What is another word for crank?
145 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ k_ɹ_ˈa_ŋ_k], [ kɹˈaŋk], [ kɹˈaŋk]Table of Contents
Similar words for crank:- all (adjective)
- amphetamine (noun)
- artifact (noun)
- character (noun)
- churl (noun)
- codger (noun)
- crackpot (noun)
- crank (noun)
- eccentric person (noun)
- fanatic (noun)
- grouch (noun)
- handle (noun)
- pep pill (noun)
- persona (noun)
- sourpuss (noun)
- other synonyms
- dogmatist
Definition for Crank:
Synonyms for Crank:
adj.
•all (adjective)n.
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- buffoonery,
- elbow,
- bracket,
- aberration,
- lever,
- arm.
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- bucket,
- bearing,
- chamber,
- ball bearing,
- ancillary,
- button,
- carriage,
- belt,
- camshaft,
- cam,
- misanthrope.
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- perfectionist,
- happy,
- wet blanket,
- diva,
- critic,
- purist,
- stickler,
- hothead,
- shrew,
- scourge,
- GRINCH.
- kook.
- restoratives,
- bennie,
- meths,
- uppie.
Other synonyms:
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- ding-a-ling,
- complainer,
- holder,
- reset,
- brainstorm,
- shenanigans,
- flick,
- flip on,
- tomfoolery,
- stunt,
- eject,
- grease,
- enthusiast,
- weirdie,
- cuckoo,
- frivolity,
- switch on,
- coax,
- loon,
- turn down,
- weirdo,
- work,
- lubricate,
- bellyacher,
- twiddle,
- press,
- trip,
- dingbat,
- antics.
Paraphrases for Crank:
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Independent
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Other Related
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Adjective
crankshaft.
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Proper noun, singular
crankshaft.
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Noun, singular or mass
crankshaft, crankcase, crystal.
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Verb, base form
crankshaft.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Crank:
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v.
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Other antonyms:
sullen, morose, depressed, stable, dour, glum, surly, crestfallen, phlegmatic, dejected, subdued, stolid, defeated, low-spirited, repressed, dispirited, impassive, restrained, constrained, downcast, stoic, inhibited, disconsolate.
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Other antonyms:
Crank Sentence Examples:
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Said he'd reckoned the fellow was a crank, but he'd kept two or three specimens and a mining man told him they carried good silver.
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Everybody knows that the doctor is a sort of crank.
Homophones for Crank:
- crankcase, cringe, crowing, curing, cernuous, chironomus, cryonic, crowning, chronic, carnegie, corn whisky, cronk, cornice, ceremonious, chorionic, coronach, coherency, corn cake, creaminess, co-occurrence, ceramics, caranx, ceramic, crew neck, carancha, chiromance, currawong, cornaceae, cormous, cornish, caring, cranch, cocksureness, churning, crunchy, cornus, care a hang, carnegiea, cremains, cranky, cornhusk, cream sauce, chariness, corneous, carnage, cronus, ceruminous, Croo Monkey, cryonics, currency, cooccurring, crown monkey, charming, crunch, coherence, cheering, cream cheese, craunch, cheremis, crooning, crying, crown saw, corn whiskey, cheremiss, casuarinaceae, chiromancy, cormose.
Hypernym for Crank:
n.
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artifact
starting handle, crank handle.
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person
hothead, misanthrope, fire-eater, crab, misanthropist, crabby person.
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artifact
