Synonyms for anchor
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
2. Drop anchor — to cast anchor; to come to anchor
Other
Noun
Other
ground tackle, submersible, kedge, grapnel, anchorperson, anchorite
Definitions
- v. 1
To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
- v. 2
To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
Our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
- v. 3
To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
- n. 1
A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
Related words
Example sentences
- ride Can you give me a ride to the office on Wednesday?
- host Spain is the host country for the Olympics in 1992.
- ground In Singapore, it is a crime to spit on the ground.
By length
- 3 letters
- fix1
- 4 letters
- hold1, ride1, host1
- 5 letters
- cease1, affix2, kedge, embog
- 6 letters
- ground1, enmire
- 7 letters
- support2, present2, grapnel
- 8 letters
- keystone2, mainstay2, linchpin2
- 9 letters
- anchorite
- 11 letters
- submersible4
- 12 letters
- anchorperson
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (affix2 = 2 syllables).