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Synonyms for hatch

  • verb
  • noun

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Scheme

scheme, plan, brew, contrive, concoct, think up, plot, design, devise, think of, dream up

2. Brood

brood, incubate, cover

Other

breed, chalk out

Noun

1. Hatchback

hatchback, liftgate

2. Hachure

cross-hatch, hachure

Other

trap door, tail gate, hatchway

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To close with a hatch or hatches.

  2. v. 2

    To emerge from an egg.

    These three chicks hatched yesterday morning.

  3. n. 1

    A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.

    Moving the wardrobe revealed a previously hidden hatch in the ground.

  4. n. 2

    A trapdoor.

Related words

Word family
hatchback hatchway hatcher hatchling
Phrases
booby hatch baby hatch hatch up

Forms

Plural
hatches → hatchbacks, liftgates, cross-hatches, hachures…
Past participle
hatched
e.g. hatched → schemed, planned, brewed, contrived…

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
hatchsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
plan1, plot1, brew1
5 letters
cover2, breed1, brood1
6 letters
design2, scheme1, devise2
7 letters
concoct2, hachure
8 letters
incubate3, contrive2, hatchway, liftgate
9 letters
hatchback2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cover2 = 2 syllables).

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