Definition for Anchor:

• One of the anchor- shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.

Synonyms for Anchor:

• n.

  •
  • bower,
  • cramp,
  • account.
  •
  • foothold,
  • attach,
  • connect,
  • hold,
  • join,
  • defense,
  • security,
  • staff,
  • safeguard.
  •
  • correspondent,
  • move.
  •
  • front.
  •anchor (noun)
  • anchorman,
  • ground,
  • linchpin,
  • backbone,
  • ground tackle,
  • lynchpin,
  • cast anchor.
  •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.

• v.

  •hold, be held securely (verb)
  • imbed,
  • plant,
  • drop,
  • make port.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • bollard,
  • lifeline,
  • narrator,
  • ballast,
  • canoe,
  • Ahoy,
  • corporation,
  • punt,
  • establishment,
  • mutual,
  • monopoly,
  • goldmine,
  • dj,
  • anchorwoman,
  • boater,
  • broadcaster,
  • affiliate,
  • crutch,
  • televangelist,
  • cartel,
  • predator,
  • castaway,
  • group,
  • confidant,
  • public service,
  • seamanship,
  • narration,
  • enterprise,
  • operation,
  • agency,
  • corp,
  • Rafting,
  • navigation,
  • industry,
  • oar,
  • yachting,
  • narrate,
  • announcer,
  • beach,
  • newscaster,
  • sonar,
  • partnership,
  • acquisition,
  • boating,
  • offshoot,
  • cruise,
  • outfit,
  • competitor,
  • tie up,
  • introduce,
  • lifebelt,
  • company,
  • launch,
  • indie.
  •
  • displacement,
  • franchise,
  • commentator,
  • buoy,
  • panel,
  • trouper,
  • berth,
  • sail,
  • trust,
  • international,
  • hostess.
  •
  • guest,
  • paddle,
  • edit.
  •
  • blade,
  • trim.
  •disembark
  • detrain,
  • put in,
  • deplane,
  • go ashore.
  •entrench
  • ensconce.
  •fasten
  • leash,
  • solder,
  • girth.
  •Other relevant words:
  • deep-rooted,
  • stop short,
  • gravel,
  • base,
  • thorn,
  • erect,
  • fit,
  • comfort,
  • put together,
  • moorings,
  • keystone,
  • bind,
  • lacing,
  • foundation,
  • grappling iron,
  • ingress,
  • headstone,
  • bowels,
  • Anchored,
  • fork,
  • abscond,
  • master of ceremonies,
  • form,
  • vamoose,
  • key,
  • debark,
  • Resources,
  • post,
  • newsreader,
  • batten,
  • braze,
  • courage,
  • vegetative,
  • lay to,
  • burrow,
  • unharmed,
  • consolidate,
  • provision,
  • grapple,
  • go along,
  • tighten up,
  • appear,
  • bivouac,
  • populate,
  • set up shop,
  • establish oneself,
  • revenue,
  • fly,
  • confidence,
  • engraft,
  • blue chip,
  • build,
  • start-up,
  • get under way,
  • camp,
  • evacuate,
  • Entrammel,
  • bravery,
  • weathergirl,
  • heave to,
  • heaven,
  • pawl,
  • lash,
  • couple,
  • remain,
  • hawsepipe,
  • Moveless,
  • make sure,
  • peg down,
  • found on,
  • avoid,
  • bridle,
  • decamp,
  • pillar,
  • hog-tie,
  • unscathed,
  • calm,
  • straitjacket,
  • strike root,
  • Terret,
  • light,
  • take ship,
  • put into,
  • mark time,
  • fetter,
  • protection,
  • unmoved,
  • inveterate,
  • safe,
  • stabilizer,
  • shank,
  • embed,
  • live at,
  • take up residence,
  • detent,
  • picket,
  • locate,
  • stable,
  • precaution,
  • at a standstill,
  • motionless,
  • above water,
  • be located,
  • pause,
  • mooring,
  • holdfast,
  • people,
  • Defended,
  • spring,
  • abandon,
  • stagnant,
  • protected,
  • quit,
  • Gyve,
  • affix,
  • quiet,
  • stay at,
  • quarter,
  • cheek,
  • rest,
  • belay,
  • hive,
  • becalmed,
  • sedentary,
  • root,
  • nest,
  • withdraw,
  • wherewithal,
  • corrugated fastener,
  • in safety,
  • outspan,
  • preserve,
  • spine,
  • Corking pin,
  • undisturbed,
  • trammel,
  • preparation,
  • bring to,
  • retire,
  • embark,
  • encamp,
  • enchain,
  • immovable,
  • ratchet,
  • crop up,
  • capital,
  • lie by,
  • anchorage,
  • safety,
  • Latchet,
  • hobble,
  • squat,
  • return,
  • keep house,
  • tethered,
  • lie to,
  • annex,
  • out of danger,
  • vertebral column,
  • colonize,
  • untraveled,
  • hopple,
  • rachis,
  • visit,
  • buttress,
  • tailpiece,
  • unruffled,
  • Vegetating,
  • tighten,
  • settle down,
  • perch,
  • mud hook,
  • trice up,
  • stock in trade,
  • firmly established,
  • run aground,
  • grit,
  • land,
  • moxie,
  • guts,
  • shackle,
  • rope,
  • means,
  • cramp iron,
  • sleeping,
  • treenail,
  • take flight,
  • sportscaster,
  • sure,
  • drop in,
  • Chapelet,
  • settle,
  • sheet anchor,
  • peg,
  • conveniences,
  • remove,
  • refuge,
  • cast-off,
  • under cover,
  • silent,
  • inactive,
  • stop,
  • establish,
  • tense,
  • Vamose,
  • standing still,
  • armature,
  • come back,
  • hamper,
  • machinery,
  • restrain,
  • killick,
  • Trennel,
  • take leave,
  • tarry,
  • come up,
  • hank,
  • screw,
  • sand,
  • annexe,
  • park,
  • found,
  • appliances,
  • bulwark,
  • mc,
  • immotile,
  • in security,
  • handcuff,
  • Kedge,
  • go aboard,
  • undercoat,
  • standby,
  • aid,
  • take breath,
  • draw,
  • domesticate,
  • fluke,
  • fortify,
  • stock,
  • take root,
  • graft,
  • inspan,
  • cat stopper,
  • reside,
  • on a rock,
  • billet,
  • roost,
  • obstinate,
  • entrain,
  • make one's exit,
  • stick,
  • discontinue,
  • derive,
  • strand,
  • cataleptic,
  • stability,
  • stationary,
  • alight,
  • manacle,
  • immobilize,
  • stake,
  • come home,
  • tooth,
  • come in,
  • slip,
  • expedients,
  • restful,
  • quiescent,
  • quarantine,
  • inhabit,
  • Unthreatened,
  • stay-at-home,
  • put in irons,
  • be present,
  • ineradicable,
  • relocate,
  • news reader,
  • gumption,
  • reliance,
  • tag,
  • de-orbit,
  • Measures,
  • loom up,
  • back,
  • stand,
  • vacate,
  • spinal column,
  • tether,
  • cordon sanitaire,
  • disappear,
  • sew,
  • take wing,
  • knit,
  • money,
  • flit,
  • screw up,
  • unmolested,
  • pin down,
  • still,
  • get back,
  • stopover,
  • put to,
  • dismount,
  • ways and means,
  • unite,
  • prime,
  • drogue,
  • halt,
  • weatherman,
  • panoplied,
  • mushroom anchor,
  • draw up.

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.