Synonyms for lap
læplap

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. lapnoun

   the upper side of the thighs of a seated person

   "he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap"

   Synonyms:
   circuit, overlap, lick, lap covering, circle

2. lapnoun

   an area of control or responsibility

   "the job fell right in my lap"

   Synonyms:
   circuit, overlap, lick, lap covering, circle

3. lap, lap coveringnoun

   the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs

   "his lap was covered with food stains"

   Synonyms:
   circuit, overlap, lick, lap covering, circle

4. lap, overlapnoun

   a flap that lies over another part

   "the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches"

   Synonyms:
   overlap, lap covering, lick, intersection, circuit, circle, convergence

5. lap, circle, circuitnoun

   movement once around a course

   "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"

   Synonyms:
   rotary, lot, roofy, set, dress circle, racing circuit, rophy, tour, roach, electrical circuit, rope, overlap, circle, circumference, electric circuit, lap covering, roundabout, band, lick, circuit, forget me drug, traffic circle, round

6. lick, lapverb

   touching with the tongue

   "the dog's laps were warm and wet"

   Synonyms:
   poke, circuit, slug, overlap, biff, lap covering, lick, salt lick, circle, punch, clout

7. lapverb

   lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another

   Synonyms:
   swosh, wash, lave, swoosh, lick, lap up, swish

8. lick, lapverb

   pass the tongue over

   "the dog licked her hand"

   Synonyms:
   work out, clobber, wash, lave, thrash, solve, bat, puzzle out, swoosh, lap up, work, swish, drub, cream, swosh, lick, figure out

9. lap, swish, swosh, swooshverb

   move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound

   "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open"

   Synonyms:
   swosh, wash, lap up, swoosh, lick, swish, lave

10. lap, lap up, lickverb

    take up with the tongue

    "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"

    Synonyms:
    bat, clobber, cream, lave, thrash, solve, puzzle out, swoosh, lap up, lick, work out, swish, drub, wash, swosh, figure out, work

11. lave, lap, washverb

    wash or flow against

    "the waves laved the shore"

    Synonyms:
    rinse, wash out, swosh, wash, wash away, wash up, lap up, swoosh, lick, swish, lave, wash off, launder, moisten, dampen

Matched Categories

1. • Cloth Covering
   • Flap
   • Flow
   • Lie
   • Locomotion
   • Sound
   • Sphere
   • Stroke
   • Thigh

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lapverb

   Synonyms:
   fold, turn over, lay over

2. lapverb

   Synonyms:
   wrap, cover, twist round

3. lapverb

   Synonyms:
   lick, lick up, take up with the tongue

4. lapverb

   Synonyms:
   be folded over, be laid over

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "lap":

   laps, abdominal, knee, wpi, tower, erotic

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1. Chase Briscoe:

   It's unbelievable — I was crying the whole last lap.

2. Mercedes Motorsport head Toto Wolff:

   We are not happy with the performance today, we couldn’t get the tyre to work the way we wanted on the one-lap performance or the long runs either, we some spectacular laps from the Red Bulls so we just need to get our heads together and assess what happened.

3. Thomas Kiklas:

   Lithium ion batteries fail in other devices as well, but in a laptop, it's on your lap.

4. Kathleen Wilson:

   Once the water begins to exceed the mid-80s, especially with corresponding warm air temperatures, it can become too hot if moving around in a lap swimming or training session.

5. House Speaker John Boehner:

   My visit there was planned months ago, so it's not quite what I would describe as a victory lap.