Antonyms for dock
dɒkdock

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1. dock

   Antonyms:
   grow, elongate, nourish, prolong, train, coax

   Synonyms:
   curtail, lop, abbreviate, prune

Matched Categories

1. • Body Part
   • Cut
   • Deduct
   • Deprive
   • Enclosure
   • Enter
   • Guide
   • Herbaceous Plant
   • Law
   • Platform

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. docknoun

   an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial

   Antonyms:
   undock

   Synonyms:
   loading dock, dockage, pier, wharf, bob, docking facility, wharfage, sorrel, sour grass, bobtail

2. dock, sorrel, sour grassnoun

   any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine

   Antonyms:
   undock

   Synonyms:
   red sorrel, loading dock, bob, docking facility, pier, oxalis, wood sorrel, wharfage, rozelle, bobtail, dockage, wharf, sour grass, common sorrel, sorrel, roselle

3. pier, wharf, wharfage, docknoun

   a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

   Antonyms:
   undock

   Synonyms:
   loading dock, dockage, pier, wharf, bob, docking facility, wharfage, sorrel, sour grass, quayage, bobtail

4. dock, loading docknoun

   a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded

   Antonyms:
   undock

   Synonyms:
   loading dock, dockage, pier, wharf, bob, docking facility, wharfage, sorrel, sour grass, bobtail

5. dock, dockage, docking facilitynoun

   landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out

   "the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late"

   Antonyms:
   undock

   Synonyms:
   docking, loading dock, dockage, pier, wharf, docking fee, bob, docking facility, wharfage, sorrel, sour grass, moorage, bobtail, tying up

6. docknoun

   the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair

   Antonyms:
   undock

   Synonyms:
   loading dock, dockage, pier, wharf, bob, docking facility, wharfage, sorrel, sour grass, bobtail

7. bobtail, bob, dockverb

   a short or shortened tail of certain animals

   Antonyms:
   undock

   Synonyms:
   loading dock, bob, dockage, pier, bobsleigh, shilling, wharf, wharfage, bobfloat, bobtail, docking facility, cork, bobsled, sour grass, sorrel, bobber

8. dockverb

   come into dock

   "the ship docked"

   Antonyms:
   undock

   Synonyms:
   bob, tail

9. dockverb

   deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty

   Antonyms:
   undock

   Synonyms:
   bob, tail

10. dockverb

    deduct from someone's wages

    Antonyms:
    undock

    Synonyms:
    bob, tail

11. dock, tail, bobverb

    remove or shorten the tail of an animal

    Antonyms:
    undock

    Synonyms:
    bobsled, dog, chase after, curtsy, tail, bob, tag, track, chase, trail, go after, give chase

12. dockverb

    maneuver into a dock

    "dock the ships"

    Antonyms:
    undock

    Synonyms:
    bob, tail

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. docknoun

   Synonyms:
   wharf, pier, jetty

2. dockverb

   Synonyms:
   curtail, deduct from, lessen

How to use dock in a sentence?

1. Nimrod Getzov:

   We think that in the past there was a bay here, where ships could dock and fortresses were built along this bay to guard the bay and those who docked there.

2. Van Der Klaauw:

   We had wanted to use ports, vessels which try to dock in Aden. But since the pause didn't take place, we still have a big problem that aid is not reachable by sea.

3. Cassi Free:

   Andy spent the day seated in the back of the boat when he wasn't swimming, tubing or wakeboarding. (Courtesy of Cassi Free) Brett stared, looking to see where Andy was going, someone commented from the dock that clearly, Andy didnt want to help. A man on a jet ski said he thought Andy must be going toward the ladder on the dock. Brett turned his attention there and then he realized that something was wrong; he didnt see any movement and dove in. At least two others came running to help. Andy was pulled from the water, CPR was performed, and emergency services were called. But he was already gone, Cassi recalled. The Free family, confused and shocked, had no idea what had happened.

4. Sean Kearns:

   It enabled Google to photograph the ship pierside in her normal fully-rigged configuration before we down-rig the ship and move her into dry dock for restoration work.

5. Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis:

   Holland America agreed to a strict set set of protocols if Broward County decided to allow the ships to dock.

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