Definition for Tack:

• ( Naut.) Fib Tack, or a fore-and-aft sail Tack, confines its forward lower end amidships.

Synonyms for Tack:

• n.

  •
  • blotter,
  • acetate,
  • clipboard,
  • business card,
  • correction fluid,
  • card,
  • carbon,
  • carbon paper,
  • blotting paper.
  •
  • deviation,
  • alteration,
  • yaw,
  • siding,
  • zigzag,
  • variation,
  • sweep,
  • tangent,
  • digression.
  •
  • the America's Cup,
  • attack,
  • berth,
  • beach,
  • boater,
  • approach,
  • canoe,
  • means,
  • Ahoy,
  • plan,
  • boating,
  • the Admiral's Cup,
  • bail out.
  •
  • take in,
  • twist,
  • mend,
  • turn up.
  •
  • tactic,
  • basis,
  • mode.
  •
  • bridle,
  • bit,
  • hurdle,
  • fence,
  • blinders,
  • horsewhip,
  • girth,
  • halter,
  • crop.
  •
  • butterfly nut,
  • nut,
  • dowel,
  • head,
  • plug.
  •
  • heave to,
  • heel,
  • capsize,
  • go about,
  • cast off,
  • ground,
  • come about,
  • hydroplane,
  • dock,
  • founder.
  •act (noun)
  • tack.
  •append (noun)
  • append.
  •assemble (noun)
  • assemble.
  •bend (noun)
  • flection,
  • deflection,
  • zigzags,
  • lean,
  • flexures,
  • deflections,
  • loop,
  • Curvation,
  • flexure.
  •bent (noun)
  • weakness for,
  • facility,
  • headset,
  • forte,
  • leaning,
  • druthers,
  • Propensities,
  • leanings,
  • head-set,
  • headsets,
  • proneness,
  • thing for,
  • flair.
  •course (noun)
  • by way.
  •course, route (noun)
  • direction(s).
  •course of movement (noun)
  • double,
  • bend,
  • oblique course,
  • path,
  • point of sail,
  • Sidling,
  • set,
  • switch,
  • echelon.
  •dean (noun)
  • pro-fessors,
  • pro-fessor,
  • pro fessor,
  • pro fessors.
  •direction (noun)
  • that-a-way,
  • region,
  • point of compass.
  •fastener (noun)
  • anchor,
  • bracket,
  • snap,
  • spike,
  • binding,
  • belt,
  • rabbet,
  • knot,
  • catch,
  • zipper,
  • connector,
  • closure,
  • hinge,
  • Vinculum,
  • glue,
  • go-between,
  • button,
  • fastening,
  • cincture,
  • guy,
  • hawser,
  • clasp,
  • hasp,
  • coupling,
  • hook,
  • twine,
  • bolt,
  • cleat,
  • strap,
  • buckle,
  • fastener,
  • medium,
  • vise,
  • grapnel,
  • suture,
  • fuse,
  • clip,
  • mediator,
  • middleman,
  • agent,
  • lace,
  • latch,
  • stay,
  • thread,
  • mucilage,
  • link,
  • brace,
  • staple,
  • seal,
  • band,
  • skewer,
  • cement,
  • brad,
  • cinch,
  • binder,
  • lock,
  • cotter,
  • ligament,
  • hitch,
  • clamp,
  • braid,
  • clinch,
  • bonding,
  • bond,
  • chain,
  • string,
  • knitting,
  • weld,
  • splice.
  •flip (noun)
  • flip.
  •flip-flop (noun)
  • flip-flop.
  •hang on (noun)
  • hang on.
  •piece (noun)
  • piece.
  •put together (noun)
  • put together.
  •route (noun)
  • short cuts,
  • de-tour,
  • de tour,
  • de tours,
  • de-tours.
  •routine (noun)
  • schticks.
  •saddlery (noun)
  • saddlery.
  •sheet (noun)
  • sheet.
  •shift (noun)
  • re-arrangement,
  • dis placement,
  • dis-placement,
  • trans formation,
  • about face,
  • dis placements,
  • trans-formations,
  • trans locations,
  • trans-formation,
  • trans-locations,
  • trans-location,
  • re-arrangements,
  • re arrangements,
  • re arrangement,
  • trans location,
  • dis-placements,
  • trans formations.
  •short pin for attaching (noun)
  • pushpin,
  • point.
  •shroud (noun)
  • shroud.
  •stable gear (noun)
  • stable gear.
  •tack (noun)
  • weather sheet,
  • set up,
  • alternate,
  • tacking,
  • mainsheet,
  • tack together,
  • wear round,
  • interchange.
  •tack with cylinder head (noun)
  • push pin.
  •tactics (noun)
  • plan attack,
  • de fenses,
  • de-fenses.
  •turn (noun)
  • rightabout,
  • retro-version,
  • retro version,
  • re version,
  • rightabouts,
  • retro-versions,
  • changeabouts,
  • re versal,
  • retro versions,
  • re versions,
  • retroversions,
  • re-versal,
  • re-versions,
  • right about,
  • re-version,
  • right abouts,
  • re-verse,
  • re verse,
  • right-abouts.
  •way (noun)
  • out-lines,
  • out lines,
  • course action,
  • out line,
  • out-line.

