Synonyms for cramp
- noun
- verb
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Restraint — that which confines or contracts
restraint, fetter, restriction, hindrance, obstruction, check, shackle, clog, trammel
2. Spasm
spasm, pain, convulsion, crick
Other
Verb
Definitions
- n. 1
That which confines or contracts.
- n. 2
A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction.
He retired hurt at 31 due to a leg cramp.
- v. 1
(of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
Related words
- Word family
- crampfish
- Phrases
- writer's cramp cramp bark cramp iron menstrual cramp
Example sentences
- pain By and large, women can bear pain better than men.
- spasm I feel a sort of spasm in my left leg.
By length
- 4 letters
- pain1, clog1
- 5 letters
- check1, pinch1, spasm2, crick1
- 6 letters
- narrow2, weaken2, hamper2, clinch1, halter2, fetter2
- 7 letters
- cripple2, confine2, shackle2, trammel2
- 8 letters
- restrict2, restrain2, strangle2, straiten
- 9 letters
- restraint2, hindrance2, constrict2
- 10 letters
- convulsion3, wolfsangel
- 11 letters
- restriction3, obstruction3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (spasm2 = 2 syllables).