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Synonyms for pinch
pɪntʃpinch

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. pinchverb

    Synonyms:
    squeeze, grip, press, compress, nip, distress

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. pinchnoun

    a painful or straitened circumstance

    "the pinch of the recession"

    Synonyms:
    speck, emergency, jot, apprehension, touch, catch, tinge, soupcon, taking into custody, arrest, mite, collar, tweak, hint, exigency

  2. pinchnoun

    an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed

    Synonyms:
    speck, emergency, jot, apprehension, touch, catch, tinge, soupcon, taking into custody, arrest, mite, collar, tweak, hint, exigency

  3. touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupconnoun

    a slight but appreciable amount

    "this dish could use a touch of garlic"

    Synonyms:
    hint, touch, touch sensation, signature, intimation, mite, jot, wind, spot, apprehension, corpuscle, sense of touch, exigency, cutaneous senses, suggestion, confidential information, lead, arrest, touch modality, tactile sensation, tinge, soupcon, ghost, speck, touching, particle, clue, taking into custody, steer, undertone, tactual sensation, skin senses, jotting, molecule, atom, pinpoint, collar, emergency, tweak, breath, feeling, contact, catch, trace, tip, mote

  4. emergency, exigency, pinchnoun

    a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action

    "he never knew what to do in an emergency"

    Synonyms:
    jot, soupcon, touch, exigency, hand brake, tinge, tweak, catch, emergency brake, speck, hint, collar, mite, apprehension, taking into custody, arrest, emergency, parking brake

  5. nip, pinchnoun

    a small sharp bite or snip

    Synonyms:
    jot, apprehension, chilliness, touch, flavour, exigency, collar, tinge, relish, tanginess, piquantness, zest, savour, flavor, piquance, soupcon, catch, smack, speck, hint, coolness, tweak, mite, emergency, piquancy, sapidity, taking into custody, arrest, tang, savor, shot

  6. pinch, tweaknoun

    a squeeze with the fingers

    Synonyms:
    apprehension, jot, soupcon, touch, exigency, collar, tweak, catch, speck, hint, mite, tinge, taking into custody, arrest, emergency

  7. apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custodyverb

    the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

    "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"

    Synonyms:
    hitch, hint, touch, understanding, mite, jot, stoppage, apprehension, catch, halt, shoe collar, dog collar, snap, match, snatch, tinge, soupcon, exigency, speck, neckband, collar, taking into custody, leash, stop, discernment, misgiving, emergency, arrest, tweak, stay, apprehensiveness, dread, savvy, gimmick, grab, haul, choker, check

  8. pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitchverb

    squeeze tightly between the fingers

    "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"

    Synonyms:
    cabbage, hook, pressure, nobble, thrust, clip, rack, sting, hale, filch, twitch, gouge, tweet, top, jerk, force, lift, shove, crimp, abstract, twinge, compress, hug, flip, pilfer, embrace, prick, purloin, snarf, compact, press, extort, stuff, squeeze, sneak, contract, squash, nip off, bosom, twirp, swipe, wring, mash, coerce, snip off, wedge, squelch, snip, constrict, crush, vellicate

  9. crimp, pinchverb

    make ridges into by pinching together

    Synonyms:
    tweet, twitch, crape, filch, sneak, hook, snarf, kink up, frizz, frizzle, crimp, twinge, cabbage, nobble, squeeze, kink, lift, top, swipe, purloin, pilfer, vellicate, abstract

  10. pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, liftverb

    make off with belongings of others

    Synonyms:
    elevate, snitch, rook, mouse, hook, top, victimize, nobble, uprise, arise, cop, cabbage, repeal, abstract, kidnap, vellicate, crimp, snarf, lift, con, vacate, defraud, hornswoggle, reverse, pussyfoot, go up, plagiarise, bring up, airlift, raise, rob, plume, revoke, pilfer, accost, overcharge, knock off, sneak, rise, abduct, move up, thieve, addict, crochet, filch, get up, squeeze, gyp, swindle, come up, creep, diddle, wind, pluck, swipe, solicit, countermand, bunco, twitch, rear, soak, rustle, hoist, short-change, goldbrick, snatch, purloin, scam, tweet, snare, face-lift, fleece, mulct, gip, plagiarize, gazump, surcharge, twinge, rescind, annul, slip, overturn, glom

