Synonyms for Anchor:

• n.

  •
  • bower,
  • cramp,
  • account.
  •
  • foothold,
  • attach,
  • connect,
  • hold,
  • join,
  • defense,
  • security,
  • staff,
  • safeguard.
  •
  • correspondent,
  • move.
  •
  • a man/woman of his/her word,
  • a tower of strength.
  •
  • get on,
  • go on (the) TV/radio,
  • front.
  •anchor (noun)
  • anchorman,
  • ground,
  • linchpin,
  • backbone,
  • ground tackle,
  • lynchpin,
  • cast anchor.
  •artifact (noun)
  • anchor.
  •brake (noun)
  • retarding devices.
  •cornerstone (noun)
  • keystones,
  • mainsprings,
  • linchpins,
  • main ingredient,
  • key element,
  • mainspring.
  •fastener (noun)
  • cotter,
  • brace,
  • suture,
  • connector,
  • skewer,
  • band,
  • catch,
  • Vinculum,
  • cincture,
  • knot,
  • cement,
  • mediator,
  • hasp,
  • hinge,
  • hitch,
  • splice,
  • mucilage,
  • coupling,
  • closure,
  • clinch,
  • fastener,
  • strap,
  • spike,
  • lock,
  • agent,
  • paste,
  • nail,
  • binding,
  • bracket,
  • twine,
  • link,
  • zipper,
  • bonding,
  • binder,
  • brad,
  • bolt,
  • pin,
  • stitch,
  • guy,
  • thread,
  • seal,
  • hawser,
  • knitting,
  • chain,
  • braid,
  • clamp,
  • buckle,
  • cleat,
  • vise,
  • middleman,
  • button,
  • stay,
  • grapnel,
  • latch,
  • ligament,
  • belt,
  • staple,
  • cinch,
  • go-between,
  • glue,
  • string,
  • tack,
  • tie,
  • weld,
  • rabbet,
  • fuse,
  • clip,
  • fastening,
  • bond,
  • medium,
  • lace,
  • rivet,
  • snap.
  •forgiveness (noun)
  • pardon.
  •grip (noun)
  • handshake,
  • handclasp,
  • handholds,
  • handgrips,
  • handgrip,
  • crushings,
  • handshakes,
  • handhold,
  • handclasps,
  • grapnels.
  •host (noun)
  • anchor people,
  • person of house,
  • person the house,
  • person house,
  • anchor persons.
  •lookout (noun)
  • crow's nest,
  • spotter,
  • spotters,
  • watch person watchtower,
  • belvederes,
  • belvedere.
  •mainstay (noun)
  • upholder,
  • SINEWS,
  • sustainer,
  • sinew,
  • sustainers,
  • righthand person,
  • maintainer,
  • upholders,
  • good right arm,
  • right-hand person,
  • maintainers.
  •newscaster (noun)
  • anchor manwomen,
  • anchor manwoman,
  • news commentators,
  • anchor man-women,
  • anchor man women,
  • news anchors,
  • anchor man-woman,
  • anchor man woman.
  •newsman/newswoman (noun)
  • legman woman,
  • legmanwoman,
  • inter viewers,
  • legman-women,
  • legman-woman,
  • legmanwomen,
  • newspaperman woman,
  • inter viewer,
  • pressman- woman,
  • newspaperman women,
  • inter-viewer,
  • newspapermanwoman,
  • pressman woman,
  • newshounds,
  • newspapermanwomen,
  • pressman women,
  • legman women,
  • newspaperman-woman,
  • copy editors,
  • newspaperman-women,
  • pressman- women,
  • inter-viewers,
  • newswriters,
  • ink slingers,
  • investigative reporters.
  •pardon (noun)
  • lifesavers,
  • dis-charges,
  • dis charges,
  • dis-charge,
  • re-missions,
  • re-lease,
  • re-leases,
  • dis charge,
  • re leases,
  • re mission,
  • re lease,
  • re missions,
  • re-mission.
  •reporter (noun)
  • re-porter,
  • re-porters,
  • re porters,
  • newspersons,
  • legpersons,
  • press persons,
  • newspeople,
  • press people,
  • re porter,
  • legpeople,
  • anchorpeople.
  •reprieve (noun)
  • de-ferments,
  • de ferment,
  • de ferments,
  • let ups,
  • let-ups,
  • de-ferment,
  • re spites,
  • re-spites,
  • re spite.
  •sea anchor (noun)
  • drogues,
  • drift anchor.
  •strength (noun)
  • INS.
  •weight (noun)
  • counter poises,
  • counter balance,
  • counter balances,
  • counter weights,
  • counter-poise,
  • counter poise,
  • counter-weight,
  • counter-weights,
  • counter-poises.

