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nip

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of nip

1 the quality or state of being stimulating to the mind or senses
  • The barbecue sauce has a nip to it that balances out the sweetness.
Synonyms of nip

piquancy, pungency, spice, tang, zest, zing
Words Related to nip

raciness, spiciness

fieriness, hotness

acuteness, keenness, sharpness

provocativeness

excitement, invigoration, stimulant, stimulation, stimulus, thrill

flavor, redolence, savor (also savour), savoriness, tastiness
Near Antonyms of nip

flatness, tastelessness

dullness (also dulness), insipidity, monotonousness, monotony, predictability, tediousness

blandness, thinness, weakness
Antonyms of nip

insipidity
2 a very small amount
  • I'll have just a nip of your sandwich.
Synonyms of nip

ace, bit, crumb, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, hint, lick, little, mite, ounce, particle, peanuts, ray, scintilla, scruple, shade, shadow, shred, smack, smidgen (also smidgeon), snap, spark, spatter, speck, splash, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, touch, trace
Words Related to nip

hoot, iota, jot, minim, minimum, modicum, semblance, syllable, tittle, vestige, whit

atom, dot, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, patch, scrap

dash, drop, pinch

part, portion, section

bite, nibble, taste

handful, scattering, smatter, smattering

dose, shot
Phrases Synonymous with nip

drop in the bucket
Near Antonyms of nip

abundance, barrel, boatload, bucket, bundle, bushel, deal, fistful, gobs, heaps, loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, oodles, passel, peck, pile, plenty, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, wad, wealth

volume

chunk, hunk, lump, slab
3 an uncomfortable degree of coolness
  • There's a nip in the air today.
Synonyms of nip

bite, bitterness, bleakness, chill, chilliness, nippiness, rawness, sharpness
Words Related to nip

briskness, crispness

coldness, frigidity, frigidness, frostiness, gelidity, iciness, wintriness

cold, freeze, snap
Near Antonyms of nip

balminess, warmness, warmth

heat, hotness, sultriness
2

nip

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of nip

the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time
  • Gve me just a nip of milk to help me swallow this pill.
Synonyms of nip

belt, draft, drag, drink, gulp, quaff, shot, sip, slug, snort, sup, swallow, swig, swill
Words Related to nip

dram, drop

nip

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of nip

1 to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
  • I'm just going to nip these hedges, and then I'll be done with the work outside.
Synonyms of nip

bob, clip, crop, cut, cut back, dock, lop (off), pare, poll, prune, shave, shear, snip, trim
Words Related to nip

skive, whittle

manicure, mow

pinch, stump

curtail, shorten
Near Antonyms of nip

elongate, extend, lengthen
2 to squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points
  • The puppy nipped her hand while playing.
Synonyms of nip

pinch
Words Related to nip

crimp, tweak

clasp, clutch, grasp, grip, hold, take
Near Antonyms of nip

drop, free, loose, loosen, release, spring
3 to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep
  • That guy nipped my wallet from the restaurant table when I turned away.
Synonyms of nip

appropriate, filch, heist, hook, lift, misappropriate, pilfer, pinch, pocket, purloin, rip off, snitch, steal, swipe, thieve
Words Related to nip

burglarize, knock over, rob

loot, pillage, plunder, sack

carjack, hijack (also highjack)

pick, rifle

poach, rustle, shoplift

collar, grab, grasp, nail, seize, snatch, take

mooch, sponge
Phrases Synonymous with nip

make away with, make off with, run off with, walk off with
Near Antonyms of nip

buy, purchase

bestow, contribute, donate, give, hand over, present
4 to proceed or move quickly
  • I'll just nip off to the corner store for some milk.
Synonyms of nip

barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurry, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom
Words Related to nip

dart, flit, scamper, scud, scuffle

stampede, streak, whiz (or whizz)

gallop, jog, sprint

accelerate, quicken, step out

catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake
Phrases Synonymous with nip

beat it, get a move on, make tracks, shake a leg, step on it
Near Antonyms of nip

dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, hang (around or out), lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry

amble, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stroll

decelerate, slow (down or up)
Antonyms of nip

crawl, creep, poke

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