Synonyms for cling
klɪŋcling

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1. cling

   Synonyms:
   fasten, hold, adhere, embrace, stick, cleave, hang, twine, hug

   Antonyms:
   drop, recede, secede, apostatize, abandon, relax, forego, swerve, surrender

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1. cling, clingstoneverb

   fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit

   Synonyms:
   clingstone

2. cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohereverb

   come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

   "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"

   Synonyms:
   stand by, stupefy, stick by, baffle, stick, perplex, cleave, bond, get, mystify, flummox, bind, beat, stick around, nonplus, rive, dumbfound, split, lodge, sting, hold fast, deposit, amaze, stick to, stay put, gravel, cohere, stay, hang, bewilder, wedge, vex, pose, puzzle, adhere

3. clingverb

   to remain emotionally or intellectually attached

   "He clings to the idea that she might still love him."

   Synonyms:
   cohere, hang, stick, adhere, cleave

4. cling, hangverb

   hold on tightly or tenaciously

   "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"

   Synonyms:
   cleave, pay heed, advert, string up, give ear, stick, cohere, attend, adhere, flow, hang up, fall, hang

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1. clingverb

   Synonyms:
   adhere, hold, stick, cleave, be attached, hold fast

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1. clingverb

   Synonyms:
   adhere, cleave, hold fast

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1. List of paraphrases for "cling":

   latchon

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1. Sonny Bono:

   Don't cling to fame. You're just borrowing it. It's like money. You're going to die, and somebody else is going to get it.

2. India Walton:

   I won the Democratic primary. I won because I worked hard. I won because people are ready for change. I won because Democrats turned out and voted for me, but we have corporate Democrats who are so desperate to cling to what little power they have left and stave off the progressive wing of our party.

3. James Arthur Baldwin:

   I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

4. Sipho P Nkosi:

   Never cling on to something that takes away your inner peace. Build courage and let it go.

5. Valerie Jarrett:

   I think we have to turn it into a teaching moment, i'm fine. I'm worried about all the people out there who don't have a circle of friends and followers who come right to their defense. The person who is walking down the street minding their own business and they see somebody cling to their purse, or run across the street, or every black parent I know who has a boy who has to sit down and have a conversation -- the talk -- as we call it. As you say, those ordinary examples of racism that happen every single day.