• v.

  •disembark (verb)
  • de-bark,
  • de planed,
  • dis mounting,
  • coming ashore,
  • de-training,
  • de train,
  • de-trained,
  • de plane,
  • de trains,
  • de-barks,
  • de-barking,
  • dis embarked,
  • stepping out of,
  • de-barked,
  • de barked,
  • de-plane,
  • de trained,
  • de-planing,
  • dis embark,
  • de barking,
  • dis embarking,
  • de planing,
  • de planes,
  • de-planed,
  • stepped out of,
  • de bark,
  • dis-embark,
  • dis mounted,
  • dis mount,
  • deplanes,
  • dis-embarking,
  • dis-mounted,
  • de training,
  • dis-mount,
  • dis embarks,
  • steps out of,
  • came ashore,
  • dis mounts,
  • went ashore,
  • de barks,
  • dis-mounts,
  • de-trains,
  • dis-embarked,
  • dis-embarks,
  • de-planes,
  • de-train,
  • comes ashore,
  • dis-mounting.
  •dock (verb)
  • dropt anchor,
  • drops anchor,
  • hooking up,
  • links up,
  • hooks up,
  • dropped anchor.
  •entrench (verb)
  • in grain,
  • in-grained,
  • in stall,
  • de fining,
  • de fines,
  • in-grain,
  • in-stalling,
  • de fined,
  • in-stall,
  • in-grains,
  • in stalled,
  • de-fines,
  • in stalls,
  • de-fining,
  • de-fined,
  • de-fine,
  • in graining,
  • in-stalled,
  • in stalling,
  • in grains,
  • in-stalls,
  • de fine,
  • in-graining.
  •fasten (verb)
  • hitched on,
  • co hering,
  • froze to,
  • hitching on,
  • co heres,
  • tacking on,
  • tacks on,
  • co-heres,
  • making firm,
  • co-here,
  • makes firm,
  • rivetted,
  • stayed put,
  • rivetting,
  • stays put,
  • staid put,
  • co-hering,
  • freezes to,
  • hitches on,
  • freezing to,
  • co here,
  • tacked on.
  •fix (verb)
  • rigidifies,
  • in-stilled,
  • nailing down,
  • in stilled,
  • in-stilling,
  • nails down,
  • in stilling.
  •hold, be held securely (verb)
  • imbed,
  • plant,
  • drop,
  • make port.
  •infix (verb)
  • in-fixes,
  • in-fix,
  • in-fixing,
  • in fixing,
  • in fixed,
  • in-fixed,
  • in fixes,
  • in fix.
  •secure (verb)
  • buttoned down,
  • battened down,
  • buttons down,
  • hooking on,
  • battening down,
  • hooks on,
  • making fast,
  • battens down,
  • makes fast,
  • buttoning down.
  •set (verb)
  • de-positing,
  • be stows,
  • re sting,
  • be-stowing,
  • de-posit,
  • pre pared,
  • zeroing in,
  • be-stows,
  • de positing,
  • be-stow,
  • pre-paring,
  • pre paring,
  • intro duces,
  • makes ready,
  • de posits,
  • pre pare,
  • zeroes in,
  • de posited,
  • in-sert,
  • de-posited,
  • de-posits,
  • be-stowed,
  • be stowing,
  • pre pares,
  • be stow,
  • pre-pare,
  • de posit,
  • in sert,
  • intro duce,
  • re-sting,
  • be stowed,
  • intro-duce,
  • pre-pared,
  • intro-duces.
  •tie (verb)
  • make hitch,
  • makes knot,
  • made a hitch,
  • made a bow,
  • makes a bow,
  • makes a knot,
  • makes a hitch,
  • made a knot,
  • making knot,
  • making a knot,
  • making a hitch,
  • made knot,
  • making hitch,
  • made hitch,
  • making bow,
  • made bow,
  • makes hitch,
  • making a bow,
  • makes bow,
  • make knot,
  • make bow.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • put about,
  • cruise,
  • life jacket,
  • Rafting,
  • giant,
  • beach,
  • oar,
  • seamanship,
  • company,
  • big business,
  • bleep out,
  • industry,
  • monopolist,
  • outfit,
  • light industry,
  • right-hand man,
  • narrate,
  • SME,
  • life vest,
  • Private Practice,
  • blue-chip,
  • cooperative,
  • capsize,
  • crutch,
  • offshoot,
  • Ahoy,
  • straight shooter,
  • suitor,
  • the private sector,
  • castaway,
  • indie,
  • shipping,
  • lifeline,
