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hoop has 4 distinct synonyms spread across 3 of its 5 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.
a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt
a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
“there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for hoop come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball