18 Synonyms & Antonyms For MASSAGE

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Definitions massage [muh-sahzh, -sahj, mas-ahzh] / məˈsɑʒ, -ˈsɑdʒ, ˈmæs ɑʒ / NOUN kneading of body parts Synonyms STRONG beating manipulation rubbing stroking WEAK back rub chirapsia rolfing rubbing-down VERB knead body parts Synonyms STRONGEST caress pat rub STRONG manipulate press push rolf stimulate stroke WEAK rub down

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It’s deeply relaxing — and notably thorough, with attention paid to areas like the glutes that many massages skip.

From Salon

The goal is capital gain, and there’s nothing and no one that can’t be quite literally massaged in the pursuit of that target.

From Salon

Receiving treatments like massage and hydrotherapy, Kate sobered, and remained sober for many months.

From Literature

The hirsute libertarian, using leverage from his midterm elections triumph in October, just massaged labor reform legislation through Congress, delivering one of the Big Three structural reforms on markets’ wish list.

From Barron's

“I wanted to flip that to where she’s talking to someone and she’s always trying to massage the truth or sometimes outright lie,’” Jonas says.

From Los Angeles Times

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Words related to massage are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word massage. Browse related words to learn more about word associations.

apply butter up caress caressed caresses edit fawn fawned friction inveigle knead manipulate manipulates palpate pander pandered pandering pat sweet-talk toady touch touches truckle

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