cinch

1. 1.

   any undertaking that is easy to do

   “marketing this product will be no picnic”

   Synonymsbreezepicnicsnapduck soupchild's playpushoverwalkoverpiece of cake

   Broaderundertaking

   Narrowerdoddle
2. 2.

   stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place

   Synonymsgirth

   Broaderstable gear

   Part ofharness
3. 3.

   a form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps

   Broaderall fours

1. 1.

   tie a cinch around

   “cinch horses”

   Synonymsgirth

   Broaderfasten
2. 2.

   make sure of

   Broadersee
3. 3.

   get a grip on; get mastery of

   Broadermaster

Other forms of cinch

plural

cinches·

past tense

cinched·

present participle

cinching·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cinch

What does cinch mean?

cinch means "any undertaking that is easy to do". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cinch?

cinch has 1 syllable: cinch. In IPA it is /ˈsɪntʃ/.

What is another word for cinch?

Close synonyms include breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cinch a common word?

cinch is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.