What are the opposite words for loosen?
Loosen can be defined as to make something less tight, strict, or firm. In contrast, its antonym can be the word tighten which means to make something firmer or tighter. It can also mean to restrict or control something strictly. Other antonyms of "loosen" include fasten, secure, fix, clench, or grip. Loosen has a multitude of opposite meanings depending on the context, for example, increase (as in tension), control (as in discipline), tie (as in bound). We use antonyms to express the opposite of a word, and they help us understand the meaning of the text and the speaker's intention.
-
contract
- constringe,
- draw in,
- grow less,
- became smaller,
- become smaller,
- becomes smaller,
- becoming smaller,
- de cline,
- de clines,
- de-cline,
- de-clines,
- drawing in,
- draws in,
- drew in,
- falls away,
- fell away,
- grew less,
- growing less,
- grows less,
- re cedes,
- re ceding,
- re-cede,
- re-ceded,
- re-cedes,
- re-ceding,
- sub side,
- sub sided,
- sub sides,
- sub-sides.
- attach
-
join
- agglutinate,
- Agglutinated,
- Agglutinating,
- Coadunate,
- Concreted,
- Concreting,
- lumped together,
- inter-mix,
- agglutinates,
- coadunated,
- coadunates,
- coadunating,
- concretes,
- inter lace,
- inter laced,
- inter laces,
- inter lacing,
- inter mix,
- inter mixed,
- inter mixes,
- inter mixing,
- inter-lace,
- inter-laced,
- inter-laces,
- inter-lacing,
- inter-mixed,
- inter-mixes,
- inter-mixing,
- lump together,
- lumps together.
- change
- cohere
-
promise
- live up to,
- mortgaged,
- Mortgaging,
- asservate,
- asservated,
- asservates,
- asservating,
- cross heart,
- crossed heart,
- crosses heart,
- crossing heart,
- de clare,
- de clares,
- de-clare,
- de-clares,
- in sure,
- in-sure,
- live to,
- living to,
- living up to,
- pro fess,
- pro fesses,
- pro mise,
- pro mises,
- pro-fess,
- pro-fesses,
- pro-mise,
- pro-mises,
- said so,
- say so,
- saying so,
- says so,
- sub scribe,
- sub scribed,
- sub scribes,
- sub scribing,
- sub-scribed,
- sub-scribes,
- sub-scribing,
- sware and down,
- sware bible,
- sware down,
- sware up and down,
- sware up down,
- swear and down,
- swear down,
- swear on bible,
- swear up and down,
- swear up down,
- swearing and down,
- swearing bible,
- swearing down,
- swearing on bible,
- swearing up and down,
- swearing up down,
- swears and down,
- swears bible,
- swears down,
- swears on bible,
- swears up and down,
- swore and down,
- swore bible,
- swore down,
- swore on bible,
- swore up and down,
- swore up down,
- take an oath,
- take oath,
- takes an oath,
- taking an oath,
- taking oath,
- took oath,
- under write,
- under writes,
- under writing,
- under written,
- under wrote,
- under-write,
- under-writes,
- under-writing,
- under-written,
- under-wrote.
-
combine
- bunch up,
- conjoin,
- conjugate,
- interface,
- throw together,
- Coadjuting,
- co-operate,
- co-operated,
- co-operates,
- co-operating,
- interfaces,
- interfacing,
- plug into,
- tie up with,
- bunched up,
- bunches up,
- bunching up,
- co operate,
- co operated,
- co operates,
- co operating,
- coadjute,
- coadjuted,
- coadjutes,
- glue oneself to,
- glue to,
- glued oneself to,
- glued to,
- glues oneself to,
- glues to,
- gluing to,
- inter face,
- inter faced,
- inter faces,
- inter facing,
- inter-face,
- inter-faced,
- inter-faces,
- interfaced,
- plug in to,
- plugging in to,
- plugging into,
- plugs in to,
- plugs into,
- stand with,
- standing with,
- stands in with,
- stood in with,
- team with,
- teamed up with,
- teamed with,
- teaming up with,
- teaming with,
- teams with,
- threw in together,
- threw together,
- throwing in together,
- throwing together,
- throws in together,
- throws together,
- tying up with.
- apply
- support
- hinder
-
close
- buttoned,
- come together,
- coming together,
- corked,
- corking,
- shut,
- shuttered,
- Buttoning,
- Inclosed,
- Inclosing,
- put to,
- came together,
- comes together,
- in close,
- in closed,
- in-close,
- in-closes,
- incloses,
- prevent passage,
- prevented passage,
- preventing passage,
- prevents passage,
- puts to,
- putting to,
- retard flow,
- retarded flow,
- retarding flow,
- shuttering.
