Synonyms for massage
məˈsɑʒ, -ˈsɑdʒ; esp. Brit. ˈmæs ɑʒmas·sage

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1. massageverb

   kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation

2. massage, rub down, kneadverb

   manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes

   "She rubbed down her child with a sponge"

   Synonyms:
   abrade, corrade, rub off, rub down, abrase, work, knead

3. massageverb

   give a massage to

   "She massaged his sore back"

   Synonyms:
   rub down, knead

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Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. embrocate

   Submitted by anonymous on January 28, 2020  

2. rub

   rub in a manner to bring relief to muscles.

   the woman at the gym gives a wonderful massage.

   Submitted by JP03 on June 11, 2015  

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1. massagenoun

   Associated words:
   masseuse, masseur, massotherapeutics, massotherapy

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

1. List of paraphrases for "massage":

   masseur, rub, rubbing

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. massage

   Synonyms:
   Massage therapy, see there
   

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1. Sarah Baughn:

   He crawled on top of me and he put his hand on my, inside of my thigh, and the other hand he wrapped around me, and he was holding me there, he told me that he needed somebody to be with him, to massage him, to brush his hair, to spend time with him, that he was lonely. And he said, 'And I need someone to, to have sex with me.'.

2. James Corden:

   Only once, I went mad in 2007, i got massaged into madness. I went on a holiday in the Maldives and I was extremely bored, so I thought, ‘I’ll have another massage.’ I was having about 30 massages a day. At the end of the holiday, I felt a little strange… I got on the plane to go home, opened the newspaper reading the football results, and I burst into tears. And I couldn’t stop crying for three weeks. It was completely absurd… so I went to see shrinks then.

3. Allen Zhu:

   He was an assistant to a chairman at a foot massage company, he thought it wasn't interesting, and after about a year he applied to join Alibaba as a sales person.

4. Susan Coppedge:

   If you're going to an Asian massage parlor, there's a chance that someone is not there willingly, most people don't need a massage at 4 a.m. ... It's not rocket science when it comes to the massage parlors.

5. Sandi Tenfelde:

   There are lots of ways to be intimate with your partner after the birth of a baby (hand holding, cuddling, massage and genital stimulation without vaginal penetration). Finding alternate ways of being intimate without vaginal penetration can be very therapeutic for the couple.