  • boating,
  • corporation,
  • sailing,
  • limited company,
  • punt,
  • enterprise,
  • outboard motor,
  • private company,
  • anchorwoman,
  • cartel,
  • stock company,
  • public sector,
  • agency,
  • sonar,
  • public service,
  • tie up,
  • small business,
  • broadcaster,
  • newscaster,
  • announcer,
  • joint-stock company,
  • the Admiral's Cup,
  • ballast,
  • going concern,
  • whitewater rafting,
  • parent company,
  • dealership,
  • monopoly,
  • mutual,
  • niche market,
  • dj,
  • parent,
  • business,
  • narration,
  • Sea legs,
  • establishment,
  • PTY,
  • corp,
  • affiliate,
  • mutiny,
  • franchiser,
  • co,
  • holding company,
  • conglomerate,
  • canoe,
  • yachting,
  • flotation device,
  • goldmine,
  • partnership,
  • boater,
  • merchant,
  • growth industry,
  • competitor,
  • franchisee,
  • Ltd.,
  • cottage industry,
  • predator,
  • social enterprise,
  • the America's Cup,
  • edit out,
  • navigation,
  • empire,
  • cast off,
  • inboard motor,
  • the biz,
  • introduce,
  • launch,
  • co-op,
  • subsidiary,
  • drag,
  • sound engineer,
  • televangelist,
  • bollard,
  • market leader,
  • narrator,
  • landlubber,
  • concern,
  • video jockey,
  • lifebelt,
  • Private Enterprise,
  • shell company,
  • life preserver,
  • group,
  • sextant,
  • public limited company,
  • shipping lane,
  • confidant,
  • land-office business,
  • operation,
  • public corporation,
  • public company,
  • knowledge industry,
  • acquisition.
  •
  • international,
  • hand back,
  • bail out,
  • trust,
  • LLC,
  • hostess,
  • sail,
  • pilot,
  • trade,
  • push off,
  • berth,
  • trouper,
  • panel,
  • franchise,
  • multinational,
  • start up,
  • buoy,
  • one-man band,
  • displacement,
  • commentator.
  •
  • guest,
  • edit,
  • house,
  • rig,
  • paddle,
  • cover.
  •
  • firm,
  • trim,
  • blade.
  •
  • bring in.
  •
  • go on,
  • present.
  •disembark
  • detrains,
  • detrain,
  • step out of,
  • puts in,
  • deplane,
  • put in,
  • detrained,
  • putting in,
  • detraining,
  • goes ashore,
  • going ashore,
  • go ashore,
  • come ashore,
  • deplaning,
  • deplaned.
  •entrench
  • hole up,
  • Embedding,
  • ensconce.
  •fasten
  • trussed,
  • Gluing,
  • Stringed,
  • Mortised,
  • Roped,
  • roping,
  • glued,
  • strung,
  • Trussing,
  • hitch on,
  • wedge,
  • solder,
  • girth,
  • Mortising,
  • girthing,
  • make firm,
  • Wedging,
  • mortises,
  • tack on,
  • made firm,
  • Stringing,
  • girthed,
  • stay put,
  • mortise,
  • buttoned,
  • staying put,
  • leash,
  • Riveted,
  • Buttoning,
  • freeze to,
  • wedged.
  •tie
  • Cinching,
  • Cinched,
  • make a bow,
  • make a knot,
  • make a hitch,
  • tied.
  •Other relevant words:
  • key,
  • aid,
  • screw up,
  • gravel,
  • stay-at-home,
  • take root,
  • relocate,
  • stock in trade,
  • people,
  • belay,
  • hank,
  • armature,
  • root,
  • immotile,
  • establish,
  • cheek,
  • Entrammel,
  • consolidate,
  • at a standstill,
  • pawl,
  • come home,
  • Measures,
  • refuge,
  • form,
  • fly,
  • strike root,
  • enchain,
  • reside,
  • revenue,
  • weathergirl,
  • return,
  • keystone,
  • draw up,
  • comfort,
  • land,
  • motionless,
  • prime,
  • stay at,
  • grit,
  • sand,
  • news reader,
  • bivouac,
  • stable,
  • lie by,
  • inveterate,
  • panoplied,
  • cordon sanitaire,
  • heaven,
  • encamp,
  • take flight,
  • mc,
  • appliances,
  • graft,
  • colonize,
  • protected,
  • abandon,
  • appear unexpectedly,
  • trice up,