- fasten
-
marry
- drop anchor,
- get married,
- Ones,
- settled down,
- settling down,
- settles down,
- get hitched,
- plight troth,
- became one,
- become one,
- becomes one,
- becoming one,
- dropped anchor,
- dropping anchor,
- drops anchor,
- dropt anchor,
- gat hitched,
- gat married,
- gets married,
- getting hitched,
- getting married,
- got hitched,
- got married,
- gotten hitched,
- gotten married,
- lead altar,
- lead to altar,
- leading altar,
- leading to altar,
- leads altar,
- leads to altar,
- led altar,
- led to altar,
- oned,
- oning,
- plight one troth,
- plight one's troth,
- plight ones troth,
- plighted one troth,
- plighted ones troth,
- plighted troth,
- plighting one troth,
- plighting one's troth,
- plighting ones troth,
- plights one troth,
- plights one's troth,
- plights ones troth,
- plights troth,
- take vows,
- takes vows,
- taking vows,
- tie knot,
- took vows,
- walked down aisle,
- walking down aisle,
- walks down aisle.
-
restrain
- choke back,
- crack down,
- keep down,
- keep in line,
- pull back,
- shackle,
- tie down,
- tied down,
- tying down,
- ties down,
- sit on,
- pulling back,
- sitting on,
- choked back,
- chokes back,
- choking back,
- cracked down,
- cracking down,
- cracks down,
- keep line,
- keeping down,
- keeping in line,
- keeping line,
- keeps down,
- keeps in line,
- keeps line,
- kept down,
- kept line,
- pro scribe,
- pro scribed,
- pro scribes,
- pro scribing,
- pro-scribe,
- pro-scribed,
- pulled back,
- re strain,
- re strained,
- re straining,
- re strains,
- re-strain,
- re-strained,
- re-straining,
- re-strains,
- sate on,
- sits on.
-
hang
- beetle,
- beetling,
- stay up,
- Beetled,
- beetles,
- am fastened,
- am loose,
- am pendent,
- am poised,
- are fastened,
- are in mid air,
- are in mid-air,
- are in midair,
- are pendent,
- are poised,
- art fastened,
- art in mid air,
- art in mid-air,
- art in midair,
- art loose,
- art mid air,
- art mid-air,
- art midair,
- art pendent,
- art poised,
- be fastened,
- be in mid air,
- be in mid-air,
- be in midair,
- be loose,
- be mid air,
- be mid-air,
- be midair,
- be pendent,
- be poised,
- being fastened,
- being in mid air,
- being in mid-air,
- being in midair,
- being loose,
- being mid air,
- being mid-air,
- being midair,
- being pendent,
- being poised,
- de pend,
- de pended,
- de pending,
- de pends,
- de-pend,
- de-pended,
- de-pending,
- de-pends,
- in cline,
- in clines,
- in-cline,
- in-clines,
- is in mid air,
- is in mid-air,
- is in midair,
- is loose,
- is mid air,
- is mid-air,
- is midair,
- is pendent,
- is poised,
- over hangs,
- over-hanging,
- re main,
- re mained,
- re maining,
- re mains,
- re sting,
- re-main,
- re-mains,
- re-sting,
- staid up,
- staying up,
- stays up,
- was fastened,
- was in mid air,
- was in mid-air,
- was in midair,
- was loose,
- was mid air,
- was mid-air,
- was pendent,
- was poised,
- wast in mid air,
- wast in mid-air,
- wast in midair,
- wast loose,
- wast mid-air,
- wast pendent,
- wast poised,
- were fastened,
- were in mid air,
- were in mid-air,
- were in midair,
- were loose,
- were mid-air,
- were midair,
- were pendent,
- were poised,
- wert fastened,
- wert in mid air,
- wert in mid-air,
- wert in midair,
- wert loose,
- wert mid air,
- wert mid-air,
- wert midair,
- wert poised.
-
stabilize
- counterpoised,
- firm up,
- Ballasted,
- Ballasting,
- Counterpoising,
- Stabilitate,
- counter-balance,
- counter balance,
- counter balanced,
- counter balances,
- counter balancing,
- counter poise,
- counter poised,
- counter poises,
- counter poising,
- counter-balanced,
- counter-balances,
- counter-balancing,
- counter-poise,
- counter-poised,
- counter-poises,
- counter-poising,
- firmed up,
- firming up,
- pre serve,
- pre served,
- pre serves,
- pre serving,
- pre-served,
- pre-serves,
- pre-serving,
- stabilitated,
- stabilitating.
-
tie
- deadlocked,
- even up,
- immobilize,
- measure up,
- splice,
- be even,
- am a par,
- am even,
- am neck and neck,
- am neck neck,
- am on a par,
- am on par,
- am par,
- are a par,
- are even,
- are on a par,
- are on par,
- are par,
- art a par,
- art neck and neck,
- art neck neck,
- art par,
- be a par,
- be neck and neck,
- be neck neck,
- be on a par,
- be on par,
- be par,
- being a par,
- being even,
- being neck and neck,
- being neck neck,
- being on a par,
- being on par,
- being par,
- deadlocking,
- evened up,
- evening up,
- evens up,
- is a par,
- is even,
- is neck and neck,
- is neck neck,
- is on a par,
- is on par,
- is par,
- keep with,
- keeping up with,
- keeping with,
- keeps up with,
- keeps with,
- kept with,
- made a bow,
- made a hitch,
- made a knot,
- made bow,
- made hitch,
- made knot,
- make a bow,
- make a hitch,
- make a knot,
- make bow,
- make hitch,
- make knot,
- makes a bow,
- makes a hitch,
- makes a knot,
- makes bow,
- makes hitch,
- makes knot,
- making a bow,
- making a hitch,
- making a knot,
- making bow,
- making hitch,
- making knot,
- measured up,
- measures up,
- measuring up,
- was even,
- was neck and neck,
- was neck neck,
- was on par,
- was par,
- wast a par,
- wast even,
- wast neck and neck,
- wast neck neck,
- wast on a par,
- wast on par,
- wast par,
- were a par,
- were even,
- were neck and neck,
- were neck neck,
- were on a par,
- were par,
- wert a par,
- wert even,
- wert neck and neck,
- wert neck neck,
- wert on a par,
- wert on par,
- wert par.
