Synonyms for dock
dɒkdock

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1. dock

   Synonyms:
   curtail, lop, abbreviate, prune

   Antonyms:
   grow, elongate, nourish, prolong, train, coax

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1. docknoun

   an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial

   Synonyms:
   loading dock, dockage, pier, wharf, bob, docking facility, wharfage, sorrel, sour grass, bobtail

   Antonyms:
   undock

2. dock, sorrel, sour grassnoun

   any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine

   Synonyms:
   red sorrel, loading dock, bob, docking facility, pier, oxalis, wood sorrel, wharfage, rozelle, bobtail, dockage, wharf, sour grass, common sorrel, sorrel, roselle

   Antonyms:
   undock

3. pier, wharf, wharfage, docknoun

   a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

   Synonyms:
   loading dock, dockage, pier, wharf, bob, docking facility, wharfage, sorrel, sour grass, quayage, bobtail

   Antonyms:
   undock

4. dock, loading docknoun

   a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded

   Synonyms:
   loading dock, dockage, pier, wharf, bob, docking facility, wharfage, sorrel, sour grass, bobtail

   Antonyms:
   undock

5. dock, dockage, docking facilitynoun

   landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out

   "the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late"

   Synonyms:
   docking, loading dock, dockage, pier, wharf, docking fee, bob, docking facility, wharfage, sorrel, sour grass, moorage, bobtail, tying up

   Antonyms:
   undock

6. docknoun

   the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair

   Synonyms:
   loading dock, dockage, pier, wharf, bob, docking facility, wharfage, sorrel, sour grass, bobtail

   Antonyms:
   undock

7. bobtail, bob, dockverb

   a short or shortened tail of certain animals

   Synonyms:
   loading dock, bob, dockage, pier, bobsleigh, shilling, wharf, wharfage, bobfloat, bobtail, docking facility, cork, bobsled, sour grass, sorrel, bobber

   Antonyms:
   undock

8. dockverb

   come into dock

   "the ship docked"

   Synonyms:
   bob, tail

   Antonyms:
   undock

9. dockverb

   deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty

   Synonyms:
   bob, tail

   Antonyms:
   undock

10. dockverb

    deduct from someone's wages

    Synonyms:
    bob, tail

    Antonyms:
    undock

11. dock, tail, bobverb

    remove or shorten the tail of an animal

    Synonyms:
    bobsled, dog, chase after, curtsy, tail, bob, tag, track, chase, trail, go after, give chase

    Antonyms:
    undock

12. dockverb

    maneuver into a dock

    "dock the ships"

    Synonyms:
    bob, tail

    Antonyms:
    undock

Matched Categories

1. • Body Part
   • Cut
   • Deduct
   • Deprive
   • Enclosure
   • Enter
   • Guide
   • Herbaceous Plant
   • Law
   • Platform

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1. dockverb

   Synonyms:
   curtail, clip, cut short

2. dockverb

   Synonyms:
   shorten, lessen, deduct from

3. dockverb

   Synonyms:
   put into a dock (as a vessel)

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

1. docknoun

   Synonyms:
   wharf, pier, jetty

2. dockverb

   Synonyms:
   curtail, deduct from, lessen

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1. List of paraphrases for "dock":

   wharf, quai, pier, quay, docks, cale, dockside, docking, port, mating, berth, jetty, platform, wharves, coupler

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1. Wang Zhongyang:

   Two space labs will be launched later and dock with the core module, 'Tianhe-1,' the construction of the space station is expected to finish in 2022.

2. Gina Ford:

   We had a 20- to 25-foot zone to expand the previous riverside dock and to connect that land under existing bridges, we wanted to give pedestrians a way to travel along the river without needing to cross a street.

3. Van Der Klaauw:

   We had wanted to use ports, vessels which try to dock in Aden. But since the pause didn't take place, we still have a big problem that aid is not reachable by sea.

4. Mario Diaz-Balart:

   The expansion of regularly scheduled flights to Cuba is an obvious attempt to circumvent the tourism ban, similarly, allowing cruises to dock in Cuba would violate both the spirit and the letter of U.S. law. Increased travel to Cuba directly funds the individuals and institutions that oppress the Cuban people.

5. Sandy Fielden:

   Whenever we talk about these numbers, the issues are not just of pure dock capacity. For China, the more important issue for them is the size of vessel that you can load. (Of) all of the main (U.S.) regions where loading is occurring, none can load a VLCC directly.