Definition for Lariat:

• A long, slender rope made of hemp or strips of hide, esp. one with a noose; -- used as a lasso for catching cattle, horses, etc., and for picketing a horse so that he can graze without wandering.

Synonyms for Lariat:

• n.

  •
  • crop,
  • girth,
  • hurdle,
  • halter,
  • bridle,
  • harness,
  • blinders,
  • fence,
  • horsewhip,
  • bit.
  •
  • corral,
  • cow town,
  • dip,
  • crate,
  • dairy,
  • cattle prod,
  • brand,
  • crook.
  •artifact (noun)
  • reata,
  • riata.
  •cord (noun)
  • guy,
  • shoelace,
  • hamstring,
  • sinew,
  • lace,
  • rein,
  • tendon,
  • binding twine,
  • shoestring,
  • catgut,
  • cord,
  • lead,
  • twine,
  • towline,
  • string,
  • umbilical cord,
  • gut.
  •rope (noun)
  • cable,
  • lanyard,
  • tape,
  • braiding,
  • thread,
  • strand.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • cordage,
  • hawser,
  • lariat,
  • lasso,
  • noose,
  • rope,
  • hawsers.

Lariat Sentence Examples:

• Guess they'd slash the pack lariat, and get into the saddle when they'd let the whisky go.

• How long I took to cover the distance we could not afterward agree, but once I lay prone for minutes together, with both arms buried in the treacherous snow, which was slipping under me, and the end of the lariat a foot or two away.

Homophones for Lariat:

• larid, lyrate, lard, laredo, leeward tide, lowered, lord, leeward, lerot, laureate, lurid, laridae, layered, larotid, laird.

Hyponym for Lariat:

• n.

  • artifact
    rope.

Meronym for Lariat:

• n.

  • artifact
    slip noose, noose, running noose.