Synonyms for pin
pɪnpin

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1. pinnoun

   Synonyms:
   peg

2. pinnoun

   Synonyms:
   skittle

3. pinnoun

   Synonyms:
   brooch

4. pinnoun

   A small nail with a head and a sharp point.

   Synonyms:
   nail, tack

5. pinnoun

   A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.

   Synonyms:
   badge

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1. pinnoun

   a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment

   Synonyms:
   fall, flag, stick, personal identification number, pin tumbler, pivot, rowlock, tholepin, oarlock, peg, thole, bowling pin

   Antonyms:
   unpin

2. fall, pinnoun

   when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

   Synonyms:
   tholepin, stick, crepuscule, thole, dip, surrender, flag, twilight, spill, gloaming, downslope, tumble, declivity, bowling pin, decline, declination, pivot, descent, fall, rowlock, autumn, pin tumbler, evenfall, gloam, oarlock, peg, downfall, declension, personal identification number, crepuscle, nightfall, dusk, free fall, drop, capitulation

   Antonyms:
   unpin

3. peg, pinnoun

   small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.

   Synonyms:
   oarlock, tholepin, wooden leg, pin tumbler, peg, nog, pivot, thole, leg, bowling pin, stick, pegleg, fall, personal identification number, flag, rowlock

   Antonyms:
   unpin

4. personal identification number, PIN, PIN numbernoun

   a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts

   Synonyms:
   fall, flag, stick, personal identification number, pin tumbler, pivot, rowlock, tholepin, oarlock, peg, thole, bowling pin

   Antonyms:
   unpin

5. pin, peg, sticknoun

   informal terms for the leg

   "fever left him weak on his sticks"

   Synonyms:
   oarlock, reefer, tholepin, stick, joystick, pin tumbler, peg, nog, control stick, pivot, thole, joint, leg, bowling pin, pegleg, spliff, fall, personal identification number, marijuana cigarette, flag, wooden leg, rowlock

   Antonyms:
   unpin

6. pivot, pinnoun

   axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns

   Synonyms:
   fall, thole, flag, stick, pin tumbler, pivot man, pivot, rowlock, tholepin, oarlock, peg, personal identification number, bowling pin

   Antonyms:
   unpin

7. pin, pin tumblernoun

   cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown

   Synonyms:
   fall, flag, stick, personal identification number, pin tumbler, pivot, rowlock, tholepin, oarlock, peg, thole, bowling pin

   Antonyms:
   unpin

8. pin, flagnoun

   flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green

   Synonyms:
   oarlock, tholepin, stick, pin tumbler, peg, masthead, pivot, thole, flagstone, signal flag, sword lily, bowling pin, fleur-de-lis, fall, personal identification number, flag, rowlock, iris

   Antonyms:
   unpin

9. pinnoun

   a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things

   Synonyms:
   fall, flag, stick, personal identification number, pin tumbler, pivot, rowlock, tholepin, oarlock, peg, thole, bowling pin

   Antonyms:
   unpin

10. peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlocknoun

    a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

    Synonyms:
    oarlock, tholepin, wooden leg, pin tumbler, peg, nog, pivot, thole, leg, bowling pin, stick, pegleg, fall, personal identification number, flag, rowlock

    Antonyms:
    unpin

11. bowling pin, pinverb

    a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target

    Synonyms:
    fall, flag, oarlock, stick, pin tumbler, personal identification number, pivot, rowlock, tholepin, bowling pin, peg, thole

    Antonyms:
    unpin

12. trap, pin, immobilize, immobiliseverb

    to hold fast or prevent from moving

    "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"

    Synonyms:
    trap, ensnare, freeze, entrap, pin down, immobilize, snare, trammel, block, immobilise

    Antonyms:
    unpin

13. pinverb

    attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins

    "pin the needle to the shirt". "pin the blame on the innocent man"

    Synonyms:
    immobilise, immobilize, trap

    Antonyms:
    unpin

14. pinverb

    pierce with a pin

    "pin down the butterfly"

    Synonyms:
    immobilise, immobilize, trap

    Antonyms:
    unpin

15. pinverb

    immobilize a piece

    Synonyms:
    immobilise, immobilize, trap

    Antonyms:
    unpin

Matched Categories

1. • Axis
   • Fastener
   • Golf Equipment
   • Holder
   • Jewelry
   • Leg
   • Marker
   • Number
   • Transfix
   • Tumbler
   • Victory

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pinnoun

   Synonyms:
   peg, BOLT

2. pinnoun

   Synonyms:
   straw (as something of no value), fig, button, rush, feather, farthing, brass farthing

3. pinverb

   Synonyms:
   fasten with a pin

4. pinverb

   Synonyms:
   fasten, fix, make fast

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1. pinnoun

   Synonyms:
   peg, bolt, skewer, spilikin, spile, plug, linchpin

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1. List of paraphrases for "pin":

   pine, pins, nip, brooch, spindle, pines, terminals, plug, terminal, stem, prong, pinouts, talon, pinout, nips, softshell, ankle, roadside, clip, needle

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1. Michael Shermer:

   It is sad that while science moves ahead in exciting new areas of research, fine-tuning our knowledge of how life originated and evolved, creationists remain mired in medieval debates about angels on the head of a pin and animals in the belly of an Ark.

2. The President:

   I’m sorry you had to make the call. That telephone call that every family dreads when they have a son or daughter, husband, wife, brother, sister in uniform. Every morning they pin that badge on, go to work and expect to come home. In the back of your minds, ‘We’ll never get that call.’.

3. Matthew Barzun:

   I don't think it is fair to pin everything on the private sector, nor is it fair to say that they have no responsibility in trying to come up with solutions.

4. Mark Esper:

   I spoke with the President on Sunday. He gave me the order that Eddie Gallagher will retain his Trident pin.

5. George Freeman:

   She is falling on her sword, putting country before party and career, and is asking them to do the same. You could hear a pin drop in that room.