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Synonyms for pluck
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.5 / 2 votes

  1. pluck

    Synonyms:
    eradicate, root out, exterminate

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. gutsiness, pluck, pluckinessnoun

    the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury

    Synonyms:
    gutsiness, pluckiness

  2. pluckverb

    the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord

    Synonyms:
    gutsiness, pluckiness

  3. pluck, tweak, pull off, pick offverb

    pull or pull out sharply

    "pluck the flowers off the bush"

    Synonyms:
    fleece, cull, manage, bring off, surcharge, carry off, hustle, pick, deplume, hook, displume, tweak, fine-tune, pull off, pull, roll, overcharge, tear, soak, plunk, negociate, draw away, gazump, rob, deplumate, pick off, plume, draw off

  4. hustle, pluck, rollverb

    sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

    Synonyms:
    roll, vagabond, hook, wind, ramble, cull, wrap, range, rob, pick, stray, rove, wave, deplumate, twine, surcharge, soak, overcharge, pull off, cast, flap, pull, wander, gazump, hustle, plunk, plume, bustle about, revolve, roll up, swan, deplume, roll out, pick off, tramp, turn over, bustle, undulate, tear, drift, tweak, seethe, displume, fleece, roam, wheel

  5. overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hookverb

    rip off; ask an unreasonable price

    Synonyms:
    crochet, pride, hook, nobble, dress, congratulate, cull, abstract, preen, glom, douse, sneak, rob, drench, hit it up, lift, displume, pick off, pilfer, roll, swipe, surcharge, soak, overcharge, pull off, cop, accost, souse, pull, pawn, deplume, gazump, hustle, solicit, snare, dowse, snarf, shear, plunk, plume, primp, snitch, hock, tweak, pinch, filch, knock off, purloin, pick, deplumate, overload, thieve, sop, addict, cabbage, imbue, inebriate, tear, fleece, intoxicate

  6. pluck, plunk, pickverb

    pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

    "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"

    Synonyms:
    roll, peck, hook, find fault, cull, flump, piece, blame, beak, plank, rob, pick, displume, break up, plonk, deplumate, surcharge, soak, overcharge, pull off, plump, pull, plop, clunk, dive, hustle, clean, foot, clump, plunk, plume, clop, deplume, plunge, pick off, nibble, plunk down, tear, tweak, plump down, gazump, fleece

  7. pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displumeverb

    strip of feathers

    "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"

    Synonyms:
    roll, shoot, hook, pull in, attract, cull, overstretch, perpetrate, commit, rob, pick, snap, deplumate, rive, surcharge, soak, overcharge, pull off, buck, draw out, pull, get out, take out, gazump, hustle, root for, bust, plunk, plume, charge, deplume, pull up, pick off, shoot down, pull out, force, draw, tear, rend, tweak, draw in, extract, rip, displume, rupture, fleece

  8. pick, pluck, cullverb

    look for and gather

    "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"

    Synonyms:
    fleece, foot, clean, nibble, hustle, pick, surcharge, beak, deplume, gazump, hook, overcharge, tweak, pull off, pull, roll, displume, find fault, tear, soak, plunk, blame, piece, break up, rob, peck, deplumate, pick off, plume, cull

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. plort

    north yorkshire dialect.

    plort that brace of pheasant, and we’ll roast them for dinner.

    Submitted by anonymous on February 5, 2020  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. pluckverb

    Synonyms:
    pull (quickly), twitch, snatch, jerk, yerk

  2. plucknoun

    Synonyms:
    spirit, courage, resolution, manhood, indomitableness, backbone, determination, energy, force, mettle, nerve, hardihood, force of character, strength of will

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. plucknoun

    Synonyms:
    courage, energy, spirit, stamina, pluckiness

  2. pluckverb

    Synonyms:
    pull, draw, pick, gather

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD1.0 / 1 vote

  1. pluck

    Synonyms:
    See Organ pluck

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How to use pluck in a sentence?

  1. Dr. Urooj Umer:

    Don't let others to spoil your inner peace and don't allow yourself to pluck your fortitude by rot raps of anyone...

  2. Judith Lund:

    In the 1790s there were more whales than they could pluck out of the Gulf of Mexico.

  3. Charles de LEUSSE:

    To pluck the fruit of hope, we must be as high as him. (Pour cueillir de l’espoir le fruit, Il faut être aussi haut que lui)

  4. Laura DiDio:

    You're not going to pluck a Steve Jobs out of a genie jar, apple Music needed to make some moves.

  5. Kenneth Hare:

    The Puritan through life’s sweet garden goes to pluck the thorn and cast away the rose.


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