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hang - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | hang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suspend or be suspended |
| Synonyms: | adhere, attach, bend, bow, cling, cover, dangle, deck, decorate, depend, drape, drift, droop, drop, fasten, fix, flap, float, flop, furnish, hold, hover, incline, lean, loll, lop, lower, nail, overhang, pin, project, remain, rest, sag, stick, swing, tack, trail, wave, be fastened, be in mid-air, be loose, be pendent, be poised, beetle, impend, stay up |
| Main Entry: | hang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill by suspension from a rope |
| Synonyms: | execute, hoist, lynch, noose, stretch*, swing*, gibbet, scrag, send to the gallows, string up* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depend on future action |
| Synonyms: | await, cling, hinge, pend, rest, turn on, be conditional upon, be contingent on, be dependent on, be determined by, be in limbo, be in suspense |
| Main Entry: | append |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add, join |
| Synonyms: | adjoin, affix, annex, attach, fasten, fix, hang, supplement, conjoin, subjoin, tack on, tag on |
| Antonyms: | disjoin, subtract, take away |
| Main Entry: | calling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chosen profession |
| Synonyms: | art, business, career, craft, day gig, do*, dodge*, employment, gig*, go*, handicraft, hang*, life's work, lifework, line, mission, métier, nine-to-five, occupation, play, province, pursuit, racket*, rat race*, slot*, swindle*, trade, vocation, walk of life, work |
| Antonyms: | amusement, avocation, entertainment, hobby, recreation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contrast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compare, differ |
| Synonyms: | balance, bracket, collate, conflict, contradict, depart, deviate, differentiate, disagree, distinguish, diverge, hang, mismatch, oppose, separate, stand out, vary, weigh, be a foil to, be contrary to, be dissimilar, be diverse, be unlike, be variable, hold a candle to, match up, set in opposition, set off, stack up against |
| Notes: | compare emphasizes the similarities between or among things, though not losing sight of the differences; contrast emphasizes the differences |
| Antonyms: | accord, agree, coincide, concur, conform, be alike, be equal, be similar |
| Main Entry: | dangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suspend |
| Synonyms: | brandish, depend, droop, entice, flap, flaunt, flourish, hang, lure, sling, sway, swing, tantalize, tempt, trail, wave, hang down |
| Main Entry: | drape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hang over, adorn |
| Synonyms: | array, cloak, clothe, cover, dangle, display, don, dress, droop, drop, enclose, envelop, fold, hang, line, model, roll, sprawl, spread, suspend, swathe, wrap, enswathe, enwrap, lean over, let fall, spread-eagle |
| Antonyms: | undrape |
| Main Entry: | festoon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decorate |
| Synonyms: | adorn, deck, drape, garnish, hang, trim, wreath |
| Main Entry: | flap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flutter |
| Synonyms: | agitate, beat, dangle, flail, flash, flop, hang, lop, shake, swing, swish, thrash, vibrate, wag, wave, thresh |
| Main Entry: | float |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie on the surface |
| Synonyms: | bob, drift, glide, hang, hover, poise, ride, sail, skim, slide, swim, waft, wash, be buoyant, move gently, rest on water, slip along, smooth along, stay afloat |
| Antonyms: | drown, sink |
| Main Entry: | hesitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait; be uncertain |
| Synonyms: | alternate, balance, balk, blow hot and cold*, dally, debate, defer, delay, demur, dillydally*, dither, doubt, equivocate, falter, flounder, fluctuate, fumble, hang*, hang back, hedge, hem and haw*, hold back, hover, linger, oscillate, pause, ponder, pussyfoot*, scruple, seesaw*, shift, shrink, stammer, stop, straddle, stumble, stutter, swerve, tergiversate, vacillate, waffle*, waver, weigh, be irresolute, be reluctant, be unwilling, hold off, pull back, shy away, sit on fence, think about, think twice |
| Antonyms: | attack, carry on, continue, go, go ahead, persevere, resolve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hinge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be contingent on |
| Synonyms: | depend, hang, pend, pivot, rest, turn, turn on, be subject to, be undecided, revolve around, stand on |
| Main Entry: | levitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rise into the air |
| Synonyms: | drift, float, fly, hang, hover, rise, soar, be suspended, defy gravity |
| Main Entry: | loll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lay sprawled |
| Synonyms: | bum, dangle, dawdle, droop, drop, flap, flop, goof off, hang, idle, lean, loaf, loiter, lounge, recline, relax, rest, sag, slouch, slump, sprawl, hang loose, laze |
| Antonyms: | sit up straight |
| Main Entry: | murder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
| Synonyms: | abolish, asphyxiate, assassinate, behead, bump off*, butcher, chill*, cool*, decapitate, defeat, destroy, dispatch, do in*, drub*, electrocute, eliminate, eradicate, execute, exterminate, extinguish, finish, guillotine, hang, hit*, knife, knock off*, liquidate, lynch, mangle, mar, massacre, misuse, off*, put away*, rub out*, ruin, shoot, slaughter, slay, smother, snuff, spoil, strangle, thrash*, waste*, blot out*, dust off*, garotte, take a life, take for a ride, take out* |
| Antonyms: | guard, preserve, protect, save |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | paper |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | line with material |
| Synonyms: | cover, hang, plaster, paste up, wallpaper |
| Antonyms: | peal, strip, unline |
| Main Entry: | pivot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revolve around center point |
| Synonyms: | depend, hang, hinge, rely, rotate, sheer, spin, swivel, turn, twirl, veer, wheel, whip, whirl, be contingent, volte-face |
| Main Entry: | poise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | balance, suspend |
| Synonyms: | ballast, brood, float, hang, hold, hover, position, stabilize, stand, steady, support, wait, be ready |
| Antonyms: | drop, fall |
| Main Entry: | remain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stay, wait |
| Synonyms: | abide, bide, bunk*, cling, continue, delay, dwell, endure, freeze, go on, halt, hang, hover, inhabit, last, linger, live, lodge, nest, outlast, outlive, pause, perch, persist, prevail, reside, rest, roost, sit tight*, sojourn, squat, stand, stop, survive, tarry, visit, wait, be left, bivouac, hang out, hold over, hold the fort, keep on, make camp, put on hold, remain standing, sit out, sit through, stay behind, stay in, stay over, stay put, stick around |
| Antonyms: | depart, forge, go, leave, move |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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