Synonyms of waxing

waxing 1 of 2

verb (1)

present participle of wax

1

as in oiling

to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction

waxing a surfboard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• oiling
• greasing
• washing
• lubricating
• slicking
• wetting
• bathing
• soaking
• watering
• drenching
• sousing
• dousing
• dowsing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• roughening
• drying
• roughing
• searing
• coarsening
• dehydrating
• parching

• roughening
• drying
• roughing
• searing
• coarsening
• dehydrating
• parching

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as in trimming

slang to defeat by a large margin

I can't believe I bet on a football team that ended up getting waxed 45-0

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trimming
• whipping
• dusting
• burying
• bombing
• mastering
• overcoming
• thrashing
• flattening
• smoking
• beating
• shellacking
• routing
• smothering
• pasting
• creaming
• drubbing
• skinning
• annihilating
• trouncing
• upsetting
• clobbering
• topping
• sweeping
• throwing
• taking
• conquering
• blowing away
• capping
• succeeding
• whupping
• walloping
• overwhelming
• scoring
• tromping
• whapping
• licking
• exceeding
• finishing
• skunking
• dispatching
• surpassing
• destroying
• whopping
• eating alive
• whomping
• snowing under
• running rings around
• running circles around
• crushing
• beating the pants off
• wiping the ground with
• slaughtering
• subduing
• subjugating
• vanquishing
• transcending
• wiping the floor with
• overbearing
• surmounting
• eclipsing
• outshining
• hurdling
• overthrowing
• overpowering
• overmatching
• knocking over
• flourishing
• bettering
• upending
• pipping
• outdoing
• besting
• outstripping
• outdistancing
• knocking off
• excelling
• worsting
• breaking
• sinking
• overtopping
• outfighting
• triumphing (over)
• prevailing (over)
• winning (against)
• nosing out
• doing in
• acing (out)
• edging (out)

waxing

2 of 2

verb (2)

present participle of wax

1

as in increasing

to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number

the commitment of the young volunteers to the cause seems to wax and wane

Synonyms & Similar Words

• increasing
• rising
• accelerating
• swelling
• climbing
• expanding
• intensifying
• mounting
• spreading
• mushrooming
• snowballing
• surging
• ballooning
• multiplying
• booming
• accumulating
• escalating
• proliferating
• gaining
• enlarging
• jumping
• burgeoning
• appreciating
• bourgeoning
• rolling up
• heightening
• skyrocketing
• rocketing
• building up
• bulking
• peaking
• cresting
• distending
• redoubling
• inflating
• crescendoing
• puffing (up)
• blowing up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decreasing
• diminishing
• contracting
• waning
• lessening
• receding
• dwindling

• decreasing
• diminishing
• contracting
• waning
• lessening
• receding
• dwindling

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as in getting

to eventually have as a state or quality

waxed poetic whenever he wrote to his girlfriend

Synonyms & Similar Words

• getting
• growing
• becoming
• turning
• going
• coming
• running
• changing
• transfiguring
• metamorphosing
• transforming
• modifying
• altering
• transmuting
• mutating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• being
• remaining
• staying
• continuing
• lingering
• abiding

• being
• remaining
• staying
• continuing
• lingering
• abiding