Definition for Grip:

• The act of grasping firmly; a firm grasp.

Synonyms for Grip:

• n.

  •
  • excite,
  • purchase,
  • inspire,
  • motivate,
  • attract,
  • enthuse,
  • fire someone with enthusiasm,
  • dazzle,
  • ligature,
  • interest.
  •
  • cinch,
  • fastening,
  • Attache Case,
  • backpack,
  • snag,
  • bum bag,
  • fixing,
  • vise,
  • briefcase,
  • accompanied baggage,
  • clamp,
  • baggage,
  • wrench,
  • cincture,
  • enclosure,
  • cabin baggage.
  •
  • cameraman,
  • best boy,
  • director,
  • Directorial,
  • animator,
  • auteur,
  • bluescreen,
  • art director,
  • gaffer,
  • filmmaker.
  •
  • brim,
  • bevel,
  • edge,
  • apex,
  • confines,
  • bump,
  • corner,
  • bottom,
  • knowledge,
  • back,
  • savvy.
  •
  • leadership,
  • monopoly,
  • force,
  • might,
  • oligopoly,
  • greatness.
  •
  • comb,
  • curling iron,
  • barrette,
  • curler,
  • blow dryer,
  • dye,
  • conditioner.
  •
  • cradle,
  • carry,
  • keep hold of something.
  •
  • glide,
  • slip,
  • dance,
  • slide,
  • float,
  • slither,
  • skid.
  •adhesion (noun)
  • adhesiveness.
  •adhesive friction (noun)
  • adhesive friction.
  •anchor (noun)
  • de-fenses,
  • mud hooks,
  • grappling irons,
  • de fenses.
  •bag (noun)
  • bag.
  •bobby pin (noun)
  • bobby pin.
  •brace (noun)
  • under pinning,
  • under-pinning.
  •case (noun)
  • scabbard,
  • drawer,
  • canisters,
  • caddy,
  • Crating,
  • Caddies,
  • safes,
  • folder,
  • scabbards,
  • canister,
  • wrappings.
  •clasp (noun)
  • Fibulas,
  • safety pins.
  •clasp, embrace (noun)
  • restraint,
  • lug,
  • crushing,
  • handshake,
  • Clamping,
  • constraint,
  • strength,
  • handgrip,
  • handclasp,
  • coercion,
  • brace,
  • duress,
  • enclosing,
  • handhold.
  •command (noun)
  • domination,
  • discipline,
  • authority,
  • will,
  • coordination,
  • mandate,
  • power,
  • management,
  • control,
  • charge,
  • sovereignty,
  • commission,
  • law,
  • sway,
  • rule,
  • supremacy,
  • government,
  • reign,
  • direction.
  •fist (noun)
  • clenched fist.
  •grip (noun)
  • hold on,
  • transfix,
  • hairgrip,
  • suitcase,
  • traveling bag,
  • handle.
  •hand (noun)
  • meta-carpi,
  • including fingers dukes,
  • meta carpi,
  • meta carpus,
  • meta-carpus.
  •handbag (noun)
  • evening bags.
  •perception, understanding (noun)
  • keeping,
  • ken.
  •restraint (noun)
  • self-government,
  • self-discipline,
  • withholdings.
  •savvy (noun)
  • perceptiveness.
  •stranglehold (noun)
  • Monopolies.
  •tenure (noun)
  • incumbency.
  •traction (noun)
  • resorption,
  • haulage,
  • pullings,
  • draught,
  • towage,
  • suction,
  • Suctions,
  • pulling,
  • haulages,
  • draughts,
  • towages.
  •understanding (noun)
  • in tuition,
  • prehensions,
  • dis crimination,
  • dis criminations,
  • re cognitions,
  • under-standing,
  • re cognition,
  • re-cognition,
  • dis-criminations,
  • under standings,
  • in-tuition,
  • dis-crimination,
  • under standing,
  • in tuitions,
  • in-tuitions,
  • under-standings.
  •valise (noun)
  • gripsacks.

• v.

