What is another word for pitch?

It depends which pitch you mean. In the sense “throw or toss with a light motion”, the synonyms are flip, toss, sky. Across all 23 senses there are 28 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 pitch?

WordNet records no antonym for pitch. 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.

Why are the synonyms for pitch split into groups?

Because pitch carries 23 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for pitch 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.

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Synonyms and antonyms

pitch

pitch/ˈpɪtʃ/

verbnounCommon

pitch has 28 distinct synonyms spread across 16 of its 23 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.

28
Distinct synonyms: 0
Antonyms: 23 of 23
Senses with a relation

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.

pitch as a verb

12 of 12 senses carry a relation

1.
throw or toss with a light motion
“flip me the beachball”
Synonymsflip toss sky
Related
Broaderfling
Narrowersubmarine lag throw back
2.
move abruptly
“The ship suddenly lurched to the left”
Synonymslurch shift
Related
Broadermove
3.
fall or plunge forward
“She pitched over the railing of the balcony”
SynonymsNo synonym recorded for this sense.
Related
Broaderdescend
4.
set to a certain pitch
“He pitched his voice very low”
SynonymsNo synonym recorded for this sense.
Related
Broaderset
5.
sell or offer for sale from place to place
Synonymspeddle monger huckster hawk vend
Related
Broaderdeal
6.
be at an angle
“The terrain sloped down”
Synonymsslope incline
Related
Broaderlean
Narrowerascend stoop fall climb dip
7.
heel over
“The tower is tilting”
Synonymscant cant over tilt slant
Related
Broadermove
Narrowercock
8.
erect and fasten
“pitch a tent”
Synonymsset up
Related
Broaderrear
Narrowercamp
9.
throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
“The pitcher delivered the ball”
Synonymsdeliver
Related
Broaderthrow
10.
hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
SynonymsNo synonym recorded for this sense.
Related
Broaderhit
11.
lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
SynonymsNo synonym recorded for this sense.
Related
Broaderplay
12.
set the level or character of
“She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience”
Synonymsgear
Related
Broaderadapt
Narrowerpopularize

pitch as a noun

11 of 11 senses carry a relation

1.
the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
SynonymsNo synonym recorded for this sense.
Related
Broadersound property
Narrowerconcert pitch high pitch soprano tenor key low pitch

Questions about pitch

What is another word for pitch?: It depends which pitch you mean. In the sense “throw or toss with a light motion”, the synonyms are flip, toss, sky. Across all 23 senses there are 28 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 pitch?: WordNet records no antonym for pitch. 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.
Why are the synonyms for pitch split into groups?: Because pitch carries 23 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.
Where do the synonyms for pitch 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.