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grope

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of GROPE

to search for something blindly or uncertainly <she nervously groped for her car keys> <groping for the right answer>

Synonyms feel, fish, fumble, scrabble

Related Words grabble; cast about, hunt, look, reach, seek (out); capture, clutch, corral, get, grab, nab, nail, seize, snatch; comb, dig (through), dredge, rake, ransack, rifle, rummage, scour

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