- harden
- tighten
- abridge
-
adhere
- glued,
- hold fast,
- stay put,
- Gluing,
- stand by,
- cleave to,
- standing by,
- be devoted to,
- am attached,
- am constant,
- am devoted,
- am devoted to,
- am faithful,
- am loyal,
- am true,
- be faithful,
- be loyal,
- are attached,
- are constant,
- are devoted,
- are devoted to,
- are faithful,
- are true,
- art attached,
- art constant,
- art devoted,
- art devoted to,
- art loyal,
- art true,
- be attached,
- be constant,
- be devoted,
- be true,
- being attached,
- being constant,
- being devoted,
- being devoted to,
- being faithful,
- being loyal,
- being true,
- clave to,
- cleaved to,
- cleaves to,
- cleaving to,
- cleft to,
- cling like ivy,
- clinging like ivy,
- clings like ivy,
- clove to,
- clung like ivy,
- freeze to,
- freezes to,
- freezing to,
- froze to,
- held fast,
- held like bulldog,
- held on like bulldog,
- hold like bulldog,
- hold on like bulldog,
- holding fast,
- holding like bulldog,
- holding on like bulldog,
- holds fast,
- holds like bulldog,
- holds on like bulldog,
- is attached,
- is constant,
- is devoted,
- is devoted to,
- is faithful,
- is loyal,
- is true,
- re spect,
- re spects,
- re-spect,
- re-spects,
- staid put,
- stands by,
- stayed put,
- staying put,
- stays put,
- stick like a barnacle,
- stick like glue,
- sticked like a barnacle,
- sticked like barnacle,
- sticked like glue,
- sticking like a barnacle,
- sticking like barnacle,
- sticking like glue,
- sticks like a barnacle,
- sticks like barnacle,
- sticks like glue,
- stood by,
- stuck like a barnacle,
- stuck like barnacle,
- stuck like glue,
- was attached,
- was constant,
- was devoted,
- was devoted to,
- was faithful,
- was true,
- wast attached,
- wast constant,
- wast devoted,
- wast devoted to,
- wast faithful,
- wast loyal,
- wast true,
- were attached,
- were constant,
- were devoted,
- were devoted to,
- were faithful,
- were loyal,
- were true,
- wert attached,
- wert constant,
- wert devoted,
- wert devoted to,
- wert faithful,
- wert loyal,
- wert true.
- attach to
-
bar
- blockaded,
- blockading,
- caulk,
- caulked,
- deadbolt,
- keep out,
- trammel,
- walled,
- Diked,
- Diking,
- Walling,
- caulks,
- caulking,
- kept out,
- over-ride,
- de bar,
- de barred,
- de barring,
- de bars,
- de-bar,
- de-barred,
- de-barring,
- de-bars,
- deadbolted,
- deadbolting,
- deadbolts,
- dis allow,
- dis allowed,
- dis allowing,
- dis allows,
- dis countenance,
- dis countenanced,
- dis countenances,
- dis countenancing,
- dis courage,
- dis courages,
- dis-allow,
- dis-allowed,
- dis-allowing,
- dis-allows,
- dis-countenance,
- dis-countenanced,
- dis-countenances,
- dis-countenancing,
- dis-courage,
- dis-courages,
- ex cept,
- ex-cept,
- freeze out,
- freezes out,
- freezing out,
- inter dict,
- inter fere,
- inter feres,
- inter-dict,
- inter-fere,
- inter-feres,
- keeping out,
- keeps out,
- out lawed,
- out lawing,
- out-lawed,
- over ridden,
- over ride,
- over rides,
- over riding,
- over rode,
- over-ridden,
- over-rides,
- over-riding,
- over-rode,
- pre vent,
- pre venting,
- pre vents,
- pre-vent,
- pre-vented,
- pre-venting,
- pre-vents,
- re fuse,
- re fused,
- re fuses,
- re fusing,
- re-fuse,
- re-fused.
- batten
-
bind
- encase,
- enchain,
- enchained,
- hobble,
- lock up,
- peg down,
- pin down,
- pinion,
- pinioned,
- roping,
- trussed,
- Enfetter,
- Indenturing,
- Manacled,
- Manacling,
- Pinioning,
- Roped,
- Trussing,
- Cinched,
- Cinching,
- encasing,
- encases,
- locked up,
- pinions,
- locking up,
- enchains,
- enchaining,
- pinning down,
- enfettered,
- enfettering,
- enfetters,
- in denture,
- in dentures,
- in-denture,
- in-dentures,
- pegged down,
- pegging down,
- pegs down,
- pinned down,
- pins down,
- pre scribe,
- pre scribing,
- pre-scribe,
- pre-scribed,
- pre-scribes,
- pre-scribing,
- put lock on,
- puts half nelson on,
- puts lock on,
- putting half nelson on,
- putting lock on,
- re quire,
- re quired,
- re quires,
- re quiring,
- re-quire,
- re-quired,
- re-quires,
- re-quiring.
