Definition for Twitch:

• twich, v.t. to pull with a sudden jerk: to pluck: to snatch.-- v.i. to be suddenly jerked: to move spasmodically: to carp, sneer.-- n. a sudden, quick pull: a spasmodic contraction of the muscles: a loop fixed to a stick for fixing on the upper lip of a refractory horse during shoeing, & c.: the sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.-- ns. TWITCH'ER; TWITCH'ING. [ A.S. twiccian, to pluck; Ger. zwicken.]

Synonyms for Twitch:

• n.

  •
  • convulsion.
  •
  • lunge,
  • jump,
  • thrill,
  • tremor.
  •
  • heave.

• v.

  •agitate (verb)
  • palpitate,
  • agitate,
  • shake,
  • shudder,
  • trouble,
  • jolt,
  • shiver,
  • quake,
  • quaver,
  • churn,
  • jar,
  • quiver,
  • upset,
  • stir,
  • disquiet,
  • perturb,
  • fluster.
  •have a spasm (verb)
  • clutch,
  • lug,
  • seize,
  • snatch,
  • grasp,
  • blink,
  • pluck,
  • clasp,
  • squirm,
  • pain,
  • grab,
  • kick,
  • tremble.
  •motion (verb)
  • flip.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • onrush.
  •
  • stutter,
  • wrench.
  •
  • flounce,
  • dodge,
  • tug.
  •
  • dart,
  • slash.
  •
  • dive.
  •
  • start.
  •fidget
  • joggle.
  •Other relevant words:
  • sprain,
  • contract,
  • gripe,
  • quivering,
  • shoot,
  • angina pectoris,
  • discover,
  • ail,
  • throb,
  • squash,
  • split second,
  • voice of conscience,
  • nip off,
  • fasciculation,
  • attract,
  • heartburn,
  • cephalalgia,
  • feel pain,
  • Involuntary Movement,
  • pilfer,
  • self-accusation,
  • crimp,
  • nibble,
  • suffer pain,
  • comprise,
  • ache,
  • jog,
  • press,
  • flip-flop,
  • vellication,
  • neuralgia,
  • self-reproof,
  • cabbage,
  • fortitude,
  • toss and turn,
  • snip,
  • stroke,
  • bite,
  • Tic Douloureux,
  • lift,
  • cram,
  • flash,
  • bosom,
  • nick,
  • clip,
  • gouge,
  • snake,
  • freak out,
  • millisecond,
  • gyration,
  • thresh,
  • tick,
  • smart,
  • malaise,
  • filch,
  • pound,
  • Mental Suffering,
  • bobble,
  • hug,
  • glow,
  • pipe up,
  • writhe,
  • pang,
  • compact,
  • constrict,
  • flirt,
  • grind,
  • twinkle,
  • minute,
  • jump over,
  • thumb,
  • suffer,
  • kink,
  • quack grass,
  • have the shakes,
  • moment,
  • leaf,
  • turn over,
  • get angry,
  • torticollis,
  • top,
  • catch,
  • vibration,
  • Girdle Pain,
  • tumble,
  • headache,
  • itch,
  • pinch,
  • crop,
  • flip over,
  • depict,
  • crack,
  • falter,
  • Fibrillated,
  • sec,
  • emergency,
  • whip,
  • twitter,
  • odontalgia,
  • dither,
  • seizure,
  • wobbling,
  • self-reproach,
  • mash,
  • waver,
  • rictus,
  • tormen,
  • sore,
  • tickle,
  • microsecond,
  • sting,
  • crisis,
  • wiggle,
  • stitch,
  • sky,
  • shed,
  • angina,
  • rattle,
  • rod,
  • grimace,
  • throes,
  • trice,
  • lancinate,
  • shimmy,
  • anguish,
  • Physical Suffering,
  • shaking,
  • earache,
  • embrace,
  • Muscular Spasm,
  • shuffle,
  • riffle,
  • shivering,
  • pangs of conscience,
  • thrash,
  • shooting,
  • Ischiagra,
  • toss,
  • flick,
  • shooting pain,
  • sneak,
  • otalgia,
  • thrill to,
  • wobble,
  • bleed,
  • fiddle,
  • adopt,
  • hook,
  • vibrate,
  • didder,
  • recoil,
  • bounce,
  • trembling,
  • scourge,
  • Fibrillar,
  • pop off,
  • shove,
  • go off,
  • turn on to,
  • swell,
  • self-condemnation,
  • chafe,
  • Yerk,
  • whisk,
  • interchange,
  • pulsate,
  • fibrillation,
  • agonize,
  • throe,
  • sciatica,
  • paroxysm,
  • breath,
  • swipe,
  • compress,
  • couch grass,
  • jiffy,
  • Cramps,
  • lop,
  • wedge,
  • pitch,
  • chap,
  • self-humiliation,
  • dolour,
  • prick,
  • experience pain,
  • flip out,
  • stab,
  • flinch,
  • get high on,
  • jostle,
  • trim,
  • aching,
  • throw,
  • Podagra,
  • shuddering,
  • swing,
  • shrink,
  • thrust,
  • freak out on,
  • admit,
  • switch,
  • wink,
  • hitch,
  • tweak,
  • stuff,
  • Suffrance,
  • wince,
  • grab at,
  • quaking,
  • oscillate,
  • turn,
  • snip off,
  • agonise,
  • twitching,
  • toothache,
  • rheumatism,
  • jigger,
  • riff,
  • Griping,
  • jump up,
  • bob,
  • tweet,
  • spirit,
  • sufferance,
  • fuss,
  • have the fidgets,
  • Tormina,
  • soreness,
  • Gnawing,
  • acute pain,
  • pop out,
  • JIFF,
  • miss out,
  • Twink,
  • abstract,
  • buck,
  • blow up,
  • bump,
  • arrest,
  • fly off,
  • strike,
  • discomfort,
  • shear,
  • flog,
  • suffering,
  • sharp pain,
  • extort,
  • fret,
  • blanch,
  • darting pain,
  • crush,
  • spanner,
  • cut,
  • gyrate,
  • nobble,
  • lumbago,
  • coup,
  • stomach ache,
  • roll,
  • shoot up,
  • squeeze,
  • twist and turn,
  • courage,
  • blench,
  • half a second,
  • instant,
  • pant,
  • crick,
  • second,
  • squelch,
  • purloin,
  • shock,
  • physical pain,
  • jig,
  • alternate,
  • wavering,
  • birch,
  • derive,
  • lash,
  • twinkling,
  • gout,
  • hurt,
  • Touse.

Paraphrases for Twitch:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    tremor, jerk.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    spasm, contraction, contracture.
  • Verb, base form
    tremble, shudder.

Antonyms for Twitch:

• v.

  • have a spasm
    help, free, give, aid, let go, steady, push, release, retreat, repel, fix, loose, liberate, assist.
  • Other antonyms:
    unwind.

Hypernym for Twitch:

• n.

  • state
    fasciculation, blepharism, fibrillation, tic.

• v.

  • body
    fibrillate.
  • contact
    skitter.

Hyponym for Twitch:

• n.

  • state
    muscle spasm, cramp, spasm.

• v.

  • body
    move involuntarily, move reflexively.
  • contact
    draw, pull.
  • motion
    move.