  •captivate (verb)
  • made hit with,
  • swept off feet,
  • swept feet,
  • be-guile,
  • be witched,
  • sweeps off feet,
  • be-witch,
  • sweeping ones feet,
  • be-witches,
  • sweeping off feet,
  • making hit with,
  • sweep one's feet,
  • de lighted,
  • be guiles,
  • turning one on,
  • swept ones feet,
  • be witching,
  • be witches,
  • de-lighting,
  • sweeps one feet,
  • swept off ones feet,
  • sweeping one's feet,
  • sweeps off ones feet,
  • makes hit with,
  • sweeping one feet,
  • sweeps one's feet,
  • sweeps ones feet,
  • roping in,
  • sweeping feet,
  • be-witching,
  • de-light,
  • sweep off ones feet,
  • de lights,
  • sweep ones feet,
  • de-lights,
  • making a hit with,
  • turned one on,
  • be guile,
  • de light,
  • de lighting,
  • swept one's feet,
  • be-guiles,
  • sweeping off ones feet,
  • sweeps feet,
  • makes a hit with,
  • sweeping off one's feet,
  • swept one feet,
  • turns one on,
  • sweep off one feet,
  • sweeps off one's feet,
  • sweep feet,
  • sweep one feet,
  • swept off one feet,
  • de-lighted,
  • be witch,
  • be-witched,
  • ropes in,
  • sweeps off one feet,
  • enamours,
  • sweeping off one feet,
  • made a hit with.
  •catch (verb)
  • gets ones fingers on,
  • getting fingers on,
  • pouncing on,
  • gotten one's fingers on,
  • pounces on,
  • got one fingers on,
  • got ones fingers on,
  • got one's fingers on,
  • gotten one fingers on,
  • get ones fingers on,
  • prehends,
  • pounced on,
  • gat ones fingers on,
  • getting ones fingers on,
  • gat one fingers on,
  • took hold of,
  • lays hold of,
  • getting one fingers on,
  • gets fingers on,
  • takes hold of,
  • gotten fingers on,
  • gloms,
  • get one fingers on,
  • getting one's fingers on,
  • gets one fingers on,
  • gotten ones fingers on,
  • gets one's fingers on,
  • got fingers on,
  • taking hold of,
  • prehending,
  • gat one's fingers on,
  • gat fingers on,
  • glommed,
  • glomming.
  •clasp (verb)
  • colled,
  • glomming onto,
  • bear hugged,
  • glommed onto,
  • gloms onto,
  • bear hugging.
  •clench (verb)
  • draws together,
  • doubled up,
  • doubles up,
  • doubling up,
  • drew together.
  •clinch (verb)
  • grabbed hold of,
  • rivetted,
  • laying hands on,
  • making fast,
  • makes fast,
  • rivetting,
  • grabbing hold of,
  • laid hands on,
  • grabs hold of.
  •cling (verb)
  • co-hering,
  • co here,
  • was true to,
  • hanged onto,
  • wast true to,
  • stuck like glue,
  • hangs onto,
  • stays put,
  • hangs in,
  • freezing to,
  • sticked like glue,
  • held fast,
  • cleft to,
  • co-here,
  • hung onto,
  • co hering,
  • were true to,
  • holding fast,
  • hung in,
  • sticking like glue,
  • am true to,
  • hanged in,
  • are true to,
  • cleaves to,
  • being true to,
  • wert true to,
  • cleaved to,
  • stayed put,
  • holds fast,
  • clove to,
  • freezes to,
  • cleaving to,
  • froze to,
  • art true to,
  • clave to,
  • hanging onto,
  • co heres,
  • is true to,
  • co-heres,
  • staid put.
  •clutch (verb)
  • put snare on,
  • putting snare on,
  • clinging to,
  • puts the snare on,
  • clung to,
  • putting the snare on,
  • puts snare on.
  •command (verb)
  • dominate,
  • manage,
  • coordinate,
  • govern,
  • master,
  • direct.
  •contact (verb)
  • grip.
  •cramp (verb)
  • boxing up,
  • re strict,
  • boxed up,
  • coops up,
  • boxes up,
  • re-strict,
  • cooping up.
  •embrace (verb)
  • taking arms,
  • took arms,
  • takes arms,
  • taking in arms,
  • took in arms,
  • takes in arms.
  •engage (verb)
  • haddest a fling at,
  • under-taking,
  • goes in for,
  • setting about,
  • pre-occupied,
  • having a go at,
  • goes out for,
  • had a go at,
  • hast a fling at,
  • gave a try,
  • Preengaging,
  • had shot at,
  • pre engage,
  • hast shot at,
  • had fling at,
  • giving a whirl,
  • pre-engaging,
  • gave try,
  • hast a go at,
  • had go at,
  • hath go at,
  • hath a shot at,
  • pre occupied,
  • trying for size,
  • Preengaged,
  • give try,
  • hath shot at,
  • hath a go at,
  • has a go at,
  • has a shot at,
  • hadst a fling at,
  • went in for,
  • under-takes,
  • hadst a shot at,
  • pre occupies,
  • having go at,
  • has a fling at,
  • giving whirl,
  • haddest fling at,
  • having fling at,
  • pre-occupying,
  • keeping busy,
