take hold of

Questions about take hold of

What is another word for take hold of?

It depends which take hold of you mean. In the sense “take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of”, the synonyms are catch, grab. Across all 1 sense there are 2 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 take hold of?

WordNet records no antonym for take hold of. 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 take hold of 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 take hold of

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