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Synonyms for snatch

39 synonyms
3 meanings

verb
noun

Most common

lift steal seize kidnap wrest

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Steal — to steal

steal, seize, kidnap, make off with, nab informal, lift, swipe informal, walk off with, abduct, rip, pilfer, save, grasp, wring, bag, poach, twitch, thieve, nip, clutch, borrow, pinch

2. Grab

grab, pluck, snap

Other

Noun

1. Cunt — the vulva

pussy, fanny, slit, puss, vulva, gash, cunt vulgar, twat vulgar slang

Other

catch, yank, bit, kidnapping, fragment

Definitions

v. 1
To steal.
Someone has just snatched my purse!
v. 2
To grasp and remove quickly.
He snatched up the phone.
n. 1
The vulva.

Related words

Word family: snatcher snatchy
Phrases: snatch and run snatch and grab

Forms

Plural: snatches → pussies, fannies, slits, pusses…
Past participle: snatched
e.g. snatched → seized, kidnaped, nabbed, lifted…

Choose the right word

or Snatch?

We snatch with a quick, sudden, and usually a surprising motion.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

lift Tom said the box was too heavy to lift by himself.
steal I didn't steal it. I just borrowed it permanently.
seize You have to seize the opportunity with both hands.
kidnap Sami tried to kidnap a mentally challenged woman.
wrest Ask for the moon and I shall wrest it from the heavens.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
snatch		rising
lift		steady
steal		rising
seize		steady
kidnap		rising
wrest		steady

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

By length

3 letters: bit¹, bag¹, rip¹, nip¹, nab¹
4 letters: save¹, lift¹, grab¹, snap¹, cunt¹, slit¹, twat¹, puss¹, yank¹, gash¹
5 letters: catch¹, steal¹, pussy², grasp¹, seize¹, pinch¹, swipe¹, fanny², pluck¹, wring¹, poach¹, vulva², wrest¹
6 letters: borrow², clutch¹, twitch¹, kidnap², abduct², pilfer², thieve¹
8 letters: fragment²
10 letters: kidnapping³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pussy² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: happer
Català: enxampar