Communication
Synonyms for hold
Synonyms for hold: agree, deem, accommodate, arrest, carry, custody, entertain, grasp, grip, host and reserve. 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 11 synonyms for hold
Interchangeable with hold, one per sense
Audited under hold's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one hold carries in that sense.
- agreeverb, in the sense "be in accord"
- deemverb, in the sense "keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name hold as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- accommodateaccommodate is a verb in the sense "have room for"
- arrestarrest is a verb in the sense "cause to come to an abrupt stop"
- carrycarry is a verb in the sense "drink alcohol without showing ill effects"
- custodycustody is a noun in the sense "a state of being confined (usually for a short time)"
- entertainentertain is a verb in the sense "maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)"
- graspgrasp is a noun in the sense "understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something"
- gripgrip is a noun in the sense "the act of grasping"
- hosthost is a verb in the sense "to receive and entertain guests at an event"
- reservereserve is a verb in the sense "arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance"
two of these come from hold's own entries in the bank, and nine were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
be in accord
I hold with those who say life is sacred.
hold in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The workers on the night shift hold with rotating breaks fairly among the team.
- In her letter home, she wrote that her parents still hold with old-fashioned manners at the table.
How it behaves: In this sense hold is normally followed by the preposition "with" and a noun phrase or clause, as in "hold with," and it sits in a somewhat formal, literary register.
The true synonym
agree
Same sentence, swapped: I agree with those who say life is sacred.
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 hold is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- book
- control
- disagree
Opposites, in this sense
oppose and dissent reverse hold as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of hold takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- oppose
- dissent
keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
I hold him personally responsible.
The true synonym
deem
Same sentence, swapped: I deem him personally responsible.
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.
- check
- book
- respect
Where hold turns up in the game
hold is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 5 puzzles where hold is the trap
- applyverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is practice, in the sense "avail oneself to", with hold sitting one tile away.
- checkverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is see, in the sense "find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort", with hold sitting one tile away.
- controlverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is master, in the sense "have a firm understanding or knowledge of", and hold is on the board beside it.
- masterverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is dominate, in the sense "have dominance or the power to defeat over", with hold sitting one tile away.
Play hold
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so hold reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from communication at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. hold carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.