  • foundation,
  • tag,
  • ineradicable,
  • appear,
  • immobilize,
  • moorings,
  • lacing,
  • get back,
  • provision,
  • blue chip,
  • go along,
  • outspan,
  • start-up,
  • found,
  • fortify,
  • under cover,
  • straitjacket,
  • in safety,
  • stopover,
  • shank,
  • unruffled,
  • draw,
  • stability,
  • populate,
  • expedients,
  • Anchored,
  • live at,
  • gumption,
  • tethered,
  • inspan,
  • evacuate,
  • calm,
  • drop in,
  • silent,
  • newsreader,
  • unscathed,
  • debark,
  • quiescent,
  • entrain,
  • de-orbit,
  • take leave,
  • vertebral column,
  • disappear,
  • cast-off,
  • base,
  • quarantine,
  • cat stopper,
  • drogue,
  • fork,
  • restrain,
  • stationary,
  • flit,
  • safety,
  • preserve,
  • hawsepipe,
  • precaution,
  • firmly established,
  • run aground,
  • master of ceremonies,
  • lay to,
  • crop up,
  • unmolested,
  • tighten up,
  • rest,
  • trammel,
  • hamper,
  • corrugated fastener,
  • perch,
  • machinery,
  • mud hook,
  • take up residence,
  • erect,
  • settle,
  • put in irons,
  • bravery,
  • be located,
  • take breath,
  • vamoose,
  • found on,
  • roost,
  • spinal column,
  • ratchet,
  • embed,
  • vacate,
  • ways and means,
  • hobble,
  • Defended,
  • cataleptic,
  • keep house,
  • anchorage,
  • billet at,
  • annexe,
  • money,
  • Kedge,
  • quiet,
  • establish oneself,
  • sleeping,
  • picket,
  • fix firmly,
  • quit,
  • tailpiece,
  • lie to,
  • grapple,
  • manacle,
  • standby,
  • unharmed,
  • discontinue,
  • killick,
  • annex,
  • sportscaster,
  • stock,
  • burrow,
  • headstone,
  • engraft,
  • Trennel,
  • inactive,
  • Corking pin,
  • locate,
  • holdfast,
  • dismount,
  • domesticate,
  • strand,
  • come back,
  • shackle,
  • sheet anchor,
  • wherewithal,
  • buttress,
  • inhabit,
  • heave to,
  • bring to,
  • Terret,
  • tarry,
  • on a rock,
  • still,
  • tether,
  • protection,
  • knit,
  • Vamose,
  • affix,
  • obstinate,
  • couple,
  • pillar,
  • courage,
  • retire,
  • vegetative,
  • rope,
  • reliance,
  • above water,
  • hopple,
  • remain,
  • restful,
  • stagnant,
  • sure,
  • squat,
  • park,
  • bowels,
  • set up shop,
  • moxie,
  • spring,
  • preparation,
  • spine,
  • Vegetating,
  • mushroom anchor,
  • standing still,
  • mark time,
  • grappling iron,
  • put into,
  • embark,
  • bind,
  • Resources,
  • at anchor,
  • treenail,
  • Gyve,
  • hive,
  • screw,
  • back,
  • build,
  • immovable,
  • lash,
  • make sure,
  • be present,
  • put together,
  • unmoved,
  • pin down,
  • sedentary,
  • pause,
  • camp,
  • make one's exit,
  • peg down,
  • come up,
  • peg,
  • decamp,
  • capital,
  • out of danger,
  • unite,
  • nest,
  • light,
  • ingress,
  • come in,
  • tighten,
  • settle down,
  • withdraw,
  • untraveled,
  • batten,
  • stop short,
  • remove,
  • Latchet,
  • stop,
  • Chapelet,
  • hog-tie,
  • loom up,
  • mooring,
  • stake,
  • bridle,
  • deep-rooted,
  • conveniences,
  • fluke,
  • means,
  • Unthreatened,
  • quarter,
  • rachis,
  • undisturbed,
  • stabilizer,
  • sew,
  • principal support,
  • take ship,
  • cramp iron,
  • slip,
  • get under way,
  • avoid,
  • put to,
  • in security,
  • tooth,
  • visit,
  • Moveless,
  • abscond,
  • thorn,
  • bulwark,
  • derive,
  • billet,
  • post,
  • confidence,
  • handcuff,
  • halt,
  • stick,
  • take wing,
  • undercoat,
  • braze,
  • detent,
  • stand,
  • go aboard,
  • fetter,
  • guts,
  • safe,
  • bid goodbye,
  • tense,
  • becalmed,
  • fit,
  • alight,
  • weatherman.

