💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Rub off"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| abraseverb | (transitive) To wear down; rub clean; smoothen; abrade. |
| abradeverb | (transitive) To rub or wear off; erode. |
| rub downverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To rub from top to bottom, e.g. for cleaning, stripping paint or massage. |
| corradeverb | (geology) To erode through physical or mechanical (rather than chemical) means, as the bed of a stream. |
| rub outverb | (transitive) To delete or erase or remove (something) by rubbing, especially with a rubber (eraser). |
| rack offverb | (Australia, informal, often imperative) To go away; to sod off. |
| rake offverb | (transitive) To remove (something from something) in a sweeping motion. |
| ride offverb | (intransitive) To depart; to leave with no expectation of returning. |
| brush offverb | (idiomatic) To disregard (something), to dismiss or ignore (someone), as unimportant. |
| slide offverb | To leave a place, a meeting, etc., without being noticed; to slip away, slip off. |
| drive offverb | (idiomatic) To force to leave or go away. |
| chew offverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To reprimand, to scold |
| back offverb | (idiomatic) To become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act. |
| cook offverb | (literally) To eliminate by cooking. |
| wipeverb | (transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.) |
| do offverb | (slang) To kill, to bump off |
| wear offverb | (intransitive) to diminish in effect |
| step offverb | (African-American Vernacular, inseparable) To avoid a conflict; to back down. |
| drift offverb | (intransitive, idiomatic) To fall asleep slowly. |
| taper offverb | (idiomatic) To diminish or lessen gradually; to become or make smaller, slower, quieter, etc. |
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