Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun wallow

2 senses of wallow

Sense 1
wallow -- (a puddle where animals go to wallow)
       => mud puddle -- (a puddle of mud; "the children loved a mud puddle")

Sense 2
wallow -- (an indolent or clumsy rolling about; "a good wallow in the water")
       => axial rotation, axial motion, roll -- (rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb wallow

5 senses of wallow

Sense 1
wallow -- (devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure; "Wallow in luxury"; "wallow in your sorrows")
       => indulge -- (give free rein to; "The writer indulged in metaphorical language")

Sense 2
wallow, welter -- (roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud")
       => move -- (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right")

Sense 3
billow, wallow -- (rise up as if in waves; "smoke billowed up into the sky")
       => soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom -- (rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen")

Sense 4
wallow, rejoice, triumph -- (be ecstatic with joy)
       => exult, walk on air, be on cloud nine, jump for joy -- (feel extreme happiness or elation)

Sense 5
wallow -- (delight greatly in; "wallow in your success!")
       => delight, enjoy, revel -- (take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter")

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