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Synonyms for grip
Synonyms for grip: hold, hairgrip, clutch and grasp. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 4 synonyms for grip
Interchangeable with grip, one per sense
Audited under grip's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one grip carries in that sense.
- holdnoun, in the sense "the act of grasping"
- hairgripnoun, in the sense "a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name grip as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
two of these come from grip's own entries in the bank, and two were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
the act of grasping
He has a strong grip for an old man.
The true synonym
hold
Same sentence, swapped: He has a strong hold for an old man.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- suitcase
- technique
- administration
a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together
In Britain they call a bobby pin a 'grip'.
The true synonym
hairgrip
Same sentence, swapped: In Britain they call a bobby pin a 'hairgrip'.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot grip is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- suitcase
- grasp
- bodkin
Where grip turns up in the game
grip is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play grip
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so grip reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. grip carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.