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Synonyms for rack

51 synonyms
1 antonym
2 meanings

verb
noun

Most common

excruciate squeeze gouge frame steal sack shear ravage

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Torture — to cause (someone) to suffer pain

torture, torment, excruciate, anguish, agonize, agonise UK, wring, pain, pang, distress, harrow, wound, hurt, rend, harass, oppress, afflict, persecute, irritate, pinch, lacerate, aggrieve, ache formal rare

2. Screw

screw, squeeze, force, gouge, extort, wrest, wrench

Other

crib, frame, single-foot, sack, steal, shear, scud, ravage

Noun

stand, strain, wheel, wrack, manger, luggage rack, agony, neck, breast, pace, stretch, vapor US, vapour UK, amble, crag

Antonyms

All antonyms of rack →

Definitions

v. 1
To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
v. 2
To place in or hang on a rack.
n. 1
A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other.

Related words

Word family: rackne racktacular racktastic
Phrases: hat rack coat rack rack up bicycle rack rack railway bike rack dish rack drying rack

Forms

Plural: racks → stands, strains, wheels, wracks…
Past participle: racked
e.g. racked → tortured, tormented, excruciated, anguished…

Example sentences

squeeze Everyone squeeze together so I can take a picture.
gouge I will cut off his tongue and gouge out his eyes!
frame The way you frame a question can change the answer.
steal I didn't steal it. I just borrowed it permanently.
sack All I found in the pantry was a sack of hard bread.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
rack		rising
excruciate		steady
squeeze		rising
gouge		steady
frame		rising
steal		rising

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

By length

4 letters: pain¹, hurt¹, neck¹, pace¹, sack¹, crib¹, ache¹, pang¹, crag¹, scud¹, rend
5 letters: force¹, stand¹, frame¹, wheel¹, steal¹, wound¹, screw¹, pinch¹, agony³, vapor², shear¹, wring¹, gouge¹, wrest¹
6 letters: breast¹, strain¹, wrench¹, harass², harrow², manger², vapour, extort², ravage²
7 letters: stretch¹, torture², squeeze¹, torment², anguish², oppress², afflict², agonize³, agonise
8 letters: distress², irritate³, lacerate³, aggrieve²
9 letters: persecute³
10 letters: excruciate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (agony³ = 3 syllables).