grappling hook

Questions about grappling hook

What is another word for grappling hook?

It depends which grappling hook you mean. In the sense “a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope”, the synonyms are grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling iron. Across all 1 sense there are 4 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 grappling hook?

WordNet records no antonym for grappling hook. 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 grappling hook 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 grappling hook

• Full entry for grappling hookAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for grappling hookWhether 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.