- bond
- brace
- bundle
-
catch
- gloved,
- prehend,
- take hold of,
- Gloving,
- Lassoed,
- Lassoing,
- Copped,
- copping,
- lay hold of,
- laying hold of,
- gat fingers on,
- gat one fingers on,
- gat one's fingers on,
- gat ones fingers on,
- get one's fingers on,
- get ones fingers on,
- gets fingers on,
- gets one fingers on,
- gets one's fingers on,
- gets ones fingers on,
- getting fingers on,
- getting one fingers on,
- getting one's fingers on,
- getting ones fingers on,
- got fingers on,
- got one fingers on,
- got one's fingers on,
- gotten fingers on,
- gotten one fingers on,
- gotten one's fingers on,
- laid hold of,
- lays hold of,
- pounce on,
- pounced on,
- pounces on,
- prehended,
- prehending,
- prehends,
- takes hold of,
- taking hold of,
- took hold of.
- choke
- clench
-
coalesce
- hook up with,
- Bracketed,
- Bracketing,
- join with,
- tie in with,
- hook with,
- hooked with,
- hooking up with,
- hooks up with,
- hooks with,
- in corporate,
- in corporates,
- in-corporate,
- in-corporates,
- join up with,
- joined up with,
- joined with,
- joining with,
- joins up with,
- joins with,
- re late,
- re-lated,
- tie with,
- tied in with,
- tied with,
- ties in with,
- ties with,
- tying in with,
- tying with.
-
compress
- boil down,
- squash,
- syncopate,
- syncopated,
- telescope,
- telescoped,
- wedge,
- Telescoping,
- Wedging,
- Squashing,
- Syncopating,
- telescopes,
- syncopates,
- make brief,
- press together,
- boiled down,
- boiling down,
- boils down,
- de crease,
- de creased,
- de creases,
- de creasing,
- de hydrate,
- de hydrated,
- de hydrates,
- de hydrating,
- de-crease,
- de-creased,
- de-creases,
- de-creasing,
- de-hydrate,
- de-hydrated,
- de-hydrates,
- de-hydrating,
- densen,
- densened,
- densening,
- densens,
- densified,
- densifies,
- densify,
- densifying,
- force in to space,
- force into space,
- forced in to space,
- forced into space,
- forces in to space,
- forces into space,
- forcing in to space,
- forcing into space,
- made brief,
- makes brief,
- making brief,
- pressed together,
- presses together,
- pressing together,
- re duce,
- re duces,
- re-duce,
- re-duces,
- tele scoped,
- tele scoping,
- tele-scoped,
- tele-scoping.
-
concentrate
- agglomerated,
- focalize,
- forgather,
- heap up,
- zero in,
- Agglomerating,
- Focalized,
- Focalizing,
- Massing,
- Conglomerated,
- Conglomerating,
- forgathering,
- focalizes,
- forgathers,
- forgathered,
- gat to meat,
- gat to the meat,
- get meat,
- get the meat,
- get to the meat,
- gets meat,
- gets the meat,
- gets to meat,
- gets to the meat,
- getting meat,
- getting the meat,
- getting to meat,
- getting to the meat,
- got meat,
- got the meat,
- got to meat,
- got to the meat,
- gotten meat,
- gotten the meat,
- gotten to meat,
- heaped up,
- heaping up,
- zeroed in,
- zeroing in.
-
condense
- contract,
- decoct,
- inventorying,
- summate,
- Decocted,
- Decocting,
- Inventoried,
- Summed,
- Summing,
- decocts,
- summating,
- summated,
- put in a nutshell,
- blue pencil,
- blue penciled,
- blue penciling,
- blue pencilled,
- blue pencilling,
- blue pencils,
- put a nutshell,
- put in nutshell,
- put nutshell,
- puts a nutshell,
- puts in a nutshell,
- puts in nutshell,
- putting a nutshell,
- putting in a nutshell,
- putting in nutshell,
- putting nutshell,
- summates.
-
confine
- cool down,
- hem in,
- iced,
- interned,
- interning,
- send up,
- put on ice,
- sent up,
- cooled down,
- cooling down,
- cools down,
- de limit,
- de limited,
- de limiting,
- de limits,
- de-limit,
- de-limited,
- de-limiting,
- de-limits,
- in tern,
- in terns,
- in-tern,
- in-terns,
- put a lid on,
- put ice,
- put lid on,
- puts a lid on,
- puts ice,
- puts on ice,
- putting a lid on,
- putting ice,
- putting lid on,
- putting on ice,
- re press,
- re pressed,
- re presses,
- re pressing,
- re-presses,
- re-pressing,
- sending up,
- sends up.
