pinch - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

Synonyms

• apprehension
• arrest
• catch
• collar
• pinch
• taking into custody

More generic

• capture
• gaining control
• seizure

Noun

a squeeze with the fingers

Synonyms

• pinch
• tweak

More generic

• squeeze
• squeezing

Noun

a small sharp bite or snip

Synonyms

• nip
• pinch

More generic

• bite
• chomp
• clip
• clipping
• snip

Noun

a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action

Synonyms

• emergency
• exigency
• pinch

More generic

• crisis

Noun

a slight but appreciable amount

Synonyms

• hint
• jot
• mite
• pinch
• soupcon
• speck
• tinge
• touch

More generic

• small indefinite amount
• small indefinite quantity

More specific

• snuff

Noun

an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed

Synonyms

• pinch

More generic

• harm
• hurt
• injury
• trauma

Noun

a painful or straitened circumstance

Synonyms

• pinch

More generic

• difficulty

Verb

irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear

Synonyms

• pinch
• vellicate

More generic

• irritate

Verb

cut the top off

Synonyms

• pinch
• top

More generic

• clip
• crop
• cut back
• dress
• lop
• prune
• snip
• trim

More specific

• tail

Verb

squeeze tightly between the fingers

Synonyms

• nip
• pinch
• squeeze
• tweet
• twinge
• twitch

More generic

• grip

More specific

• goose
• tweak

Verb

make ridges into by pinching together

Synonyms

• crimp
• pinch

More generic

• fold
• fold up
• turn up

More specific

• flute

Verb

make off with belongings of others

Synonyms

• abstract
• cabbage
• filch
• hook
• lift
• nobble
• pilfer
• pinch
• purloin
• snarf
• sneak
• swipe

More generic

• rip
• rip off
• steal

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