Definition for Rigging:

• The cordage or ropes by which the masts of a vessel are supported and the sails extended or furled.

Synonyms for Rigging:

• n.

  •
  • dishonesty,
  • deception,
  • guile,
  • Double dealing,
  • misconduct,
  • foul play,
  • deceit,
  • corruption,
  • smoke and mirrors,
  • duplicity.
  •
  • beam,
  • bay,
  • blade,
  • bow,
  • boom,
  • bilge,
  • amidships,
  • aft,
  • bowsprit,
  • berth.
  •artifact (noun)
  • rig.
  •clothes/clothing (noun)
  • garb,
  • finery,
  • apparel,
  • regalia,
  • vestment,
  • garments,
  • frippery,
  • sportswear,
  • frock,
  • caparison,
  • Habiliment,
  • covering,
  • vines,
  • accouterment,
  • togs,
  • habit,
  • ensemble,
  • duds,
  • raiment,
  • Sunday Best,
  • panoply,
  • wear,
  • rags,
  • sack,
  • wardrobe,
  • zoot suit.
  •clothing (noun)
  • drag,
  • tog,
  • clothes,
  • feathers,
  • glad rags.
  •device (noun)
  • doohickey,
  • contraption,
  • agent,
  • implement,
  • means,
  • shift,
  • contrivance,
  • machine,
  • creation,
  • appliance,
  • resource,
  • arrangement,
  • utensil,
  • accessory,
  • material,
  • expedient,
  • construction,
  • article,
  • gimmick,
  • makeshift,
  • gadget,
  • medium,
  • rube goldberg invention,
  • invention,
  • mechanism,
  • resort.
  •gear (noun)
  • instrument,
  • impedimenta,
  • machinery,
  • encumbrances,
  • harness,
  • supply,
  • things,
  • implements,
  • setup,
  • belongings,
  • effects,
  • baggage,
  • stuff,
  • tools,
  • materiel,
  • fittings,
  • apparatus,
  • luggage,
  • adjunct,
  • appendage,
  • possessions.
  •outfit (noun)
  • outlay,
  • guise,
  • supplies,
  • suit,
  • provisions,
  • appliances.
  •tackle (noun)
  • goods,
  • line,
  • habiliments,
  • hook.
  •trappings (noun)
  • embellishment,
  • decoration,
  • ornament,
  • trimming,
  • personal effects,
  • fixture,
  • appointment,
  • adornment,
  • Furnishing,
  • fitting.

• v.

  •rig (verb)
  • engineer,
  • costume,
  • appoint,
  • fiddle with,
  • juggle,
  • trump up,
  • doctor,
  • fix,
  • dress,
  • arm,
  • set up,
  • array,
  • turn out,
  • accouter,
  • gerrymander,
  • equip,
  • clothe,
  • attire,
  • falsify,
  • furnish,
  • fake,
  • manipulate,
  • tamper with,
  • fit out,
  • kit,
  • provision.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • accoutrement,
  • appurtenance,
  • civvies,
  • clothing,
  • device,
  • drapery,
  • equipment,
  • formation,
  • gear,
  • hand-me-down,
  • livery,
  • mufti,
  • outfit,
  • overclothes,
  • paraphernalia,
  • rigging,
  • tackle,
  • tatter,
  • thing,
  • thingamabob,
  • threads,
  • trappings,
  • trousseau,
  • underclothes,
  • vesture,
  • weed,
  • weeds,
  • whatchamacallit,
  • whatnot,
  • Accoutrements,
  • Draperies,
  • Liveries,
  • Muftis,
  • Toggery,
  • tout ensemble,
  • vestures,
  • trousseaus,
  • trousseaux,
  • thingamabobs,
  • whatnots,
  • tatters,
  • whatsit,
  • hand-me-downs,
  • get-up,
  • out lay,
  • kit and kaboodle,
  • full feather,
  • tailleur.

Paraphrases for Rigging:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    rig.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Counterfeiting, stowing, handling, Manoeuvring, cheating, fine-tuning, fitting, engineering, installation.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    reinstalling, Manipulating, reassembling, falsifying, Defrauding, installing, forging, Suspending, controlling, shaping, playing, Handing, sorting, touching, Counterfeiting, handling, Manoeuvring, cheating, tampering, fitting.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    manipulation, falsification, gear, stowage, tampering, montage.

Rigging Sentence Examples:

• It was a light, dry fog, and for two or three hours the deck, and rigging, and the clothes of those on board remained quite dry.

• We let go our anchor fifteen fathoms to windward of her, and as we did so we saw the poor fellows unlashing themselves and dropping one by one over the top into the lee rigging.

Homophones for Rigging:

• regaining, raging, reechoing, riskiness, raising, rock music, racing, racemose, raciness, reorganize, razing, rosiness, reaching, rashness, razzing, Russian Mayonnaise, reigning, Rosa Chinensis, reorganise, recency, roughness, recognize, richness, reasoning, rakishness, reeking, recognise, resonance, roguishness, rock snake, rousing, recusancy, racking, rushing, ricinus, Recommence, rejoicing, racing gig, roughneck, Rockiness, rose moss, reckoning, resinous, rising, raisin cookie, rhesus monkey, regency.

Hypernym for Rigging:

• n.

  • artifact
    Bermudian Rig, Bermudan Rig, lateen-rig, Bermuda Rig, fore-and-aft rig, Marconi Rig, cat rig.

Hyponym for Rigging:

• n.

  • artifact
    appurtenance, gear, paraphernalia, formation.