What are some opposite words for lurch?

Antonyms for lurch
lɜrtʃlurch

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Princeton's WordNet2.6 / 5 votes

  1. lurch, stumble, staggernoun

    an unsteady uneven gait

    Synonyms:
    stagger, misstep, stumble, lunge, pitch, trip-up, trip, pitching

  2. lurchnoun

    a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)

    Synonyms:
    lunge, pitch, stumble, stagger, pitching

  3. lurch, pitch, pitchingnoun

    abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)

    "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"

    Synonyms:
    stagger, tar, pitch shot, lunge, stumble, delivery, pitch, slant, pitching, auction pitch, sales pitch, sales talk, rake

  4. lurch, lungeverb

    the act of moving forward suddenly

    Synonyms:
    stagger, stumble, lunge, pitch, pitching, passado, straight thrust

  5. stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careenverb

    walk as if unable to control one's movements

    "The drunken man staggered into the room"

    Synonyms:
    stagger, pitch, spin around, keel, careen, gyrate, spin, droop, swag, tilt, shift, skunk, wobble, whirl, distribute, flag, prowl, sag, flounder, reel

  6. lurch, pitch, shiftverb

    move abruptly

    "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"

    Synonyms:
    cant, gear, transfer, huckster, set up, cant over, flip, tilt, agitate, deliver, peddle, hawk, stir, change, prowl, switch, reel, reposition, sky, keel, swag, budge, pitch, toss, change over, careen, shift, wobble, dislodge, incline, monger, slope, skunk, vend, stagger, slant

  7. lurchverb

    move slowly and unsteadily

    "The truck lurched down the road"

    Synonyms:
    stagger, reel, shift, pitch, swag, careen, keel, prowl, skunk

  8. prowl, lurchverb

    loiter about, with no apparent aim

    Synonyms:
    stagger, reel, pitch, prowl, swag, careen, keel, shift, skunk

  9. lurch, skunkverb

    defeat by a lurch

    Synonyms:
    stagger, reel, shift, pitch, swag, careen, keel, prowl, skunk

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. lurchverb

    Synonyms:
    sway, stagger, roll, dodge, shift, evade, bilk

How to use lurch in a sentence?

  1. Bruno Araujo:

    Until then we will lurch from crisis to crisis, from outburst to outburst by this authoritarian president.

  2. Ross Gerber:

    Tesla's biggest issue is poor communication. They continue to lurch from announcement to announcement with lot of uncertainty.

  3. Jeff Bock:

    We have to prepare for the inevitability that one, or more, of the major chains may not survive if this situation continues to lurch into next summer, the number of movie theaters that will close on a permanent basis will be directly proportional to how long it takes the US to stomp out the virus.

  4. Comptroller Scott Stringer:

    New York City Bike Share's management of Citi Bike left too many New Yorkers in the lurch, while Citi Bike has become part of our urban landscape, auditors found that the bike sharing program's spotty maintenance, poorly-cleaned bikes and substandard docking stations inconvenienced riders and discouraged growth in the system.

  5. Diane Derzis:

    This was always a very busy clinic. So we realize the numbers of women who are going to be left in the lurch and will have to travel out of state, or continue a pregnancy, or do something themselves. It's the latter that worries you more than anything else. Because there's definitely desperation.

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