Antonyms for clout
klaʊtclout

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1. • Advantage
   • Nail
   • Strike
   • Target

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1. cloutnoun

   a target used in archery

   Synonyms:
   pull, slug, clout nail, lick, biff, poke, punch

2. pull, cloutnoun

   special advantage or influence

   "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull"

   Synonyms:
   pull, twist, slug, drag, poke, pulling, biff, lick, clout nail, puff, punch, wrench

3. clout nail, cloutnoun

   a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood

   Synonyms:
   poke, slug, biff, pull, lick, clout nail, punch

4. punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slugverb

   (boxing) a blow with the fist

   "I gave him a clout on his nose"

   Synonyms:
   jabbing, punch, type slug, pigeon berry, jab, garget, carrier bag, sack, thrust, bullet, salt lick, slug, dawdler, lick, poke, pull, paper bag, lagger, biff, clout nail, thrusting, sluggard, puncher, drone, trailer, lap, laggard, scoke, poking

5. cloutverb

   strike hard, especially with the fist

   "He clouted his attacker"

How to use clout in a sentence?

1. John Dickson:

   Christians need to recover what the first Christians faced - they had no power or legislative clout, they just got on with serving, persuading and praying.

2. Norbert Roettgen:

   Instead of strengthening #NATO it is going to weaken the alliance, the US's military clout will not increase, but decrease in relation to Russia and the Near Middle East.

3. Richard Gowan:

   With Pompeo more firmly in control and John Bolton focused on his anti-multilateral agenda, there's a sense the Richard Gowan ambassador will have less clout.

4. Michelle Krebs:

   It is important for United Auto Workers to nab one of the plants to rebuild membership as well as clout.

5. Neil Saunders:

   The bigger companies that have more money, more economic clout because they place more orders, definitely have more scope to mitigate [ supply chain constraints ], smaller chains just don't have that economic power.

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