  • enter in to,
  • pre-engaged,
  • giving try,
  • went for broke,
  • have fling at,
  • give whirl,
  • keeps busy,
  • gives try,
  • kept busy,
  • having a fling at,
  • going out for,
  • pre occupy,
  • pre-engages,
  • gives a try,
  • going in for,
  • have shot at,
  • hadst shot at,
  • haddest a go at,
  • having a shot at,
  • tried on for size,
  • under takes,
  • goes for broke,
  • hadst a go at,
  • gives a whirl,
  • trying on for size,
  • having shot at,
  • pre engages,
  • under take,
  • takes part,
  • sets about,
  • pre-occupies,
  • pre engaged,
  • preengages,
  • hadst go at,
  • have go at,
  • haddest shot at,
  • haddest a shot at,
  • under took,
  • under-taken,
  • gives whirl,
  • pre engaging,
  • has shot at,
  • has go at,
  • pre-engage,
  • went out for,
  • hath a fling at,
  • gave a whirl,
  • hast go at,
  • pre-occupy,
  • hast a shot at,
  • has fling at,
  • hadst fling at,
  • had a shot at,
  • under taking,
  • haddest go at,
  • under taken,
  • hath fling at.
  •engross (verb)
  • becomes lost,
  • were hung,
  • became lost,
  • are hung,
  • art hung,
  • sews up,
  • wast hung,
  • am hung,
  • being hung,
  • was hung,
  • upping on,
  • pre occupying,
  • sewing up,
  • becoming lost,
  • is hung,
  • wert hung,
  • ups on,
  • upped on.
  •enthrall (verb)
  • held spellbound,
  • sub-dues,
  • sub dues,
  • sub-due,
  • sub jugate,
  • sub-jugate,
  • holding spellbound,
  • sub due,
  • holds spellbound.
  •entrance, enchant (verb)
  • fascinate,
  • mesmerize,
  • catch up,
  • hypnotize,
  • spellbind,
  • compel.
  •fasten (verb)
  • hooks up,
  • tacks on,
  • hooking up,
  • hitches on,
  • hitching on,
  • in-fix,
  • tacking on,
  • hitched on,
  • in fixed,
  • tacked on,
  • makes firm,
  • in-fixing,
  • in fixing,
  • in fix,
  • in fixes,
  • in-fixed,
  • making firm,
  • in-fixes.
  •fastening (verb)
  • fastener.
  •feel (verb)
  • running hands over,
  • ran hands over,
  • runs hands over.
  •grab (verb)
  • getting hands on,
  • gets one's hands on,
  • lays one hands on,
  • laying ones hands on,
  • laid one hands on,
  • gets one hands on,
  • got one's hands on,
  • got one hands on,
  • laying one hands on,
  • gotten ones hands on,
  • lay one hands on,
  • gotten hands on,
  • getting one's hands on,
  • gets hands on,
  • gat ones hands on,
  • gat hands on,
  • gotten one hands on,
  • getting ones hands on,
  • got hands on,
  • get one hands on,
  • get ones hands on,
  • lays ones hands on,
  • laid one's hands on,
  • gat one's hands on,
  • catches hold of,
  • catching hold of,
  • caught hold of,
  • lay ones hands on,
  • snapped up,
  • lays one's hands on,
  • snapping up,
  • getting one hands on,
  • got ones hands on,
  • gets ones hands on,
  • laying one's hands on,
  • gotten one's hands on,
  • laid ones hands on,
  • gat one hands on.
  •grapple (verb)
  • does battle,
  • dost battle,
  • did battle,
  • doeth battle,
  • didst battle,
  • doth battle,
  • doest battle.
  •grip (verb)
  • adhere,
  • have.
  •hang on (verb)
  • is tough,
  • are tough,
  • re-mains,
  • wast tough,
  • was tough,
  • re maining,
  • wert tough,
  • re mains,
  • re-main,
  • am tough,
  • were tough,
  • being tough,
  • re main,
  • re mained,
  • holding on,
  • held on,
  • art tough.
  •hold (verb)
  • puts lock on,
  • de-tains,
  • putting lock on,
  • with-held,
  • re tain,
  • with hold,
  • kept close,
  • not let goes,
  • keeping close,
  • re-tains,
  • with-hold,
  • re straining,
  • putting a lock on,
  • re strains,
  • re strain,
  • re-strains,
  • Viseing,
  • puts a lock on,
  • with holds,
  • Viseed,
  • not let went,
  • vising,
  • de tains,
  • re tains,
  • vised,
  • with-holds,
  • corks up,
  • re-strain,
  • de tain,
  • re-strained,
  • with held,
  • re strained,
  • de-tain,
  • re-tain,
  • re-straining,
  • not let going.
  •hold tightly (verb)
  • take,
  • latch on to,
  • clap a hand on,
  • nab.
  •ride (verb)
  • am arbitrary,
  • be rated,
  • wast autocratic,
  • am autocratic,
  • wert autocratic,
  • is autocratic,
  • was autocratic,
  • be rates,
  • up-braided,
  • over rode,
  • be rate,
  • up-braids,
  • be-rating,
  • was arbitrary,
  • art arbitrary,
  • up braids,
  • be-rate,
  • re vile,
  • over-rides,
  • over-ridden,