-
constrain
- concuss,
- cool off,
- hold in,
- pressurize,
- pressurized,
- shotgun,
- Shotguns,
- pressurizing,
- concussing,
- concussed,
- concusses,
- held down,
- held in,
- holding down,
- cooled off,
- cooling off,
- cools off,
- hold down,
- holding in,
- holds down,
- holds in,
- keep lid on,
- keeping lid on,
- kept lid on,
- shotgunned,
- shotgunning,
- with held,
- with hold,
- with holding,
- with holds,
- with-held,
- with-hold,
- with-holds.
- cramp
-
curb
- box in,
- rein in,
- Bitted,
- Bitting,
- reined in,
- boxed in,
- boxes in,
- boxing in,
- bring screeching halt,
- bring to screeching halt,
- bringing screeching halt,
- bringing to screeching halt,
- brings screeching halt,
- brings to screeching halt,
- brought screeching halt,
- brought to screeching halt,
- co oked,
- co oking,
- co-oked,
- co-oking,
- keep tight rein on,
- keeps tight rein on,
- kept tight rein on,
- reining in,
- reins in,
- sub due,
- sub dues,
- sub-due,
- sub-dues.
-
engage
- affiance,
- Affiancing,
- affiances,
- give ones word,
- give word,
- be troth,
- be troths,
- be-troth,
- be-troths,
- gave one's word,
- gave ones word,
- gave word,
- give one word,
- give one's word,
- gives one word,
- gives ones word,
- gives word,
- giving one's word,
- giving ones word,
- giving word,
- trothed,
- trothing,
- under take,
- under taken,
- under takes,
- under taking,
- under took,
- under-taken,
- under-takes,
- under-taking.
- fix
-
hamper
- drag one's feet,
- handcuff,
- hog-tie,
- slow down,
- interfere with,
- interfering with,
- interfered with,
- slowed down,
- slowing down,
- cramp one style,
- cramp one's style,
- cramp ones style,
- cramp style,
- cramped one style,
- cramped one's style,
- cramped ones style,
- cramped style,
- cramping one style,
- cramping one's style,
- cramping ones style,
- cramping style,
- cramps one style,
- cramps one's style,
- cramps ones style,
- cramps style,
- drag one feet,
- drag ones feet,
- dragged one feet,
- dragged one's feet,
- dragged ones feet,
- dragging one feet,
- dragging one's feet,
- dragging ones feet,
- drags one feet,
- drags one's feet,
- drags ones feet,
- gat in the way,
- gat in way,
- gat the way,
- gat way,
- get in the way,
- get in way,
- get the way,
- gets in the way,
- gets in way,
- gets way,
- getting in the way,
- getting in way,
- getting the way,
- getting way,
- got in the way,
- got in way,
- got the way,
- got way,
- gotten in the way,
- gotten in way,
- gotten the way,
- in conveniences,
- in-convenience,
- in-conveniences,
- interferes with,
- slows down,
- tie hands,
- tie one hands,
- tie one's hands,
- tie ones hands,
- tied hands,
- tied one hands,
- tied one's hands,
- tied ones hands,
- ties hands,
- ties one hands,
- ties one's hands,
- ties ones hands,
- tying hands,
- tying one hands,
- tying ones hands.
-
harness
- saddled,
- Saddling,
- making productive,
- made productive,
- makes productive,
- out fit,
- out fits,
- out fitted,
- out fitting,
- out-fit,
- out-fits,
- out-fitted,
- out-fitting,
- put harness,
- put in harness,
- puts harness,
- puts in harness,
- putting harness,
- putting in harness,
- render useful,
- rendered useful,
- rendering useful,
- renders useful.
- hold
- indurate
- infix
-
intertwine
- knit.
- link
- nail
- plaster
- seal
-
secure
- batten down,
- get hold of,
- make sure,
- padlock,
- Padlocked,
- Padlocking,
- accessed,
- accessing,
- battened down,
- battening down,
- battens down,
- button down,
- buttoned down,
- buttoning down,
- buttons down,
- de fend,
- de fended,
- de fending,
- de fends,
- de-fend,
- de-fended,
- de-fending,
- de-fends,
- gat hold of,
- gets hold of,
- getting hold of,
- got hold of,
- gotten hold of,
- made sure,
- makes sure,
- padlocks,
- pro cure,
- pro cured,
- pro cures,
- pro curing,
- pro-cure,
- pro-cured,
- pro-cures,
- pro-curing.
- shrink
- tag
-
tape
- audiotape,
- tape record,
- tape recording,
- videotape,
- Audiotapes,
- Videotapes,
- videotaping,
- videotaped,
- hold together,
- held together,
- audio tape,
- audio taped,
- audio tapes,
- audio taping,
- audio-tape,
- audio-taped,
- audio-tapes,
- audio-taping,
- audiotaped,
- audiotaping,
- holding together,
- holds together,
- made a tape,
- made tape,
- make a tape,
- makes a tape,
- makes tape,
- making a tape,
- making tape,
- tape recorded,
- tape records,
- tape-record,
- tape-recording,
- tape-records,
- taperecord,
- taperecorded,
- taperecording,
- taperecords,
- videoed,
- videoing.
