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toucher

toucher

1 9.4
A person who often shows warmth with hugs or pats on the back
  • noun
  • /ˈtʌtʃər/
translation icon : afectuoso
  • Bun toucher.

Examples

  • Both the touched and the toucher feel what they sense through the connecting hands, even if they do not understand and do not know what is being done.

    Academic text (2000)
  • John was a toucher.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • What he enjoyed most was that she was a toucher.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • I touch you, I'm the fucking toucher!

  • I'll see you later, you dirty butt toucher.

  • Through touch, two persons, the toucher and the touched, can become a new ensemble; two bodies, when connected by two arms and hands, are a new entity.

    Academic text (2000)
  • He's also looking for a toucher or enjoys touching Herman.

  • As a toucher, he often showed his affection by giving hugs and playful pats on the back.

  • Maria is a natural toucher, always expressing her warmth and support through gentle gestures.

  • When she comforted her friends, her role as a toucher shone through with her soft, reassuring touches.

Synonyms

kisser
vstoucher
52 3.6

A person who kisses someone

shows warmth using various friendly touches beyond lip contact
hugger
vstoucher
32 1.3

A person who likes to hold others to show warmth

uses touch broadly, not only embraces, to show friendliness
petter
vstoucher
  • NSFW
1 9.9

A person who gently touches a loved one to show love or sexual interest

expresses friendly warmth through touch without sexual intent
caresser
vstoucher
1 4.6

A person or thing that gently touches something to calm it

expresses warmth through a range of friendly physical contacts
fondler
vstoucher
  • NSFW
8.2

A person who gently touches someone to show love

focuses on friendly warmth rather than intimate or sexual touch

How Affectionate

cuddlesome
1 8.2
hugger
32 1.3
toucher
1 9.4
affectionate
56 2.2
friendly
773 1.0
reserved
3.7
distant
61 4.9

Surface Forms

toucher singular
touchers plural

Morphology

toucher = touch (transparent) = touch + er

Standard agentive derivation: 'touch' + '-er' yields 'one who touches', so the meaning follows directly from the base verb.

Etymology

Toucher comes from the French toucher, which means 'to touch' and is the same as the English word touch, so a toucher is literally someone who shows warmth by touching others with hugs or pats.