  • wert arbitrary,
  • wast arbitrary,
  • being arbitrary,
  • are autocratic,
  • be-rates,
  • being autocratic,
  • over-rode,
  • up-braiding,
  • over ride,
  • over riding,
  • re-vile,
  • art autocratic,
  • up braid,
  • up braided,
  • over-riding,
  • were arbitrary,
  • over rides,
  • be-rated,
  • are arbitrary,
  • up-braid,
  • over ridden,
  • is arbitrary,
  • were autocratic,
  • be rating.
  •snap (verb)
  • bites at,
  • bit at,
  • biting at.
  •snatch (verb)
  • clapping hands on,
  • making with,
  • claps hands on,
  • made with,
  • makes off with,
  • spirited away,
  • made off with,
  • makes with,
  • spiriting away,
  • clapped hands on,
  • spirits away,
  • make with.
  •squeeze (verb)
  • holding tight.
  •take (verb)
  • gained possession,
  • over take,
  • over-took,
  • re aped,
  • hauling in,
  • gaining possession,
  • carrying off,
  • re-aching,
  • gat hold of,
  • gets hold of,
  • carves out,
  • over taken,
  • over taking,
  • gathers up,
  • over-taken,
  • re aching,
  • over-takes,
  • re ached,
  • carries off,
  • re-aping,
  • over-take,
  • over takes,
  • re-aped,
  • carving out,
  • re-ached,
  • over-taking,
  • gains possession,
  • hauls in,
  • over took,
  • gotten hold of.
  •tighten (verb)
  • rigidifies.
  •twitch (verb)
  • Vellicated,
  • vellicates.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • impel,
  • retread,
  • radial,
  • invigorate,
  • sear,
  • sound engineer,
  • influence,
  • spoke,
  • lead to,
  • reform,
  • rehabilitate,
  • deter,
  • banish,
  • Whitewall,
  • affect,
  • drive away,
  • tire,
  • dj,
  • turn against,
  • flange,
  • video jockey,
  • televangelist,
  • reflect on,
  • stalk,
  • inner tube,
  • presenter,
  • sensitize,
  • anchorwoman,
  • broadcaster,
  • heighten,
  • smite,
  • desensitize,
  • narrator,
  • lance,
  • anchorman,
  • hubcap,
  • sweep over,
  • go out of,
  • convince,
  • announcer,
  • harden.
  •
  • cartwheel,
  • seep,
  • bias,
  • hold forth,
  • dull,
  • melt,
  • jaw,
  • transport,
  • subvert,
  • put off,
  • ennoble,
  • come through,
  • wield,
  • come upon,
  • inform,
  • hostess,
  • panel,
  • crowd in on,
  • commentator,
  • wrestle,
  • spare tire,
  • decide,
  • newsreader,
  • alienate,
  • hub,
  • remould,
  • prejudice,
  • quicken,
  • warp,
  • germinate,
  • color,
  • wear off.
  •
  • knock out,
  • tickle,
  • fiddle,
  • skew,
  • run away with,
  • comprehension,
  • hold on to,
  • overpower,
  • kindle,
  • blind,
  • bald,
  • guest,
  • hold over,
  • puncture.
  •
  • cut down,
  • hold out,
  • apprehension,
  • cling,
  • pat,
  • tread,
  • hug,
  • pierce,
  • creep,
  • stir,
  • feed,
  • come over,
  • plant,
  • devour,
  • handling,
  • whirl.
  •
  • host,
  • steady,
  • invade,
  • fill.
  •
  • run-through,
  • coil,
  • wash,
  • steal,
  • stud,
  • wheel,
  • hold-down,
  • talk.
  •
  • drive,
  • stab,
  • contact,
  • pulse,
  • deepen,
  • surge,
  • lick.
  •
  • drain,
  • brush,
  • flow.
  •
  • tap.
  •
  • hook,
  • cup,
  • shake.
  •
  • course,
  • cool,
  • flood.
  •
  • show,
  • scratch,
  • well.
  •
  • flat.
  •
  • touch.
  •
  • rise.
  •
  • run.
  •clench
  • draw together,
  • double up,
  • drawing together.
  •fasten
  • trussed,
  • hook up,
  • girth,
  • wedged,
  • Wedging,
  • Embedding,
  • Roped,
  • made firm,
  • girthed,
  • solder,
  • buttoned,
  • Mortised,
  • make firm,
  • strung,
  • Moored,
  • hitch on,
  • Buttoning,
  • mortise,
  • roping,
  • mortises,
  • girthing,
  • leash,
  • Stringing,
  • Stringed,
  • wedge,
  • Mortising,
  • tack on,
  • moor,
  • Gluing,
  • Trussing,
  • glued.
  •feel
  • thumbed,
  • Thumbing,
  • apperceive,
  • explore,
  • palms,
  • thumbs,
  • Wielding,
  • explores,
  • thumb,
  • paws,
  • Palmed,
  • palm,
  • feels,
  • Mauled,
  • Palming,
  • run hands over.
  •hang on
  • be tough,
  • holds on.
  •hold
  • hilt.
  •snap
  • bite at.
  •take
  • getting hold of,
  • gathering up,
  • overtake,
  • gathered up,
  • hauled in,
  • get hold of,
  • got hold of,
  • carved out,
  • carried off,
  • gather up,
  • carry off,
  • carve out,
  • haul in,
  • gain possession.
  •tighten
  • tensed,
  • tenses,
  • rigidify,
  • tensing,
  • rigidifying,
  • rigidified,
  • toughen.

