Synonyms for cling
klɪŋcling

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1. cling

   Synonyms:
   fasten, hold, adhere, embrace, stick, cleave, hang, twine, hug

   Antonyms:
   drop, recede, secede, apostatize, abandon, relax, forego, swerve, surrender

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1. cling, clingstoneverb

   fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit

   Synonyms:
   clingstone

2. cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohereverb

   come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

   "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"

   Synonyms:
   stand by, stupefy, stick by, baffle, stick, perplex, cleave, bond, get, mystify, flummox, bind, beat, stick around, nonplus, rive, dumbfound, split, lodge, sting, hold fast, deposit, amaze, stick to, stay put, gravel, cohere, stay, hang, bewilder, wedge, vex, pose, puzzle, adhere

3. clingverb

   to remain emotionally or intellectually attached

   "He clings to the idea that she might still love him."

   Synonyms:
   cohere, hang, stick, adhere, cleave

4. cling, hangverb

   hold on tightly or tenaciously

   "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"

   Synonyms:
   cleave, pay heed, advert, string up, give ear, stick, cohere, attend, adhere, flow, hang up, fall, hang

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1. clingverb

   Synonyms:
   adhere, hold, stick, cleave, be attached, hold fast

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1. clingverb

   Synonyms:
   adhere, cleave, hold fast

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1. List of paraphrases for "cling":

   latchon

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1. Robert Frost:

   Why abandon a belief merely because it ceases to be true? Cling to it long enough, and it will turn true again, for so it goes. Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.

2. Frank Darabont:

   I really cling to the letters from people for whom the movie really meant something, it stopped somebody from committing suicide, or at least they credit it for it having saved their lives that day. Whatever someone needed to hear that day to reinforce them as a human being, the movie gave it to them. It's only then you realize you've made something more than just a two-hour movie.

3. Barack Obama:

   It's not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy towards people who aren't like them.

4. James Arthur Baldwin:

   The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.

5. George Lucas:

   Many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.