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pull has 30 distinct synonyms spread across 14 of its 24 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. Its one recorded opposite is push.
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.
steer into a certain direction
“pull one's horse to a stand”
strain abnormally
“I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up”
operate when rowing a boat
“pull the oars”
rein in to keep from winning a race
“pull a horse”
hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing
“pull the ball”
take away
“pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf”
the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you
“the pull up the hill had him breathing harder”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for pull come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
the force used in pulling
“the pull of the moon”
a device used for pulling something
“he grabbed the pull and opened the drawer”
a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
“he took a puff on his pipe”
a sustained effort
“it was a long pull but we made it”