- tauten
-
withstand
- remain firm,
- ride out,
- stand fast,
- stand firm,
- Dueling,
- stood fast,
- stands firm,
- standing fast,
- dueled,
- prevail against,
- stand up to,
- grapple with,
- stand against,
- duelling,
- stand up against,
- stuck fast,
- stand one's ground,
- duelled,
- flew face of,
- flew in face of,
- flew in the face of,
- flew the face of,
- flies face of,
- flies in the face of,
- flies the face of,
- fly face of,
- fly in face of,
- fly the face of,
- flying face of,
- flying in face of,
- flying the face of,
- grappled with,
- grapples with,
- hold ground,
- hold ones ground,
- prevailed against,
- prevailing against,
- prevails against,
- put struggle,
- put up struggle,
- puts up struggle,
- putting struggle,
- putting up struggle,
- remaining firm,
- remains firm,
- rid out,
- rides out,
- riding out,
- rode out,
- sat take it,
- sate and take it,
- sate take it,
- sit and take it,
- sit take it,
- sits and take it,
- sits take it,
- sitting and take it,
- stand ground,
- stand ones ground,
- stand to,
- standing against,
- standing ground,
- standing one ground,
- standing ones ground,
- standing to,
- standing up against,
- standing up to,
- stands against,
- stands ground,
- stands one ground,
- stands one's ground,
- stands ones ground,
- stands to,
- stands up against,
- stands up to,
- stick fast,
- sticked fast,
- sticks fast,
- stood ground,
- stood one ground,
- stood one's ground,
- stood ones ground,
- stood to,
- stood up against,
- stood up to,
- winning out,
- wins out,
- with stand,
- with standing,
- with stands,
- with stood,
- with-stand,
- with-standing,
- with-stands.
-
wrap
- bundle up,
- gift wrapping,
- roll up,
- shrouding,
- Shrouded,
- gift-wrapped,
- bundled up,
- bundles up,
- bundling up,
- gift wrapped,
- gift-wrap,
- gift-wrapping,
- gift-wraps,
- gift-wrapt,
- giftwrap,
- giftwrapped,
- giftwraps,
- giftwrapt,
- in vest,
- in vested,
- in vests,
- in-vest,
- in-vested,
- in-vesting,
- in-vests,
- rolling up,
- rolls up.
- affix
- anchor
- annex
-
arrest
- Gaffed,
- Gaffing,
- gloms,
- glommed,
- gaffs,
- tabbed,
- tabbing,
- take prisoner,
- de tain,
- de tains,
- de-tain,
- de-tains,
- put arm on,
- put cuffs on,
- put the cuffs on,
- puts arm on,
- puts cuffs on,
- puts the arm on,
- puts the cuffs on,
- putting arm on,
- putting cuffs on,
- putting the arm on,
- putting the cuffs on,
- taking prisoner,
- took prisoner,
- toss jail,
- tossed in jail,
- tossed jail,
- tosses in jail,
- tosses jail,
- tossing in jail,
- tossing jail,
- tost in jail,
- tost jail.
- asphyxiate
-
bolt
- take flight,
- Scarfed,
- Scarfing,
- flighting,
- kiss goodbye,
- step on it,
- run out on,
- running out on,
- make tracks,
- in hale,
- in haled,
- in hales,
- in haling,
- in-hale,
- in-haled,
- in-hales,
- in-haling,
- kissed goodbye,
- kisses goodbye,
- kissing goodbye,
- leave flat,
- leave high dry,
- leave holding bag,
- leave holding the bag,
- leave lurch,
- leaved flat,
- leaved high and dry,
- leaved holding the bag,
- leaves flat,
- leaves holding bag,
- leaves holding the bag,
- leaving flat,
- leaving high and dry,
- leaving high dry,
- leaving holding bag,
- leaving holding the bag,
- left flat,
- left high and dry,
- left high dry,
- left holding bag,
- made a break for it,
- made break for it,
- made tracks,
- make a break for it,
- makes a break for it,
- makes break for it,
- makes tracks,
- making a break for it,
- making tracks,
- ran like scared rabbit,
- ran out on,
- run like scared rabbit,
- running like scared rabbit,
- runs like scared rabbit,
- step it,
- stepped it,
- stepped on it,
- stepping it,
- steps it,
- steps on it,
- swallow whole,
- swallowed whole,
- swallowing whole,
- swallows whole,
- takes flight,
- taking flight.
- cement
- clasp
- clinch
- cling
- clog
- clutch
-
coagulate
- jell.
-
connect
- consociate,
- get into,
- link,
- Allying,
- tie in,
- Consociated,
- Consociating,
- came aboard,
- come aboard,
- comes aboard,
- coming aboard,
- consociates,
- gat in to,
- gat into,
- get in to,
- gets in to,
- gets into,
- getting into,
- got in to,
- got into,
- gotten into,
- meld with,
- melded with,
- melds with,
- network with,
- networked with,
- networking with,
- networks with,
- tied in,
- tying in.