  11. top, pinchverb

    cut the top off

    "top trees and bushes"

    Synonyms:
    crown, twitch, cabbage, filch, sneak, hook, top off, exceed, swipe, snarf, purloin, vellicate, clear, crimp, twinge, tweet, nobble, overstep, top out, go past, squeeze, lead, transcend, pass, pilfer, top, lift, abstract

  12. pinch, vellicateverb

    irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear

    "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"

    Synonyms:
    tweet, tickle, twitch, cabbage, filch, sneak, hook, snarf, purloin, top, crimp, twinge, nobble, titillate, squeeze, lift, vellicate, swipe, pilfer, abstract

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. pinchverb

    Synonyms:
    nip, squeeze, compress, gripe

  2. pinchverb

    Synonyms:
    oppress, straiten, distress

  3. pinchverb

    Synonyms:
    bear hard

  4. pinchnoun

    Synonyms:
    nip, gripe

  5. pinchnoun

    Synonyms:
    emergency, exigency, crisis, strait, difficulty, push

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. pinchnoun

    Synonyms:
    twinge, tweak, twitch, exigency, strait

  2. pinchverb

    Synonyms:
    squeeze, compress, twinge, tweak, gripe, nip, cramp, straiten, oppress, skrimp

  3. pinchverb

    Synonyms:
    (Slang) arrest

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "pinch":

    mounting, mount, spire, contact, tighten, claw, dash, pincer, fixing, clamp

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How to use pinch in a sentence?

  1. Sydney Fuller-Jones:

    Thank goodness, I only drive from home to work. I don't do too much other than that. But I've felt the pinch, we watch what we eat. Some things we were able to splurge on in the past is a thing of the past.

  2. Charles St. Arnaud:

    All those comments have to be taken with a big pinch of salt, but it's helping there are signs we are moving toward a deal.

  3. Jutiar Adil:

    The coronavirus pandemic has had an impact [on us]as it has on many countries around the world. We announced strict measures from the very start of the pandemic and put in place a series of regulations that helped contain the number of our cases and avoid overwhelming our health system, financially, were feeling the pinch.

  4. Mohammad Jalehar:

    Every pinch hurts, suppliers are telling us to prepare for higher prices. One chicken now might cost a dollar more, but where will I get the extra money I need to buy 100 birds for sale ? Will my customers also accept the costs ?

  5. Kelli McGrane:

    Rather than having sweetened oatmeal packets, make plain oatmeal and flavor with blueberries and cinnamon. I even like adding a pinch of cardamom for an extra flavor-punch.


Translations for pinch

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  • pessigar, pessicCatalan, Valencian
  • štípnout, špetkaCzech
  • knib, snuppe, nive, knibe, negle, niv, hugge, tage, nap, drys, klemme, nappe, nuppeDanish
  • kneifen, zwickenGerman
  • pellizco, pizca, pellizcar, aprietoSpanish
  • napata, latvoa, hyppysellinen, hyppynen, näpistää, piinata, leikata, nipistys, pinteessä, nipistääFinnish
  • pincement, pincer, chiper, pincéeFrench
  • csipetHungarian
  • pizzicare, pizzico, acciuffareItalian
  • 抓るJapanese
  • نوقورچ لێدان, قونجورکه‌, نوقورچ, قونجورک گرتنKurdish
  • چوبيت, cubitMalay
  • knijpenDutch
  • szczyptaPolish
  • beliscada, beliscar, alhada, aperto, roubarPortuguese
  • ciupi, pișcaRomanian
  • щепотка, прищемлять, ущипнуть, щепоть, защемлять, щипатьRussian
  • štipanje, uštinutiSerbo-Croatian
  • nyp, knipa, snatta, nypa, knipsa, pinaSwedish
  • çimdiklemekTurkish
  • nhónVietnamese

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