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hang has 11 distinct synonyms spread across 6 of its 18 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
let drop or droop
“Hang one's head in shame”
prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
decorate or furnish with something suspended
“Hang wallpaper”
place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
“hang a door”
suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
“hang the venison for a few days”
the way a garment hangs
“he adjusted the hang of his coat”
3 of the 18 recorded senses carry no synonym, antonym or related term, so they are not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for hang.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for hang come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms