Synonyms of waxing

waxing 1 of 2

verb (1)

present participle of wax

1

as in greasing

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

waxing a surfboard

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in whipping

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

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

waxing

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in becoming

to eventually have as a state or quality

waxed poetic whenever he wrote to his girlfriend

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of waxing

Verb

Skywatchers on Saturday night will be treated to the gorgeous sight of a waxing crescent moon close to Antares, an unmistakably bright red supergiant star shining in the south. —Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025

Antares will shine as a bright red point of light roughly 5 degrees to the upper left of the waxing moon. —Anthony Wood, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025

The waxing scene is such a popular one. —Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2025

Some day spas offer gentle nose waxing that removes only visible hair around the nostril rim. —Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 8 Aug. 2025