wax

The word “wax” has 1 syllable: wax

It's pronounced as /wæks/

What is synonym and antonym for wax?

In the thesaurus, “wax” has 159 synonyms and 32 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for wax

accelerate
accumulate
alter
annihilate
appreciate
augment
balloon
bathe
beat
beat the pants off
become
best
better
blow away
blow up
bomb
boom
bourgeon
break
build
build up
bulk
burgeon
bury
cap
change
climb
clobber
come
conquer
cream
crescendo
crest
crush
destroy
develop
dilate
dispatch
distend
do in
douse
dowse
drench
drub
dust
eat alive
eclipse
enlarge
escalate
exceed
excel
expand
fill out
finish
flatten
flourish
gain
get
get bigger
get to
go
grease
grow
grow full
heighten
hurdle
increase
inflate
intensify
jump
knock off
knock over
lick
lubricate
magnify
master
metamorphose
modify
mount
multiply
mushroom
mutate
nose out
oil
outdistance
outdo
outfight
outshine
outstrip
overbear
overcome
overmatch
overpower
overthrow
overtop
overwhelm
paste
peak
pip
proliferate
redouble
rise
rocket
roll up
rout
run
run circles around
run rings around
score
shellac
sink
skin
skunk
skyrocket
slaughter
slick
smoke
smother
snow under
snowball
soak
souse
spread
subdue
subjugate
succeed
surge
surmount
surpass
sweep
swell
take
thrash
throw
top
transcend
transfigure
transform
transmute
trim
tromp
trounce
turn
upend
upset
upsurge
vanquish
wallop
wash
water
wet
whap
whip
whomp
whop
whup
wipe the floor with
wipe the ground with
worst

Antonyms for wax

abide
abridge
be
cease
coarsen
compress
continue
contract
decline
decrease
dehydrate
diminish
drop
dry
dwindle
fall
halt
lessen
linger
lower
parch
recede
reduce
remain
rough
roughen
sear
shrink
slump
stay
stop
wane

Meanings of wax

noun
1. Beeswax.
2. Earwax.
3. Any oily, water-resistant substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
4. Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.
5. The phonograph record format for music.
6. A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it.
7. A type of drugs with as main ingredients weed oil and butane; hash oil.
8. The process of growing.
9. An outburst of anger.
adjective
1. Made of wax.
verb
1. To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
2. To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply.
3. To defeat utterly.
4. To kill, especially to murder a person.
5. (usually of a musical or oral performance) To record.
verb
1. To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.
2. To grow.
3. (of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
4. (of the tide) To move from low tide to high tide.

Example Sentences

The candle burned slowly, melting the wax.
He applied a layer of wax to the wooden surface for protection.
The floor was polished with wax to make it shine.
She used wax to seal the envelope closed.
The artist sculpted the figure out of wax before casting it in bronze.

On this page you'll find 191 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to wax, such as: abide, abridge, accelerate, accumulate, alter, annihilate, appreciate.

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