Antonyms for ring
rɪŋring

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1. ring3

   To surround or enclose.

   The set of integers, , is the prototypical ring.

   Synonyms:
   hoop, annulus, torus

Matched Categories

1. • Association
   • Band
   • Chain
   • Chemistry
   • Platform
   • Sound
   • Toroid
   • Touch

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1. ringnoun

   a characteristic sound

   "it has the ring of sincerity"

   Synonyms:
   doughnut, band, mob, pack, annulus, tintinnabulation, hoop, gang, anchor ring, halo, ringing, closed chain

2. ring, halo, annulus, doughnut, anchor ringnoun

   a toroidal shape

   "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke"

   Synonyms:
   gloriole, hoop, ringing, aureole, closed chain, anchor ring, pack, gang, skirt, donut, glory, mob, doughnut, nimbus, aura, band, annulus, halo, tintinnabulation, sinker

3. hoop, ringnoun

   a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling

   "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse"

   Synonyms:
   gang, doughnut, band, mob, wicket, annulus, closed chain, tintinnabulation, basket, basketball hoop, pack, halo, ringing, anchor ring, hoop

4. closed chain, ringnoun

   (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop

   Synonyms:
   doughnut, band, mob, hoop, annulus, tintinnabulation, gang, anchor ring, pack, halo, ringing, closed chain

5. gang, pack, ring, mobnoun

   an association of criminals

   "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves"

   Synonyms:
   mob, bunch, ringing, annulus, hoop, coterie, battalion, pack, gang, plurality, work party, ingroup, large number, anchor ring, crowd, rabble, halo, multitude, rout, family, clique, inner circle, crime syndicate, closed chain, camp, doughnut, crew, tintinnabulation, band, face pack, syndicate

6. ring, ringing, tintinnabulationnoun

   the sound of a bell ringing

   "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe

   Synonyms:
   hoop, ringing, sonority, closed chain, anchor ring, pack, gang, resonance, annulus, plangency, mob, doughnut, vibrancy, band, sonorousness, halo, tintinnabulation, reverberance

7. ringnoun

   a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle

   Synonyms:
   doughnut, band, mob, pack, annulus, tintinnabulation, hoop, gang, anchor ring, halo, ringing, closed chain

8. ring, bandnoun

   jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger

   "she had rings on every finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band"

   Synonyms:
   hoop, dance band, ringing, lot, closed chain, anchor ring, dance orchestra, set, pack, gang, mob, circle, doughnut, isthmus, stria, stripe, band, annulus, striation, halo, tintinnabulation, banding

9. band, ringverb

   a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

   Synonyms:
   mob, ringing, dance band, annulus, lot, hoop, anchor ring, dance orchestra, set, pack, gang, striation, circle, doughnut, isthmus, stria, stripe, closed chain, halo, tintinnabulation, band, banding

10. ring, pealverb

    sound loudly and sonorously

    "the bells rang"

    Synonyms:
    telephone, band, border, environ, peal, echo, phone, reverberate, knell, skirt, resound, call up, surround, call

11. resound, echo, ring, reverberateverb

    ring or echo with sound

    "the hall resounded with laughter"

    Synonyms:
    recall, knell, rebound, phone, surround, reflect, bound, recoil, make noise, telephone, skirt, resile, spring, resound, ricochet, border, peal, echo, call, call up, band, take a hop, noise, repeat, reverberate, bounce, environ

12. ring, knellverb

    make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification

    "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church"

    Synonyms:
    telephone, band, border, environ, peal, echo, phone, reverberate, knell, skirt, resound, call up, surround, call

13. call, telephone, call up, phone, ringverb

    get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

    "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"

    Synonyms:
    predict, forebode, band, prognosticate, bring forward, promise, phone, yell, call off, recollect, surround, shout out, retrieve, foretell, cry, peal, call in, scream, environ, holler, rally, mobilize, call up, echo, hollo, call, think, send for, knell, anticipate, border, address, visit, resound, shout, recall, mobilise, reverberate, name, call back, squall, bid, remember, telephone, skirt

14. surround, environ, ring, skirt, borderverb

    extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

    "The forest surrounds my property"

    Synonyms:
    adjoin, elude, circumvent, evade, band, butt against, frame, butt, butt on, echo, sidestep, surround, phone, peal, abut, environ, besiege, edge, wall, call up, parry, fence in, duck, call, knell, fence, hedge, border, resound, put off, reverberate, smother, bound, beleaguer, hem in, frame in, march, fudge, palisade, telephone, dodge, skirt

15. ring, bandverb

    attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify

    "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"

    Synonyms:
    telephone, band, border, environ, peal, echo, phone, reverberate, knell, skirt, resound, call up, surround, call

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1. ringnoun

   Synonyms:
   circle, hoop, grommet, gimmal, terret, manilla, lute, annulation, annulet

   Associated words:
   annular, annularity, annulate, signet, dactyliology, dactylioglyphy, dactylioglyph, cameo, intaglio, lapidary, lapidist, posy

2. ringnoun

   Synonyms:
   arena, clique, coterie, set, cabal

3. ringverb

   Synonyms:
   sound, resound, reverberate, toll, knell, chime, ding, tinkle, clang

How to use ring in a sentence?

1. Floyd Mayweather:

   My uncle was one of the most important people in my life inside and outside of the ring, roger was a great champion and one of the best trainers in boxing. Unfortunately, his health was failing him for several years and now he can finally rest in peace.

2. Cassidy Williams:

   He did a fantastic job as the ring bearer.

3. Alexa Brauner:

   The first sections of the Ringstrasse to be completed were here: the Kaerntner Ring, and the Opernring, the boulevard itself is mostly built on the moat.

4. Graham Kidner Vickie:

   He came up to the room and said, ‘You know if we’re going to do this, we’ve got to do it right.’ And then he got down on one knee and he asked me. And he gave me the ring that he had purchased, which was so sweet.

5. Marlene Stark:

   We just heard the Ring front door go off and went to check and saw the bears, our neighborhood is down the road from Black Bear Wilderness Preserve, so bears are common, and we have seen them in the neighborhood.

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