hold close

Questions about hold close

What is another word for hold close?

It depends which hold close you mean. In the sense “hold firmly, usually with one's hands”, the synonyms are cling to, hold tight, clutch. 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 hold close?

WordNet records no antonym for hold close. 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 hold close 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 hold close

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