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Synonyms for knot
nɒtknot
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
knot
Synonyms:
tie, bond, intricacy, difficulty, perplexity, cluster, collection, band, group, protuberance, jointAntonyms:
loosening, unfastening, dissolution, solution, explication, unravelling, dispersion, multitude, crowd, indentation, evenness, smoothness, cavity
Princeton's WordNet
knotnoun
a tight cluster of people or things
"a small knot of women listened to his sermon"; "the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest"
Synonyms:
international nautical mile, nautical mile, mile, slub, air mile, grayback, gnarl, naut mi, greyback, burl, miAntonyms:
unknot, unpick, unravel, untangle, unscrambleknotnoun
any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
Synonyms:
international nautical mile, nautical mile, mile, slub, air mile, grayback, gnarl, naut mi, greyback, burl, miAntonyms:
unravel, unscramble, unknot, unpick, untangleknotnoun
a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
"the saw buckled when it hit a knot"
Synonyms:
international nautical mile, nautical mile, mile, slub, air mile, grayback, gnarl, naut mi, greyback, burl, miAntonyms:
unscramble, unravel, unknot, untangle, unpickknot, gnarlnoun
something twisted and tight and swollen
"their muscles stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots"
Synonyms:
international nautical mile, nautical mile, mile, slub, air mile, grayback, gnarl, naut mi, greyback, burl, miAntonyms:
unravel, unscramble, unknot, untangle, unpicknautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air milenoun
a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
Synonyms:
burl, air mile, slub, land mile, sea mile, stat mi, international nautical mile, geographical mile, mile, grayback, mil, mi, myocardial infarction, greyback, international mile, statute mile, nautical mile, naut mi, gnarl, myocardial infarctAntonyms:
unravel, untangle, unknot, unscramble, unpickslub, knot, burlnoun
soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
Synonyms:
international nautical mile, nautical mile, mile, slub, air mile, grayback, gnarl, naut mi, greyback, burl, miAntonyms:
unknot, unscramble, untangle, unravel, unpickknot, greyback, grayback, Calidris canutusverb
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
Synonyms:
international nautical mile, nautical mile, mile, slub, air mile, grayback, gnarl, naut mi, greyback, burl, miAntonyms:
unscramble, unknot, untangle, unpick, unravelknotverb
make into knots; make knots out of
"She knotted her fingers"
Antonyms:
unpick, unravel, unknot, untangle, unscrambleknotverb
tie or fasten into a knot
"knot the shoelaces"
Antonyms:
unknot, unpick, unravel, untangle, unscrambleravel, tangle, knotverb
tangle or complicate
"a ravelled story"
Synonyms:
entangle, sweep, drag, dishevel, embroil, sweep up, ravel, tangle, unravel, ravel out, mat, drag in, snarl, tousleAntonyms:
unpick, unscramble, unknot, untangle, unravel
Editors Contribution
tye
common misspelling of the word tie
you will tye that into a knot
Submitted by rinat on September 4, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
knotnoun
Synonyms:
entanglement, complicationknotnoun
Synonyms:
tie, connection, bond of unionknotnoun
knotnoun
knotnoun
Synonyms:
group, band, clique, gang, crew, squad, cluster, set, packknotnoun
Synonyms:
nautical mileknotverb
Synonyms:
entangle, tie, complicate
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#181 | group | |
#744 | collection | |
#1173 | band | |
#1709 | mi | |
#2082 | joint | |
#3261 | bond | |
#3407 | node | |
#3417 | mile | |
#4607 | tie | |
#4644 | cluster | |
#5311 | difficulty | |
#6207 | mat | |
#6335 | bow | |
#6613 | drag | |
#8582 | mil | |
#12312 | sweep | |
#13874 | knot | |
#34493 | crux | |
#37220 | tangle | |
#37457 | unravel | |
#38843 | ravel | |
#43621 | burl | |
#46376 | noose | |
#70199 | snarl | |
#70251 | nub | |
#76437 | gordian | |
#77127 | perplexity | |
#108226 | entangle | |
#118782 | intricacy | |
#169987 | slub | |
#180983 | protuberance | |
#278396 | embroil |
How to use knot in a sentence?
When the Russians try to fix one problem they caused themselves, another problem arises, you're trying to create a thorny knot of dilemmas so every time they try to do something that makes their life better, it actually makes their life worse.
He and I agree that had we tied the marital knot, we would not still be together.
Keeping Up With the Kardashians. i don't think I'll forget the tight knot I felt in the pit of my stomach the morning I received the text message with three simple words on the screen. It read 'I'm getting married' and it was from the man I'd spent more than 10 years of my life with.
So sweet and delicious do I become, when I am in bed with a man who, I sense, loves and enjoys me, that the pleasure I bring excels all delight, so the knot of love, however tight it seemed before, is tied tighter still.
We need moments of joy now more than ever, and we won't let a pandemic get in the way of true love, to all of the couples looking forward to tying the knot, know that New York City is right here with you, throwing rice from afar.
Translations for knot
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- عقدةArabic
- төйөнBashkir
- вузелBelarusian
- възелBulgarian
- kouloum, koulmBreton
- grop, nus, territ grosCatalan, Valencian
- suk, uzel, boule, potíž, chomáč, jespák, zauzlovat, svraštitCzech
- cwlwmWelsh
- knast, knude, hårdknude, knob, islandsk ryleDanish
- Knoten, Beule, Ast, KnuttGerman
- όζος, κόμπος, ρόζος, καρούμπαλο, δένω κόμπο, ζαρώνω, κόμβοςGreek
- nodoEsperanto
- nudo, playero, correlimos, anudarSpanish
- گرهPersian
- ongelma, solmu, patti, oksankohta, takku, kuhmu, pulma, oksa, vaikeus, solmia, vuorisirri, sirri, isosirriFinnish
- knútur, íslandsgrælingurFaroese
- nœud, nouerFrench
- dual, snaidhm, alt, cranra, cnotaIrish
- snaidhm, pluc, cuir snaidhm air, mìle-mara, luatharan-gainmhichScottish Gaelic
- nóGalician
- गांठHindi
- csomóHungarian
- հանգույցArmenian
- hnútur, flækja, klípa, hnýtaIcelandic
- nodo, annodare, corrugareItalian
- 結び目, ノットJapanese
- ნასკვიGeorgian
- 매듭, 코Korean
- گرێ, گرێدانKurdish
- kolmCornish
- nodus, nodoLatin
- antauga, mazgas, gumbas, surišti mazguLithuanian
- mezgls, māzers, sasiet mezglāLatvian
- pūmanga, tīpona, pūkanohi, pūpeka, huahou, whakapōroheMāori
- јазол, џумка, колено, свиок, клопче, жмучка, се мурти, врзуваMacedonian
- buil, knoop, kluwen, bluts, knoest, dichtknopen, knopen, aaneenknopen, fronsenDutch
- kul, knute, trøbbel, rynke, bekymringsrynker, rynker, knop, knyteNorwegian
- noset, nosarOccitan
- węzełPolish
- nó, emaranhado, galo, seixoeira, franzirPortuguese
- nuv, nouv, nufRomansh
- nod, înnodaRomanian
- колтун, шишка, сучок, узел, завиток, клубок, сукRussian
- nudu, nodu, annodareSardinian
- чвор, čvor, жалар, žalarSerbo-Croatian
- uzol, pobrežník, zauzliť, pobrežník hrdzavýSlovak
- vozel, vozlati, zavozlatiSlovene
- nyjëAlbanian
- knut, svullnad, knipa, bula, stek, knop, knyta, kustsnäppa, rynka, kolymasnäppa, snäppaSwedish
- fundo, fundaSwahili
- முடிச்சுTamil
- ปมThai
- budak, düğüm, deniz mili, düğümlemekTurkish
- вузолUkrainian
- nútVietnamese
- ranukî, nukîWalloon
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