- caressing, caressive - showing love; "caressive words"
Antonym: unloving (indirect, via loving)
- caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling - affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
--1 is a kind of foreplay, arousal, stimulation
--1 has particulars: snogging
- caress - touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner; "He caressed her face"; "They caressed in the back seat of the taxi"
--1 is one way to touch
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun caress1
Sam and Sue caress
Sam cannot caress Sue