Synonyms for claw
klɔclaw

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. clawnoun

   sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles

   Synonyms:
   hook, chela, nipper, pincer

2. hook, clawnoun

   a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something

   Synonyms:
   hook shot, chela, crotchet, lure, hook, sweetener, nipper, bait, hooking, come-on, pincer, draw

3. claw, chela, nipper, pincernoun

   a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods

   Synonyms:
   pair of tweezers, kid, nestling, tiddler, fry, nipper, hook, pair of pincers, pincer, shaver, tyke, minor, tike, small fry, tweezer, youngster, chela, child

4. clawverb

   a bird's foot

   Synonyms:
   hook, chela, nipper, pincer

5. clawverb

   move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging

   "They clawed their way to the top of the mountain"

6. clawverb

   clutch as if in panic

   "She clawed the doorknob"

7. clawverb

   scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails

8. clawverb

   attack as if with claws

   "The politician clawed his rival"

Matched Categories

1. • Attack
   • Clutch
   • Horny Structure
   • Mechanical Device
   • Scratch
   • Work

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. clawnoun

   Synonyms:
   talon

2. clawverb

   Synonyms:
   tear (with the claws), scratch, lacerate, laniate

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

1. clawnoun

   Synonyms:
   talon, dewclaw

   Associated words:
   ungual, unguicular, retract, retractile, unguiculate, pounced, unguiform

2. clawverb

   Synonyms:
   scratch, laniate, lacerate

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "claw":

   griffe, devil, scrawl, hook, pincer, pinch, clamp

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How to use claw in a sentence?

1. Alderman Ed Burke:

   This is a step that is necessary to refund existing debt and begin to take steps to claw out of the financial condition we are in at the present time.

2. The Mavericks:

   With this schedule and the magnitude of opponents, you got to scratch and claw to get anything you can, hey, it didn't look good early. We were missing shots. We weren't guarding them well. The guys hung in, and we gave ourselves a chance, and we did just that.

3. Matt Hamilton:

   We never tend to do it the easy way, we like to put our backs up against the wall and try and claw our way out of it.

4. Dwayne Johnson:

   Listen, you've got one shot here, you've got an opportunity -- you've gotta scratch, claw, fight, bite, kick through everything you can to make this happen, it's a back to the wall philosophy and when your back is to the wall every moment in life you have one place to go and that's forward.

5. Jonathan Sudaria:

   The argument that a weaker pound and euro should lend some support to those respective economies, and the fact that a US rate hike should be an indicator of strength for the U.S. economy, still exists and we're set to see traders trying to claw back some of yesterday's losses on the open.