Paraphrases for Grip:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    stranglehold.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    grasp, handles, apocalypse, diphtheria, yoke, influence, controlling, adherence, pinch, noose, handhold, supervision, puller, coldness, scrutiny, monitoring.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    fist.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    right-of-way, adhesion, prey, mastery, vise, stickiness, hand, fist.

Antonyms for Grip:

• n.

  • clasp, embrace
    misunderstanding, misconception, release.
  • Other antonyms:
    impotency, misinterpretation, fall short of, give up, powerlessness, weakness, miss, relinquishment, impotence, throw away, lose, helplessness, restore, incomprehension, misapprehension, Misperception.

• v.

  • entrance, enchant
    stop, disenchant, turn off.
  • hold tightly
    let go, receive, disgust, offer, give, repel, loose.

Grip Sentence Examples:

• A hand would slip with a wet grip only to take a fresh hold again, and strain away to get the other under.

• The fact is, the old man is losing his grip tolerably rapidly.

Homophones for Grip:

• grapy, groovy, gripe, greave, grope, GRAPO, grave, Group Ab, grub, grippe, groove, grab, geography, grow up, garb, graf, grove, grabby, grub up, grape, gripp, groupie, guy rope, group b, gravy, grieve, group, grubby, ghrf, graph, group a, giraffe, grief, grebe, garbo, grappa, group o, gruff, giraffa, gear up, grapey.

Hypernym for Grip:

• v.

  • contact
    twitch, bite, squeeze, nip, pinch, tweet, twinge, seize with teeth.

Hyponym for Grip:

• n.

  • person
    trained worker, skilled worker, skilled workman.

• v.

  • contact
    prehend, clutch, seize.