• v.

  •affix (verb)
  • tags on,
  • sub join,
  • tagging on,
  • tacked on,
  • sub-joins,
  • sub-joined,
  • slapping on,
  • rivetted,
  • hitches on,
  • slaps on,
  • sub joins,
  • tacking on,
  • sub joined,
  • sub joining,
  • tacks on,
  • tagged on,
  • rivetting,
  • hitching on,
  • sub-join,
  • sub-joining,
  • hitched on.
  •attach (verb)
  • tie,
  • mount,
  • add,
  • annex,
  • paste.
  •fasten (verb)
  • zip,
  • weave,
  • plait,
  • connect,
  • tether,
  • couple,
  • lash.
  •hang (verb)
  • wast mid air,
  • were poised,
  • re-sting,
  • were mid-air,
  • is pendent,
  • is mid air,
  • art midair,
  • re main,
  • over-hanging,
  • were in mid air,
  • art in mid air,
  • wert mid-air,
  • am pendent,
  • art in mid-air,
  • over hangs,
  • being midair,
  • wert mid air,
  • over hang,
  • was loose,
  • is mid-air,
  • is in mid-air,
  • de-pends,
  • are poised,
  • am loose,
  • be in mid air,
  • was mid-air,
  • is loose,
  • was in mid air,
  • was in mid-air,
  • were fastened,
  • wast in mid-air,
  • de pend,
  • stays up,
  • re mains,
  • wert fastened,
  • was poised,
  • staid up,
  • in-cline,
  • in cline,
  • being mid-air,
  • over-hang,
  • re sting,
  • is in midair,
  • wast loose,
  • wast fastened,
  • de pending,
  • were mid air,
  • art poised,
  • being loose,
  • being mid air,
  • re-main,
  • de-pended,
  • being fastened,
  • wast poised,
  • is poised,
  • de-pending,
  • wert midair,
  • re-mains,
  • wast mid-air,
  • wast in midair,
  • were in midair,
  • was mid air,
  • re maining,
  • were midair,
  • art pendent,
  • was midair,
  • were in mid-air,
  • de pended,
  • de-pend,
  • art mid-air,
  • re mained,
  • wert pendent,
  • were loose,
  • was pendent,
  • be midair,
  • being in mid-air,
  • is fastened,
  • wert loose,
  • being pendent,
  • wert in mid air,
  • am fastened,
  • art fastened,
  • is midair,
  • being in mid air,
  • art in midair,
  • wast pendent,
  • in clines,
  • be mid-air,
  • was in midair,
  • are in mid air,
  • am poised,
  • are in mid-air,
  • art loose,
  • wast midair,
  • art mid air,
  • are in midair,
  • being in midair,
  • over-hangs,
  • is in mid air,
  • wert in midair,
  • was fastened,
  • were pendent,
  • wast in mid air,
  • wert poised,
  • staying up,
  • in-clines,
  • are pendent,
  • de pends,
  • be in midair,
  • wert in mid-air,
  • are fastened,
  • be mid air,
  • being poised.
  •sail (verb)
  • skirrs,
  • re ached,
  • puts sea,
  • gets under way,
  • puts to sea,
  • re aching,
  • casting anchor,
  • casts anchor,
  • putting sea,
  • got under way,
  • re-ached,
  • gotten under way,
  • put sea,
  • re-aching,
  • makes headway,
  • skirred,
  • made headway,
  • gat under way,
  • skirring.
  •secure (verb)
  • making fast,
  • hooking on,
  • battened down,
  • buttoning down,
  • makes fast,
  • buttons down,
  • battening down,
  • hooks on,
  • battens down,
  • buttoned down.
  •sew (verb)
  • buttonhole,
  • chain stitch,
  • crochet,
  • embroider,
  • cross-stitch,
  • backstitch,
  • quilt,
  • knit,
  • seam,
  • purl,
  • bind.
  •shift (verb)
  • re-calibrate,
  • re-placed,
  • co-oking,
  • dis placed,
  • dis-locates,
  • switched over,
  • dis places,
  • re-calibrated,
