What is another word for grapple?
Synonyms for grapple
ˈgræp əlgrap·ple
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Princeton's WordNet
grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling ironnoun
a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
Synonyms:
grappling hook, grappler, clamshell, wrestling, wrestle, wrestler, hand-to-hand struggle, grappling, grappling iron, matman, grapnel anchor, grapnelclamshell, grapplenoun
a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
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grappling hook, grappler, clamshell, wrestling, hand-to-hand struggle, grappling, wrestle, grappling iron, grapnelwrestle, wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggleverb
the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
"they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"
Synonyms:
grappling hook, wrestling, clamshell, rassling, hand-to-hand struggle, grappling, wrestle, grappling iron, grappler, grapnelcope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manageverb
come to terms with
"We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
Synonyms:
wield, take, finagle, discern, bang, screw, vie, handle, recognise, deal, distinguish, debate, repugn, make love, divvy up, do, jazz, spot, roll in the hay, cut, escape, be intimate, get along, address, fight, lot, pick out, get out, portion out, eff, dole out, make do, compete, plow, bed, do it, consider, superintend, have intercourse, make out, share, manage, struggle, tell apart, supervise, neck, apportion, contest, fill in, administer, treat, parcel out, sell, have it away, sleep with, bring off, dispense, get off, dish out, contend, come, issue, love, argue, hump, get laid, fence, negociate, get away, pull off, allot, have it off, get it on, oversee, sleep together, cover, get by, distribute, write out, carry on, carry off, cope, recognize, bonk, know, wangle, mete out, look at, postulate, have sex, complete, grip, care, fare, lie with, deal out, trade, shell out, have a go at it, conduct, fill outgrapple, gripverb
to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match
"the two men grappled with each other for several minutes"
Synonyms:
make do, get by, transfix, spellbind, grip, cope, fascinate, deal, manage, make out, contend
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
grappleverb
Synonyms:
seize, gripe, grasp, catch, clasp, clutch, lay hold ofgrapplenoun
Synonyms:
close hug, close fightgrapplenoun
Synonyms:
grappling-irons
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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List of paraphrases for "grapple":
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#47 | do | |
#201 | know | |
#246 | take | |
#249 | address | |
#309 | care | |
#370 | love | |
#504 | come | |
#522 | complete | |
#564 | sell | |
#604 | issue | |
#660 | share | |
#718 | trade | |
#748 | lot | |
#846 | cover | |
#1260 | bed | |
#1274 | deal | |
#1324 | cut | |
#1528 | consider | |
#2217 | manage | |
#2465 | handle | |
#2575 | fight | |
#2645 | conduct | |
#2652 | jazz | |
#2915 | spot | |
#3284 | debate | |
#3575 | contest | |
#3758 | treat | |
#4051 | bang | |
#4094 | neck | |
#4430 | escape | |
#4730 | recognize | |
#5741 | wrestling | |
#5905 | struggle | |
#6554 | compete | |
#6874 | distribute | |
#7080 | argue | |
#7195 | screw | |
#7245 | grip | |
#8175 | fence | |
#8972 | fare | |
#9848 | cope | |
#10269 | distinguish | |
#12036 | administer | |
#12168 | recognise | |
#13033 | eff | |
#15477 | vie | |
#17935 | oversee | |
#18697 | supervise | |
#20325 | contend | |
#24516 | plow | |
#26968 | discern | |
#28429 | dispense | |
#29332 | wrestler | |
#29554 | hump | |
#31885 | wrestle | |
#38502 | grapple | |
#38780 | grappling | |
#41035 | clamshell | |
#43679 | wield | |
#45153 | allot | |
#48394 | postulate | |
#66222 | bonk | |
#79102 | apportion | |
#79233 | fascinate | |
#108867 | grappler | |
#166309 | superintend | |
#201767 | finagle | |
#301981 | matman | |
#308012 | wangle |
How to use grapple in a sentence?
She was our conscience. Our seer. Our truth-teller, she was a magician with language, who understood the Power of words. She used them to roil us, to wake us, to educate us and help us grapple with our deepest wounds and try to comprehend them.
The message that they're trying to send to the second graders is exactly the mixed messages that adults are having to deal with, which is we feel unsafe out in the streets now because of the entire ‘defund the police’ movement that has led to less police presence, but now the police are being blamed for it. So it's this contradiction that is basically very manipulative -- and it's so inappropriate for second graders to have to grapple with this.
They've got two opposing dynamics, and they have to grapple with that and figure out who could trade this debt, particularly at times of stress.
I think that the huge media splash of the lawsuit is behind us and were obviously focused on the World Cup, but also its like this is our life, and there are a lot of things that we have to grapple and deal with: Family, friends, partners, media, pressures, games, World Cup, travel. So its just kind of just one more thing. This team always has a lot of media attention, and weve always had a lot of things on our plate so its not like its anything new, or all of a sudden were getting all the more attention. Its sort of the same for us.
The family of Laquan McDonald and the people of Chicago deserve justice and accountability, as criminal charges proceed in this case, we also have to grapple as a country with broader questions about ensuring that all our citizens and communities are protected and respected.
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