All grip synonyms
grip
G g verb grip
- grasp β to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
- clutch β If you clutch at something or clutch something, you hold it tightly, usually because you are afraid or anxious.
- mesmerize β to hypnotize.
- fascinate β to attract and hold attentively by a unique power, personal charm, unusual nature, or some other special quality; enthrall: a vivacity that fascinated the audience.
- rivet β a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- nab β to arrest or capture.
- seize β to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- clinch β If you clinch something you are trying to achieve, such as a business deal or victory in a contest, you succeed in obtaining it.
- snatch β to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- clench β When you clench your fist or your fist clenches, you curl your fingers up tightly, usually because you are very angry.
- snag β a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- clasp β If you clasp someone or something, you hold them tightly in your hands or arms.
- involve β to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
- compel β If a situation, a rule, or a person compels you to do something, they force you to do it.
- hypnotize β to put in the hypnotic state.
- spellbind β to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; enchant; entrance; fascinate.
- 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.
noun grip
- embrace β An act of holding someone closely in one's arms.
- constraint β A constraint is something that limits or controls what you can do.
- restraint β a restraining action or influence: freedom from restraint.
- anchor β An anchor is a heavy hooked object that is dropped from a boat into the water at the end of a chain in order to make the boat stay in one place.
- brace β If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
- catch β If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
- cinch β If you say that something is a cinch, you mean that you think it is very easy to do.
- cincture β something that encircles or surrounds, esp a belt, girdle, or border
- clamp β A clamp is a device that holds two things firmly together.
- clamping β the immobilization of a car or other vehicle by means of a wheel clamp
- coercion β Coercion is the act or process of persuading someone forcefully to do something that they do not want to do.
- crushing β A crushing defeat, burden, or disappointment is a very great or severe one.
- duress β compulsion by threat or force; coercion; constraint.
- enclosing β Present participle of enclose.
- enclosure β An area that is sealed off with an artificial or natural barrier.
- fastening β something that fastens, as a lock or clasp.
- fixing β Informal. a position from which it is difficult to escape; predicament.
- grapnel β a device consisting essentially of one or more hooks or clamps, for grasping or holding something; grapple; grappling iron.
- grapple β to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
- gripe β Informal. to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble.
- handclasp β a gripping of hands by two or more people, as in greeting, parting, making a commitment, or expressing affection.
- handgrip β the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
- handhold β a grip with the hand or hands.
- handshake β handshaking
- hook β a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
- ligature β the act of binding or tying up: The ligature of the artery was done with skill.
- lug β Linux User Group
- purchase β to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- squeeze β to press forcibly together; compress.
- strength β the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power; vigor.
- tenure β the holding or possessing of anything: the tenure of an office.
- vise β visa.