  • ex-changed,
  • re located,
  • turn tables,
  • switching over,
  • turned corner,
  • hem haw,
  • dis-located,
  • co oking,
  • moving around,
  • flipflopped,
  • re places,
  • ex change,
  • dis placing,
  • dis-locating,
  • about facing,
  • dis locate,
  • re move,
  • trans posed,
  • turned tables,
  • moved over,
  • re positioned,
  • re moved,
  • re positions,
  • dis-placed,
  • re-arrange,
  • trans-posing,
  • moves over,
  • yo-yoing,
  • re-calibrating,
  • dialed back,
  • re-arranged,
  • dialled back,
  • co-oked,
  • re place,
  • turning corner,
  • about faced,
  • turning the corner,
  • re placed,
  • re position,
  • dis-place,
  • flipflopping,
  • yo-yoed,
  • re-move,
  • re-moving,
  • changed gears,
  • flip-flopped,
  • re-places,
  • turns corner,
  • ex changes,
  • swaps places,
  • dials back,
  • re placing,
  • recalibrates,
  • re moving,
  • co oked,
  • re-calibrates,
  • re-positions,
  • bottoms out,
  • dis-locate,
  • dis-placing,
  • yo yo,
  • re arranging,
  • swapping places,
  • re locates,
  • swapped places,
  • bottomed out,
  • re-locating,
  • switches over,
  • re-moves,
  • yoyoing,
  • turned the corner,
  • re arranged,
  • re-positioned,
  • turns tables,
  • re-positioning,
  • re locate,
  • re-position,
  • re-arranges,
  • re arranges,
  • re calibrate,
  • yo yoing,
  • re locating,
  • dis locates,
  • trans pose,
  • turning tables,
  • re calibrated,
  • dis located,
  • blow hot cold,
  • re-locate,
  • re arrange,
  • ex-changing,
  • dialling back,
  • turns around,
  • re calibrates,
  • changing gears,
  • re calibrating,
  • yo yos,
  • turns the corner,
  • re-arranging,
  • turn corner,
  • yo yoed,
  • turns the tables,
  • moves around,
  • yoyoed,
  • flip flopped,
  • dis place,
  • yoyos,
  • dis locating,
  • re-located,
  • changes gears,
  • flip flopping,
  • re-locates,
  • dis-places,
  • re positioning,
  • moving over,
  • dialing back,
  • trans-pose,
  • ex changing.
  •swerve (verb)
  • de parting,
  • got off course,
  • getting course,
  • goes course,
  • de part,
  • trains off,
  • de parted,
  • de parts,
  • gat course,
  • gotten off course,
  • de-part,
  • go course,
  • gets off course,
  • de-parted,
  • goes off course,
  • gotten course,
  • trained off,
  • sheered off,
  • departed from,
  • getting off course,
  • departing from,
  • sheering off,
  • got course,
  • going course,
  • went off course,
  • get course,
  • de-parts,
  • sheers off,
  • departs from,
  • training off,
  • went course,
  • de-parting,
  • gets course,
  • gat off course.
  •turn (verb)
  • re tracing,
  • re-lapsing,
  • re-coiled,
  • re lapse,
  • in-versing,
  • up-setting,
  • re-directed,
  • changed position,
  • re-coiling,
  • in-versed,
  • re-coils,
  • re-channels,
  • re lapses,
  • de tract,
  • re lapsing,
  • re turn,
  • volte facing,
  • in versed,
  • re-trace,
  • re-channelled,
  • facing about,
  • re-directs,
  • de touring,
  • de-tract,
  • re-traces,
  • re-turns,
  • changes position,
  • re-channelling,
  • re channeling,
  • inversing,
  • re directing,
  • up setting,
  • changing position,
  • trans-forming,
  • re turning,
  • trans forming,
  • volte faced,
  • re-lapses,
  • re traced,