- constrict
-
establish
- domiciliate,
- set down,
- Domiciliated,
- Domiciliating,
- setting down,
- sets down,
- ring in,
- de cree,
- de creed,
- de crees,
- de-cree,
- de-creed,
- de-crees,
- domiciliates,
- end owed,
- end owing,
- end-owed,
- end-owing,
- in stalled,
- in stalling,
- in-stall,
- in-stalled,
- in-stalling,
- laid foundation,
- lay foundation,
- lays foundation,
- pro vide,
- pro vided,
- pro vides,
- pro viding,
- pro-vide,
- pro-vided,
- pro-vides,
- pro-viding,
- rang in,
- ringed in,
- ringing in,
- start ball rolling,
- starting ball rolling,
- starts ball rolling.
-
extort
- shake down,
- ex act,
- ex acting,
- ex acts,
- ex tort,
- ex torts,
- ex tract,
- ex-act,
- ex-acted,
- ex-acting,
- ex-tort,
- ex-torts,
- ex-tract,
- ex-tracts,
- made pay through nose,
- make pay through nose,
- makes pay through nose,
- pull leg,
- pull one leg,
- pull one's leg,
- pull ones leg,
- pulled leg,
- pulled one leg,
- pulled one's leg,
- pulled ones leg,
- pulling leg,
- pulling one leg,
- pulling one's leg,
- pulling ones leg,
- pulls leg,
- pulls one leg,
- pulls ones leg,
- put screws to,
- puts screws to,
- putting screws to,
- shakes down,
- shaking down,
- shook down.
-
fetter
- encumber,
- fettered,
- hang up,
- hold captive,
- drag feet,
- dragged feet,
- dragging feet,
- drags feet,
- hanged up,
- hanging up,
- hangs up,
- held captive,
- holding captive,
- holds captive,
- put straitjacket on,
- puts straitjacket on,
- putting straitjacket on,
- threw monkey wrench in,
- throw monkey wrench in,
- throwing monkey wrench in,
- throws monkey wrench in.
-
fold
- corrugate,
- dog-ear,
- dog-eared,
- double over,
- folding,
- furrowed,
- grooved,
- grooving,
- pleated,
- pleating,
- plicate,
- Cockled,
- Cockling,
- Furrowing,
- Ridging,
- Ruche,
- Ruching,
- Rucked,
- Rucking,
- Corrugating,
- Crisped,
- Crisping,
- corrugates,
- CRISPS,
- ruched,
- dogear,
- doubled over,
- am ruined,
- are ruined,
- art ruined,
- be ruined,
- became insolvent,
- become insolvent,
- becomes insolvent,
- becoming insolvent,
- being ruined,
- dog ear,
- dog eared,
- dog earing,
- dog ears,
- dog-earing,
- dog-ears,
- dogeared,
- dogearing,
- dogears,
- doubles over,
- doubling over,
- go bankrupt,
- go bust,
- go in to chapter 11,
- goes bankrupt,
- goes bust,
- goes in to chapter 11,
- goes into chapter 11,
- going bankrupt,
- going bust,
- inter twine,
- inter twines,
- inter twining,
- inter-twine,
- inter-twined,
- inter-twines,
- inter-twining,
- is ruined,
- over laid,
- over lap,
- over lapping,
- over laying,
- over lays,
- over-laid,
- over-lap,
- over-lapped,
- over-lapping,
- over-laps,
- over-lay,
- over-laying,
- over-lays,
- paupered,
- paupering,
- plicating,
- re plicated,
- re plicates,
- re plicating,
- re-plicate,
- re-plicated,
- re-plicates,
- re-plicating,
- ruches,
- turn under,
- turned under,
- turning under,
- turns under,
- was ruined,
- wast ruined,
- went bankrupt,
- went bust,
- went in to chapter 11,
- went into chapter 11,
- were ruined,
- wert ruined.
- fortify
- gird
- grasp
- handcuff
- hobble
- hook
- immobilize
- inhibit
- jam
- knit
- knot
- lace
- latch
- lock
- obtain
- pack
- pierce
- pucker
-
restrict
- delimitate,
- Prelimit,
- demark,
- de fine,
- de fined,
- de fines,
- de fining,
- de mark,
- de marked,
- de marking,
- de marks,
- de-fine,
- de-fined,
- de-fines,
- de-fining,
- de-mark,
- de-marked,
- de-marking,
- de-marks,
- delimitated,
- delimitates,
- delimitating,
- demarked,
- demarking,
- demarks,
- keep within bounds,
- keep within limits,
- keeping within bounds,
- keeping within limits,
- keeps within bounds,
- keeps within limits,
- kept within bounds,
- kept within limits,
- pre limit,
- pre limited,
- pre-limited,
- pre-limiting,
- pre-limits,
- prelimited,
- prelimiting,
- prelimits,
- re strict,
- re-strict.
-
seize
- carry off,
- take captive,
- carried off,
- spirited away,
- take possession of,
- over-run,
- carries off,
- carrying off,
- catch hold of,
- catches hold of,
- catching hold of,
- caught hold of,
- over come,
- over comes,
- over coming,
- over running,
- over runs,
- over whelm,
- over whelmed,
- over whelming,
- over whelms,
- over-comes,
- over-coming,
- over-runs,
- over-whelm,
- over-whelmed,
- over-whelming,
- over-whelms,
- spiriting away,
- take by storm,
- takes captive,
- takes possession of,
- taking by storm,
- taking captive,
- taking possession of,
- took by storm,
- took possession of.
