fondle

Other forms of fondle

past tense

fondled·

present participle

fondling·

third person

fondles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fondle

What does fondle mean?

fondle means "touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner".

How many syllables are in fondle?

fondle has 2 syllables: fon-dle. The stress falls on "fon". In IPA it is /ˈfɔndəl/.

What is another word for fondle?

Close synonyms include caress. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fondle a common word?

fondle is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.