290 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ɡˈaf], [ ɡˈaf], [ ɡ_ˈa_f]

Similar words for gaff:

• apparatus (noun)
• arrest (noun)
• lapse (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• slip (noun)
• arrest (verb)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words
• other relevant words (noun)

Homophones for gaff

Holonyms for gaff

Hyponyms for gaff

Synonyms for Gaff:

• n.

  • apparatus (noun)
  • furnishings,
  • stuff,
  • tools,
  • device,
  • gear,
  • outfit,
  • habiliments,
  • idiot box,
  • mechanism,
  • paraphernalia,
  • machinery,
  • contraption,
  • widget,
  • gizmo,
  • doodad,
  • black box,
  • dingbat,
  • setup,
  • appliance,
  • thingamajig,
  • jigger,
  • means,
  • supplies,
  • doohickey,
  • tackle,
  • implement,
  • machine,
  • utensils,
  • gimmick,
  • gimcrack.
  • arrest (noun)
  • captivity,
  • confinement,
  • collar,
  • imprisonment,
  • appropriation,
  • apprehension,
  • crimp,
  • commitment,
  • nail,
  • accommodation,
  • Restraining,
  • booby trap,
  • pickle,
  • nip,
  • Sequestering,
  • pull in,
  • snare,
  • capture,
  • jailing,
  • constraint,
  • incarceration,
  • bust,
  • detention,
  • nab.
  • lapse (noun)
  • error,
  • goof,
  • sin,
  • oversight,
  • offense,
  • bungle,
  • negligence,
  • miscue,
  • frailty,
  • flub,
  • trespass,
  • breach,
  • failure,
  • transgression,
  • indiscretion,
  • blunder,
  • violation,
  • foible,
  • omission,
  • crime,
  • failing,
  • fault,
  • vice.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • lapse,
  • glom,
  • grabbers,
  • grabber,
  • MITTS,
  • run in,
  • whatsis,
  • provisions,
  • jobs,
  • gaff,
  • jailings,
  • screw-up,
  • Accoutrements,
  • slip,
  • nick,
  • foulup,
  • protective custody,
  • slip-ups,
  • foul-up,
  • apparatus,
  • mitt,
  • preventive custody,
  • goof up,
  • slip-up,
  • pick up,
  • falls,
  • gaffs,
  • whatchamacallit,
  • howlers,
  • WHOSIS,
  • slip up,
  • howler,
  • accoutrement,
  • slip of tongue,
  • goof-up.
  • slip (noun)
  • slip of the tongue,
  • muff,
  • blooper,
  • imprudence,
  • misdeed.

• v.

  • arrest (verb)
  • imprison,
  • apprehend,
  • detain,
  • round up,
  • sidetrack,
  • catch,
  • jail,
  • book,
  • incarcerate,
  • Roust,
  • tab,
  • take in.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • cockpit,
  • fishing line,
  • barb,
  • dragnet,
  • drift net,
  • drifter,
  • decoy,
  • fishing rod,
  • bait,
  • creel.
  • Other relevant words:
  • Incarcerated,
  • imprisoned,
  • Gaffing,
  • toss in jail,
  • picked up,
  • Gaffed,
  • tabbing,
  • pulling,
  • tabbed,
  • put the cuffs on,
  • take prisoner,
  • put the arm on.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • chicanery,
  • point,
  • Oxgoad,
  • hornswoggle,
  • boob,
  • spine,
  • Weet-weet,
  • Familiarity,
  • boo-boo,
  • trip,
  • clamor,
  • gyp,
  • mistake,
  • Jereed,
  • beguile,
  • arbor,
  • overreach,
  • deceive,
  • gammon,
  • boom,
  • Jerid,
  • outcry,
  • deceit,
  • dart,
  • javelin,
  • projection,
  • arrest,
  • dash,
  • belie,
  • relapse,
  • debase,
  • clamour,
  • fumble,
  • cheating,
  • sham,
  • mislead,
  • hubbub,
  • misstep,
  • chicane,
  • take-in,
  • screwup,
  • befool,
  • shortchange,
  • illusion,
  • stick,
  • spike,
  • disappoint,
  • solecism,
  • mystify,
  • gig,
  • spear,
  • bolt,
  • trap,
  • bleed,
  • hue and cry,
  • deprave,
  • victimize,
  • cheat,
  • wile,
  • chemical mace,
  • mast,
  • uproar,
  • ream,
  • clinker,
  • brick,
  • clanger,
  • harpoon,
  • prepare,
  • Eelspear,
  • euchre,
  • tine,
  • pike,
  • dishonesty,
  • cattle prod,
  • pole,
  • prong,
  • diddle,
  • decline,
  • seduce,
  • reed,
  • Spontoon,
  • nobble,
  • spar,
  • barbel,
  • betray,
  • fudge,
  • lance,
  • bedevil,
  • boomerang,
  • arrow,
  • faux pas,
  • axis,
  • imposture,
  • boat hook,
  • inveigle,
  • instrument,
  • dupe,
  • misinform,
  • depreciate,
  • gaffe,
  • disorderly house,
  • bamboozle,
  • impose,
  • process,
  • trickery,
  • artifice,
  • beam,
  • fraud,
  • Barbule,
  • yard,
  • snow,
  • hook,
  • defraud,
  • spur,
  • delude,
  • victimise,
  • inaccuracy,
  • mizen,
  • hoodwink,
  • cozen,
  • bilk,
  • entice,
  • stumble,
  • duplicity,
  • outwit,
  • trick,
  • bewilder,
  • quill,
  • distract,
  • shaft,
  • circumvent,
  • fluff,
  • thimblerig,
  • bobble,
  • deception,
  • yard-arm,
  • slipup,
  • hullabaloo,
  • Boomkin.

Homophones for Gaff:

• gaffe, GAF.

Holonyms for Gaff:

• n.

  • artifact
    fishing rig, fishing tackle, sailing vessel, tackle, sailing ship, fishing gear, rig.

Hyponym for Gaff:

• n.

  • artifact
    spar, spike, hook.