What is another word for crutch?
Synonyms for crutch
krʌtʃcrutch
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Princeton's WordNet
crutchnoun
a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking
crutchnoun
anything that serves as an expedient
"he uses drugs as a psychological crutch"
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List of paraphrases for "crutch":
How to use crutch in a sentence?
It sends the wrong message. Maybe you're using it as a crutch during a hard month ... you're not going to see changes from that beyond Christmas.
Just out of the surgery room, everything went to plan, everything went perfect and I'm feeling tremendous. We've got six weeks on a crutch now and then we begin to build back.
We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.
Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.
Your social mission can’t be a crutch.
Translations for crutch
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- патерица, опора, подставкаBulgarian
- flac'hBreton
- crossaCatalan, Valencian
- berleCzech
- Stütze, KrückeGerman
- soporte, apoyo, muletaSpanish
- kainalosauva, tukiFinnish
- soutient, support, béquilleFrench
- mankóHungarian
- անթացուպArmenian
- styrkur, hækja, stoðIcelandic
- stampella, grucciaItalian
- 松葉杖Japanese
- گۆچانKurdish
- KrätschLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- krykkeNorwegian
- krukDutch
- krykkje, krykkeNorwegian Nynorsk
- muletaPortuguese
- cârjăRomanian
- костыльRussian
- шта̏ка, štȁkaSerbo-Croatian
- berglaSlovene
- shtratAlbanian
- kryckaSwedish
- qoʻltiqUzbek
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