drop anchor

Questions about drop anchor

What is another word for drop anchor?

It depends which drop anchor you mean. In the sense “secure a vessel with an anchor”, the synonyms are anchor, cast anchor. Across all 1 sense there are 2 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 drop anchor?

WordNet records no antonym for drop anchor. 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 drop anchor 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 drop anchor

• Full entry for drop anchorAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for drop anchorWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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