Paraphrases for Anchor:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    Anchoring.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Anchoring.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Anchoring.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    brighter, finest, best, better.
  • Proper noun, singular
    notes.
  • Noun, plural
    Foundations, ties, notes.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    backbone, factor, attachment, foundation.
  • Verb, base form
    lay, consolidate.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    Cribbing, anchorage, wetting.
  • Proper noun, singular
    anchorage, anchorages, announcer.
  • Noun, plural
    anchorages.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Cribbing, anchorage, announcer, cornerstone, moderator, mainstay, bookmark, pillar, foothold.
  • Verb, base form
    ground, entrench, enshrine, incorporate, establish, cement.

Antonyms for Anchor:

• n.

  • something used to hold another thing securely
    hurt, injury, harm, release.

• v.

  • hold, be held securely
    detach, loose, lose, disconnect, loosen, unfasten, let go.

Homophones for Anchor:

• announcer, anger, Anker, angry, angora, ankara, anser, amicus curiae, answerer, anshar, angara, answer.

Holonyms for Anchor:

• n.

  • artifact
    vessel, watercraft.

Hypernym for Anchor:

• n.

  • artifact
    mooring anchor, grapnel anchor, mushroom anchor, waist anchor, sheet anchor, grapnel.

Hyponym for Anchor:

• n.

  • artifact
    claw, hook.

• v.

  • contact
    fix, secure, fasten.

Meronym for Anchor:

• n.

  • artifact
    fluke, shank, flue, stem.