crank handle

Questions about crank handle

What is another word for crank handle?

It depends which crank handle you mean. In the sense “crank used to start an engine”, the synonyms are starting handle. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of crank handle?

WordNet records no antonym for crank handle. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for crank handle come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of crank handle

• Full entry for crank handleAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for crank handleWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.