detent

Questions about detent

What is another word for detent?

It depends which detent you mean. In the sense “a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward”, the synonyms are pawl, click, dog. Across all 1 sense there are 3 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 detent?

WordNet records no antonym for detent. 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 detent 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 detent

• Full entry for detentAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for detentWhether 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.