- shackle
- shut
- snare
- spike
-
stick
- braze,
- get on with,
- hold on,
- plonk,
- Brazed,
- Brazing,
- see through,
- put up with,
- putting up with,
- bear up under,
- grin and bear it,
- am bogged down,
- are bogged down,
- art bogged down,
- bare under,
- bare up under,
- be bogged down,
- bear under,
- beared under,
- beared up under,
- bearing under,
- bearing up under,
- bears under,
- bears up under,
- became embedded,
- became immobilized,
- become embedded,
- become immobilized,
- becomes embedded,
- becomes immobilized,
- becoming embedded,
- becoming immobilized,
- being bogged down,
- bore under,
- bore up under,
- brazes,
- gat on with,
- gat with,
- gets on with,
- gets with,
- getting with,
- got on with,
- got with,
- gotten on with,
- gotten with,
- grin bear it,
- grinned and bear it,
- grinned bear it,
- grinning and bear it,
- grinning bear it,
- grins bear it,
- held on,
- holding on,
- holds on,
- is bogged down,
- plonked,
- plonking,
- plonks,
- put with,
- putting with,
- seeing through,
- sees through,
- stick like barnacle,
- was bogged down,
- wast bogged down,
- were bogged down,
- wert bogged down.
- stiffen
- tack
- tense
-
unite
- join.
-
wither
- atrophied,
- dry up,
- drying up,
- wizen,
- atrophying,
- wizening,
- became stale,
- become stale,
- becomes stale,
- becoming stale,
- de cay,
- de cays,
- de-cay,
- de-cays,
- dis integrate,
- dis integrated,
- dis integrates,
- dis integrating,
- dis-integrate,
- dis-integrated,
- dis-integrates,
- dis-integrating,
- dried up,
- dries up,
- wizens.
- conform to or follow rules exactly
- attach or stick
- set
- hold, be held securely
- put substance on another
- take into authorized custody
- cut off air
- join, fasten
-
secure, usually with a length of material
- bar.
- fasten securely
-
fasten, secure
- bind.
-
run quickly away
- bolt.
-
fasten; stick
- bond.
- consolidate
- accumulate, package
- jell
- ensnare, apprehend
- attach securely, often with sticky material
- manacle in metal
- hinder, restrain
- smother, block
- grab tightly
- hold securely; grab
-
block, hinder
- clog.
- obstruct, seal
- grab, snatch
- blend, come together
- stick to, cling
- connect, integrate
- make condensed
- compact, condense
- gather, collect
- enclose, limit
- combine, link
- combine; make firm
- force; restrain
-
repress, restrict
- curb.
-
enslave
- disenfranchise,
- disenfranchised,
- disfranchise,
- disfranchised,
- Disfranchising,
- shut in,
- Subjected,
- Subjecting,
- disenfranchises,
- disenfranchising,
- put in irons,
- dis enfranchise,
- dis enfranchised,
- dis enfranchises,
- dis enfranchising,
- dis franchise,
- dis franchised,
- dis franchises,
- dis franchising,
- dis-enfranchise,
- dis-enfranchised,
- dis-enfranchises,
- dis-enfranchising,
- dis-franchise,
- dis-franchised,
- dis-franchises,
- dis-franchising,
- disfranchises,
- gat hooks into,
- get hooks in to,
- get hooks into,
- gets hooks in to,
- gets hooks into,
- got hooks into,
- gotten hooks in to,
- gotten hooks into,
- keep under thumb,
- keeping under thumb,
- kept under thumb,
- put irons,
- puts in irons,
- puts irons,
- putting in irons,
- putting irons,
- shuts in,
- shutting in,
- sub jugate.
- promise to marry
- make someone a servant
- set up, organize
- make secure; join together
- tie up, hold
-
establish, make firm
- fix.
-
lay in creases
- fold.
- make strong and secure; add to
-
encircle; strengthen
- gird.
- impede, restrict
-
suspend or be suspended
- hang.
- rein in; control
- endure, bear
- prevent, slow down
- subjoin
- hog-tie
-
have in one's hands, possession; grasp
- hold.
-
grab, catch
- hook.
-
squeeze in; compress
- jam.
-
fasten, intertwine
- lace.
- fasten with lock
-
fasten, clasp
- lock.
- unbind
- clamp
- become husband and wife in legal ceremony
-
fasten, fix with pointed object
- nail.
-
make ready for transport
- pack.
-
attach, hold in place
- pin.
- spread, smear
- give word that something will be done
- draw together; wrinkle
- keep under control; hold back
- confine, limit situation or ability to participate
-
make airtight
- seal.
- grab, take
-
position, place
- set.
- become smaller
- catch, trap
- make or keep in steady state; make resistant to change
- adhere, affix
- make or become harder
-
label; attach label
- tag.
-
stick together with material
- tape.
- droop, decline
-
surround with a covering
- wrap.
-
bond together; join
- yoke.
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
out-
- Antonyms:
- in-, end-.
