elbow
touch
jog
dig in the ribs
thrust
dab
stab
tap
knock
hit
punch
bang
lunge
smack
bunt
jostle
thump
bash
thwack
whack
ram
shoulder
strike
rap
crack
blow
clip
plunge
barge
prick
drive
heave
pull
pat
light slap
light blow
jar
wallop
belt
sock
clout
cuff
slap
box
stroke
swipe
slug
buffet
biff
swat
welt
hook
smash
pound
bat
spank
slam
bop
lash
bust
chop
hack
lick
stinger
stripe
pelt
haymaker
fillip
larrup
wham
clap
thud
plump
beat
whop
whap
switch
douse
pick
boff
uppercut
fist
whale
shot
dong
plug
straight
plunk
stoush
pummel
US
pummelled
UK
lollop
body blow
king-hit
one-two
slosh
clobber
whomp
impact
crash
swing
lam
skelp
tan
clump
ding
roundhouse
collision
slog
paste
bonk
zap
fisticuff
whammy
zinger
bell-ringer
one-two punch
boom
pop
report
whump
blast
snap
dot
thunderclap
tonk
clobbering
conk
concussion
glance
hard hit
shock
clash
attack
quilt
assault
beating
spanking
brush
flourish
smite
hiding
thrashing
drubbing
lambasting
clomp
whang
prang
drub
potch
percuss
blip
kick
stamp
hammer
tunk
whiplash
battering
percussion
blindside
cut
KO
knockout
lambaste
nail
thrash
knuckle sandwich
pet
palm
whittle
more ❯
“Will felt a
nudge
in his ribs and realized that Suzanne had just surreptitiously elbowed him.”
Noun
▲
A gentle encouragement to do something
encouragement
push
incitement
prompting
incitation
instigation
prod
spur
persuasion
prodding
prompt
reminder
beseeching
coaxing
goad
goading
incentive
inducement
urging
egging on
“The challenge appealed to him. All he needed was a little
nudge
.”
Noun
▲
An general act of touching someone or something
touch
contact
tap
brush
press
stroke
pat
poke
prod
glance
graze
hold
pressure
push
flick
taction
touching
blow
contingence
physical contact
skim
swipe
rub
shave
kiss
caress
light touch
scrape
light
pet
gentle touch
titillation
chuck
tickle
light prod
Noun
▲
A cue or warning based on past or current events
reminder
prompt
cue
notice
prompting
sign
warning
admonition
hint
indication
intimation
mnemonic
note
recap
suggestion
refresher
tickler
aide-memoire
follow-up
spur
signal
prod
stimulus
jolt
nod
jog
tip
pointer
goad
inference
clue
inkling
lead
help
gesture
word
advice
recommendation
notion
twit
feed
heads-up
tip-off
piece of advice
word of advice
more ❯
Noun
▲
Something that causes irritation or frustration
pest
nuisance
annoyance
hassle
irritant
vexation
headache
inconvenience
aggravation
trial
peeve
bugbear
trouble
exasperation
irritation
problem
botheration
irk
drag
ruffle
frustration
thorn
rub
aggro
worry
bane
nark
scourge
menace
curse
blight
blister
gall
pill
nag
besetment
cuss
pain in the bum
pain in the neck
hair shirt
pain in the backside
pain in the rear
thorn in the flesh
thorn in one's side
bother
pain
plague
bore
burden
fair cow
affliction
torment
source of irritation
source of annoyance
nudnik
bind
tribulation
skelf
difficulty
nyaff
cross to bear
evil
provocation
misfortune
grief
distress
misery
cancer
pet peeve
hang-up
tease
thorn in your side
canker
infliction
woe
calamity
source of vexation
burr under someone's saddle
pestilence
nemesis
ordeal
discomfort
torture
stress
suffering
bummer
bane of one's life
bitter pill
burr in someone's saddle
corruption
rot
embarrassment
creep
sickness
gripe
nightmare
undoing
visitation
terror
hindrance
sore point
upset
downfall
snag
poison
concern
pinprick
drip
hardship
disaster
source of aggravation
source of difficulty
infuriation
pip
ruin
irksomeness
grievance
disease
downer
sorrow
hate
dislike
travail
bête noire
troublemaker
bête noir
pet hate
bug
displeasure
issue
agitation
source of trouble
chagrin
dilemma
predicament
wretchedness
quagmire
stressor
pain in the behind
struggle
fuss
care
cross
uphill
goad
aversion
disruption
unhappiness
ghost
inopportuneness
cause for concern
cause of annoyance
waterloo
handful
punishment
trials and tribulations
fizzle
penalty
chip on your shoulder
tall order
hard work
bad news
cause of distress
persecution
source of disruption
uphill battle
bete noire
anguish
hurt
excruciation
harassment
rack
agony
straits
old one-two
mischief-maker
a thorn in someone's side
soreness
pesterer
botherment
bum
pester
offense
US
offence
UK
obstacle
Waterloo
snooze
yawn
snoozer
nagging
dullsville
nudnick
yawner
malignancy
droner
blighter
destruction
ruination
corrosion
trauma
tragedy
smutch
heartache
discouragement
disappointment
adversity
fiasco
death
despair
boring situation
tedious thing
tedious person
tiresome thing
bad situation
tiresome person
heartbreak
blow
catastrophe
fatal attraction
comedown
misadventure
letdown
debacle
albatross
drama
down
failure
sadness
dud
sad event
ill fortune
bad experience
stroke of bad luck
unpleasantness
disadvantage
anxiety
awkwardness
setback
troublesomeness
untimeliness
bothersomeness
cumbersomeness
mishap
uneasiness
unsuitableness
problems
mischance
reverse
disturbance
nuisance value
cataclysm
unwieldiness
drawback
accident
contretemps
harm
loss
unfitness
unhandiness
casualty
crunch
infelicity
unluck
dole
tiresomeness
disquiet
bad luck
tough luck
bad break
rotten luck
hard luck
strain
travails
haplessness
unfortunateness
unluckiness
untowardness
stew
downside
unease
incommodiousness
incommodity
load
painfulness
constraint
pressure
strife
scrape
pitfall
jam
exigency
puzzle
ill luck
complaint
objection
disbenefit
quibble
dread
delicacy
hydra
ticklishness
discomfiture
stickiness
perplexingness
thorniness
uncomfortableness
issues
anathema
pet aversion
turmoil
task
row
demand
encumbrance
charge
intrusion
onus
pity
shortcoming
shame
unfortunate occurrence
bad trip
weakness
pains
labor
US
labour
UK
encroachment
dullard
laboriousness
strenuousness
arduousness
struggling
snore
yawnfest
snoozefest
snorefest
ado
toil
restraint
imposure
obtrusion
boring person
waste of time
boring event
negative aspect
boring thing
stumbling block
mind-numbing experience
nonevent
dolour
hangup
imbroglio
weight
mental burden
to-do
bafflement
rigor
US
hazard
imposition
knock
whammy
difficulties
ill
pickle
pinch
millstone
throe
mishappening
gauntlet
crucible
malaise
reverse of fortune
test
rigour
UK
complication
ill-fortune
evil fortune
evil chance
bad trot
skid row
big trouble
severe test
reversal of fortune
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