Synonyms for dock
dɒkdock

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dock

   Synonyms:
   curtail, lop, abbreviate, prune

   Antonyms:
   grow, elongate, nourish, prolong, train, coax

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1. docknoun

   an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial

   Synonyms:
   loading dock, dockage, pier, wharf, bob, docking facility, wharfage, sorrel, sour grass, bobtail

   Antonyms:
   undock

2. dock, sorrel, sour grassnoun

   any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine

   Synonyms:
   red sorrel, loading dock, bob, docking facility, pier, oxalis, wood sorrel, wharfage, rozelle, bobtail, dockage, wharf, sour grass, common sorrel, sorrel, roselle

   Antonyms:
   undock

3. pier, wharf, wharfage, docknoun

   a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

   Synonyms:
   loading dock, dockage, pier, wharf, bob, docking facility, wharfage, sorrel, sour grass, quayage, bobtail

   Antonyms:
   undock

4. dock, loading docknoun

   a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded

   Synonyms:
   loading dock, dockage, pier, wharf, bob, docking facility, wharfage, sorrel, sour grass, bobtail

   Antonyms:
   undock

5. dock, dockage, docking facilitynoun

   landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out

   "the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late"

   Synonyms:
   docking, loading dock, dockage, pier, wharf, docking fee, bob, docking facility, wharfage, sorrel, sour grass, moorage, bobtail, tying up

   Antonyms:
   undock

6. docknoun

   the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair

   Synonyms:
   loading dock, dockage, pier, wharf, bob, docking facility, wharfage, sorrel, sour grass, bobtail

   Antonyms:
   undock

7. bobtail, bob, dockverb

   a short or shortened tail of certain animals

   Synonyms:
   loading dock, bob, dockage, pier, bobsleigh, shilling, wharf, wharfage, bobfloat, bobtail, docking facility, cork, bobsled, sour grass, sorrel, bobber

   Antonyms:
   undock

8. dockverb

   come into dock

   "the ship docked"

   Synonyms:
   bob, tail

   Antonyms:
   undock

9. dockverb

   deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty

   Synonyms:
   bob, tail

   Antonyms:
   undock

10. dockverb

    deduct from someone's wages

    Synonyms:
    bob, tail

    Antonyms:
    undock

11. dock, tail, bobverb

    remove or shorten the tail of an animal

    Synonyms:
    bobsled, dog, chase after, curtsy, tail, bob, tag, track, chase, trail, go after, give chase

    Antonyms:
    undock

12. dockverb

    maneuver into a dock

    "dock the ships"

    Synonyms:
    bob, tail

    Antonyms:
    undock

Matched Categories

1. • Body Part
   • Cut
   • Deduct
   • Deprive
   • Enclosure
   • Enter
   • Guide
   • Herbaceous Plant
   • Law
   • Platform

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dockverb

   Synonyms:
   curtail, clip, cut short

2. dockverb

   Synonyms:
   shorten, lessen, deduct from

3. dockverb

   Synonyms:
   put into a dock (as a vessel)

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. docknoun

   Synonyms:
   wharf, pier, jetty

2. dockverb

   Synonyms:
   curtail, deduct from, lessen

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1. List of paraphrases for "dock":

   wharf, quai, pier, quay, docks, cale, dockside, docking, port, mating, berth, jetty, platform, wharves, coupler

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1. Robert Schwemmer:

   Many of these people were about to start a new life in a new country, they were only perhaps an hour away from the dock in San Francisco. That is something to think about.

2. Sandy Fielden:

   There's only one dock on the Gulf Coast that can handle a VLCC deepwater, and that's LOOP. And the LOOP has only started to export.

3. Korisa Miller:

   We did not think that anything like this could happen, we werent on the ice. We were on the dock. It was a freak accident; if we had a life jacket they could have laid on the thick ice and pulled me up.

4. Cesare Bulgheroni:

   We didn't have those people in the dock. There was only Schettino.

5. Charles de LEUSSE:

   The hands that are spaced are docks, where desires can dock. (Les mains écartées sont des quais, - Où les désirs peuvent accoster.)