  • volteface,
  • de-tracts,
  • faced about,
  • shied away,
  • de-toured,
  • up sets,
  • re-direct,
  • re lapsed,
  • re coiling,
  • up-set,
  • re channels,
  • re-turning,
  • de-touring,
  • de toured,
  • re turns,
  • re-coil,
  • Re-turn,
  • trans formed,
  • re coil,
  • in-verse,
  • in versing,
  • up-sets,
  • re directed,
  • re-channel,
  • re-traced,
  • trans-form,
  • re-channeling,
  • re-channeled,
  • trans forms,
  • re traces,
  • re-lapse,
  • volte-facing,
  • shies away,
  • in verse,
  • shying away,
  • re-tracing,
  • re-turned,
  • voltefaced,
  • re channelled,
  • re channel,
  • de tracts,
  • trans form,
  • rechannelled,
  • faces about,
  • voltefacing,
  • trans-forms,
  • re directs,
  • voltefaces,
  • volte-faced,
  • re-directing,
  • re-lapsed,
  • trans-formed,
  • re trace,
  • re channelling,
  • re coils,
  • re direct,
  • re channeled,
  • re coiled.
  •veer (verb)
  • were deflected,
  • make left,
  • making left,
  • is deflected,
  • being deflected,
  • art deflected,
  • made right,
  • makes a left,
  • am deflected,
  • made left,
  • made a right,
  • gets around,
  • changed course,
  • changing course,
  • makes a right,
  • gat around,
  • angling off,
  • wast deflected,
  • angles off,
  • gotten around,
  • angled off,
  • are deflected,
  • made a left,
  • making a right,
  • makes left,
  • wert deflected,
  • making a left,
  • was deflected.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • unpick,
  • tuck,
  • modus operandi,
  • drift,
  • pleat,
  • hem,
  • let out.
  •
  • make up,
  • technique,
  • let down,
  • pin up,
  • take up,
  • procedure.
  •
  • alter.
  •
  • come around or round,
  • machine.
  •
  • screw.
  •hang
  • impend,
  • stay up,
  • Beetled,
  • beetles,
  • be fastened,
  • be pendent,
  • be in mid-air,
  • be loose,
  • beetling,
  • be poised,
  • beetle,
  • stayed up.
  •pin
  • peg.
  •sail
  • Piloted,
  • motoring,
  • captaining,
  • Skirr,
  • make headway,
  • getting under way,
  • motored,
  • Boated,
  • piloting,
  • cast anchor,
  • Embarking,
  • put to sea,
  • skippering,
  • putting to sea,
  • making headway,
  • captained,
  • Winging,
  • skippered,
  • Voyaged,
  • get under way.
  •sew
  • Seaming,
  • seamed.

Paraphrases for Tack:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    direction.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    course, approach, path.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    tactic, track, orientation.

Antonyms for Tack:

• n.

  • course of movement
    stagnation.
  • Other antonyms:
    take apart.

• v.

  • attach
    Untack, subtract, decrease, release, Unfix, separate, detach, unfasten, let go, loosen.

Tack Sentence Examples:

• Seward now took a new tack.

• Having begun on this tack, it was easy to throw morality to the winds when he came to the words about all fear of punishment being over.

Homophones for Tack:

• t a c, ptak, Tac, TAK, tacke.

Hypernym for Tack:

• n.

  • artifact
    tintack, pushpin, carpet tack, drawing pin, thumbtack.

• v.

  • contact
    thumbtack.

Hyponym for Tack:

• n.

  • act
    sailing.
  • artifact
    nail.
  • location
    heading, aim, bearing.

• v.

  • contact
    secure, fasten, fix.