GROOM: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for GROOM?

Need another word that means the same as “groom”? Find 37 synonyms and 30 related words for “groom” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Groom” are: neaten, curry, dress, prepare, train, brush, comb, rub, rub down, clean, tidy, smooth, arrange, do, adjust, put in order, make tidy, spruce up, smarten up, preen, primp, freshen up, prime, make ready, ready, condition, tailor, bridegroom, hostler, ostler, stableboy, stableman, stable hand, stable lad, stable boy, stable girl, husband-to-be

Groom as a Noun

Definitions of "Groom" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “groom” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A man participant in his own marriage ceremony.
• A man who has recently been married.
• Any of various officials of the royal household.
• A person employed to take care of horses.
• Someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses.
• A bridegroom.

Synonyms of "Groom" as a noun (10 Words)

bridegroom	A man participant in his own marriage ceremony.
hostler	Someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses.
husband-to-be	A light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element.
ostler	Someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses.
stable boy	A farm building for housing horses or other livestock.
stable girl	A farm building for housing horses or other livestock.
stable hand	A farm building for housing horses or other livestock.
stable lad	A farm building for housing horses or other livestock.
stableboy	Someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses.
stableman	Someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses.

Groom as a Verb

Definitions of "Groom" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “groom” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Educate for a future role or function.
• (of a paedophile) prepare (a child) for a meeting, especially via an internet chat room, with the intention of committing a sexual offence.
• Prepare or train (someone) for a particular purpose or activity.
• Look after (a lawn, ski slope, or other surface.
• Care for one's external appearance.
• Give a neat appearance to.
• (of an animal) clean the fur or skin of (itself or another animal.
• Give a neat and tidy appearance to (someone.
• Brush and clean the coat of (a horse, dog, or other animal.

Synonyms of "Groom" as a verb (27 Words)

adjust	Permit small alterations or movements so as to achieve a desired fit, appearance, or result. A single control adjusts the water flow.
arrange	Arrange attractively. Accommodation can be arranged if required.
brush	Arrange one s hair by running a brush through it. Stems of grass brush against her legs.
clean	Clean and tidy up the house. The boys cleaned the sandwich platters.
comb	Prepare wool flax or cotton for manufacture with a comb. She combed her hair and put some lipstick on.
condition	Apply a conditioner to the hair. A product for conditioning leather.
curry	Prepare or flavour (food) with a sauce of hot-tasting spices. Curry tanned leather.
do	Get something done. What can I do for you.
dress	Dress in a certain manner. Dress the victim s wounds.
freshen up	Become or make oneself fresh again.
make ready	Assure the success of.
make tidy	Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like.
neaten	Care for one’s external appearance. She made an attempt to neaten her hair.
preen	(of a person) devote effort to making oneself look attractive and then admire one’s appearance. It did not prevent them from preening themselves on their achievement.
prepare	To prepare verbally either for written or spoken delivery. Schools should prepare children for life.
prime	Insert a primer into a gun mine or charge preparatory to detonation or firing. Prime a mine.
primp	Dress or groom with elaborate care. She was primping her stiff hair.
put in order	Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events.
ready	Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use event etc. Get the children ready for school.
rub	Make dry clean or smooth by rubbing. She rubbed her arm where she had a large bruise.
rub down	Scrape or rub as if to relieve itching.
smarten up	Raise.
smooth	Make smooth or smoother as if by rubbing. Values are collected over a long period of time so that fluctuations are smoothed out.
spruce up	Make neat, smart, or trim.
tailor	Of a tailor make clothes to fit individual customers. He was wearing a sports coat which had obviously been tailored in London.
tidy	Bring order to (something); arrange neatly. She paused briefly to tidy her hair.
train	Teach and supervise someone act as a trainer or coach to as in sports. It s a learning experience I have to train my eyes again and refine my footwork.

Usage Examples of "Groom" as a verb

• Their main preoccupation is licking and grooming themselves.
• Star pupils who are groomed for higher things.
• Groom the dogs.
• The horses were groomed and taken to shows.
• He is always well-groomed.
• Groom your lawn—keep the grass cut.
• He is grooming his son to become his successor.
• A beautifully groomed woman.

Associations of "Groom" (30 Words)

adorned	Provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction.
apparel	Clothe (someone. They were dressed in bright apparel.
attire	Clothes, especially fine or formal ones. Formal attire.
bachelor	Lead a bachelor s existence. One of the country s most eligible bachelors.
bedeck	Decorate. He led us into a room bedecked with tinsel.
bouquet	The characteristic scent of a wine or perfume. The aperitif has a faint bouquet of almonds.
bridal	Of or pertaining to a bride. The bridal party came out into the church porch.
bride	A woman on her wedding day or just before and after the event. The bride and groom left early last night.
bridegroom	A man on his wedding day or just before and after the event.
chiffon	A light, transparent fabric typically made of silk or nylon. A chiffon blouse.
cloak	Cover with or as if with a cloak. She cloaked her embarrassment by rushing into speech.
decorated	Provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction.
decorative	Serving to make something look more attractive; ornamental. A well appointed house with original decorative features.
dowry	An amount of property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage. Elizabeth s dowry was to be 45 000 in diamonds.
dress	Dress or groom with elaborate care. Dress the salads.
finery	Expensive or ostentatious clothes or decoration. Officers in their blue gold and scarlet finery.
heterosexual	A heterosexual person someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex. Heterosexual relationships.
honeymoon	Spend a honeymoon. They flew to the West Indies on honeymoon.
male	An animal that produces gametes spermatozoa that can fertilize female gametes ova. A male infant.
marital	Of or relating to the state of marriage. Marital status.
marriage	The legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship (historically and in some jurisdictions specifically a union between a man and a woman. A marriage of ideas.
marry	Join in marriage. Eric asked me to marry him.
nuptial	A wedding. Nuptial plumage.
plume	Deck with a plume. A hat with a jaunty ostrich plume.
preen	Clean with one’s bill. It did not prevent them from preening themselves on their achievement.
raiment	Especially fine or decorative clothing. Ladies clothed in raiment bedecked with jewels.
sandal	A shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot. They were dressed in open toed sandals.
trim	Adjust the balance of a ship or aircraft by rearranging its cargo or by means of its trim tabs. No one had been there for months everything was out of trim.
underwear	Clothing worn under other clothes, typically next to the skin.
wedding	A party of people at a wedding.