Antonyms for loom
lumloom

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.6 / 5 votes

1. loom

   Antonyms:
   dwindle, pale, recede, fade, vanish, disappear

   Synonyms:
   glimmer, lower, gloam

Matched Categories

1. • Appear
   • Hang
   • Rise
   • Weave

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. loomverb

   a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile

2. loomverb

   come into view indistinctly, often threateningly

   "Another air plane loomed into the sky"

   Synonyms:
   tower, hulk, brood, predominate, bulk large, hover

3. loom, tower, predominate, hulkverb

   appear very large or occupy a commanding position

   "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall"

   Synonyms:
   rule, tower, predominate, hulk, dominate, brood, hover, prevail, bulk large, reign

4. brood, hover, loom, bulk largeverb

   hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing

   "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"

   Synonyms:
   levitate, stew, hover, predominate, linger, bulk large, oscillate, sulk, dwell, pout, hatch, cover, hulk, vacillate, grizzle, incubate, vibrate, tower, brood

5. loomverb

   weave on a loom

   "materials loomed in Egypt"

   Synonyms:
   tower, hulk, brood, predominate, bulk large, hover

How to use loom in a sentence?

1. Julian Wang:

   The data showed the signs of stabilisation, which is very encouraging, however, public sector investment and housing market are slowing down. So the challenges still loom quite large in the second half of the year.

2. Le Drian:

   The situation in Middle East is explosive, violence is doing the talking, war could loom, the president of the republic has decided to take all necessary political initiatives.

3. Pascal Lee:

   The Apollo landing sites were all near the Moon’s equator, such that the Earth was almost directly overhead for the astronauts, but from the Philolaus skylights, Earth would loom just over the crater’s mountainous rim, near the horizon to the southeast.

4. Rebecca Robbins:

   Sleep is an artifact of our waking lives, if you're experiencing hardship, trauma or something unsettling happening... those events loom large for our sleep.

5. Matt Goodman:

   Ukraine is going to loom large, and the big question is around whether this group is going to be able to take forward the sanctions.

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