All cling synonyms
cling
C c verb cling
- fasten β to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- clasp β If you clasp someone or something, you hold them tightly in your hands or arms.
- adhere β If you adhere to an opinion or belief, you support or hold it.
- grip β the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- hug β to clasp tightly in the arms, especially with affection; embrace.
- last β occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- linger β to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
- clutch β If you clutch at something or clutch something, you hold it tightly, usually because you are afraid or anxious.
- continue β If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
- stick β a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.
- cherish β If you cherish something such as a hope or a pleasant memory, you keep it in your mind for a long period of time.
- grasp β to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
- cohere β If the different elements of a piece of writing, a piece of music, or a set of ideas cohere, they fit together well so that they form a united whole.
- squeeze β to press forcibly together; compress.
- hang in β to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- stay put β to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- hang on β the way in which a thing hangs.
- hold β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- hang β to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- cleave β To cleave something means to split or divide it into two separate parts, often violently.
- retain β to keep possession of.
- maintain β to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- hold to β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- keep to β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- latch onto β a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- attach β If you attach something to an object, you join it or fasten it to the object.
noun cling
- adhesion β Adhesion is the ability of one thing to stick firmly to another.
- coherence β Coherence is a state or situation in which all the parts or ideas fit together well so that they form a united whole.
- comprehensibility β capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- intelligibility β the quality or condition of being intelligible; capability of being understood.
- inseparability β incapable of being separated, parted, or disjoined: inseparable companions.
- adhesiveness β coated with glue, paste, mastic, or other sticky substance: adhesive bandages.
- cementation β the process of heating a solid with a powdered material to modify the properties of the solid, esp the heating of wrought iron, surrounded with charcoal, to 750β900Β°C to produce steel