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Synonyms for Lurch
lɜrtʃlurch

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Princeton's WordNet2.6 / 5 votes

  1. lurch, stumble, staggernoun

    an unsteady uneven gait

    Synonyms:
    stagger, misstep, lurch, stumble, lunge, pitch, trip-up, trip, pitching

  2. lurchnoun

    a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)

    Synonyms:
    lunge, pitch, stumble, stagger, pitching

  3. lurch, pitch, pitchingnoun

    abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)

    "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"

    Synonyms:
    stagger, tar, pitch shot, lunge, stumble, delivery, pitch, slant, lurch, pitching, auction pitch, sales pitch, sales talk, rake

  4. lurch, lungeverb

    the act of moving forward suddenly

    Synonyms:
    stagger, lurch, stumble, lunge, pitch, pitching, passado, straight thrust

  5. stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careenverb

    walk as if unable to control one's movements

    "The drunken man staggered into the room"

    Synonyms:
    stagger, pitch, spin around, keel, careen, gyrate, spin, droop, swag, tilt, shift, skunk, wobble, whirl, distribute, lurch, flag, prowl, sag, flounder, reel

  6. lurch, pitch, shiftverb

    move abruptly

    "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"

    Synonyms:
    cant, gear, transfer, huckster, set up, cant over, flip, tilt, agitate, deliver, peddle, hawk, stir, change, prowl, switch, reel, reposition, sky, keel, swag, budge, pitch, lurch, toss, change over, careen, shift, wobble, dislodge, incline, monger, slope, skunk, vend, stagger, slant

  7. lurchverb

    move slowly and unsteadily

    "The truck lurched down the road"

    Synonyms:
    stagger, reel, shift, pitch, swag, careen, keel, prowl, skunk

  8. prowl, lurchverb

    loiter about, with no apparent aim

    Synonyms:
    stagger, reel, lurch, pitch, prowl, swag, careen, keel, shift, skunk

  9. lurch, skunkverb

    defeat by a lurch

    Synonyms:
    stagger, reel, shift, pitch, swag, careen, lurch, keel, prowl, skunk

Editors Contribution5.0 / 1 vote

  1. crowelladverb

    to linger heavily in a dark manner

    the tall butler would crowell about the mansion

    Submitted by jrander9343 on July 9, 2023  
  2. flailing

    because it is a sudden movement.

    the boy was flailing on the ice.

    Submitted by rinat on November 4, 2015  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. lurchnoun

    Synonyms:
    (Naut.) sudden roll

  2. lurchverb

    Synonyms:
    (Naut.) roll suddenly

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. lurchverb

    Synonyms:
    sway, stagger, roll, dodge, shift, evade, bilk

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "lurch":

    porridge

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How to use Lurch in a sentence?

  1. Bruno Araujo:

    Until then we will lurch from crisis to crisis, from outburst to outburst by this authoritarian president.

  2. Jason Miller:

    Directionally Biden's liberal policies really scare people, and more are unaware of the crazy leftist lurch Joe Biden's made since the primary, i would expect them to be fully educated on all of it by Election Day though.

  3. Mickey Mehta:

    Neither Buddha built a Buddhist temple nor did Christ build a Catholic church, but these humans in their name have left the spirituality seekers in the lurch. No religious organizations have ever delivered God to humans, yes an idea of God may have been made available. The divinity has to be self realized, stop searching in temples, look within and get MickeyMized.

  4. Ross Gerber:

    Tesla's biggest issue is poor communication. They continue to lurch from announcement to announcement with lot of uncertainty.

  5. Jeff Bock:

    We have to prepare for the inevitability that one, or more, of the major chains may not survive if this situation continues to lurch into next summer, the number of movie theaters that will close on a permanent basis will be directly proportional to how long it takes the US to stomp out the virus.


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