hairgrip

Questions about hairgrip

What is another word for hairgrip?

It depends which hairgrip you mean. In the sense “a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place”, the synonyms are bobby pin, grip. 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 hairgrip?

WordNet records no antonym for hairgrip. 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 hairgrip 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 hairgrip

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