Knots Synonyms and Antonyms

To make fast or firmly fixed, as by means of a cord or rope
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. ties
  2. snarls
  3. hitches
  4. fastens
  5. tangles
  6. puzzles
  7. secures
  8. lumps
  9. loops
  10. links
  11. entangles
  12. binds
  13. groups
  14. crowds
  15. braids
  16. bows
A number of individuals making up or considered a unit
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. bunches
  2. groups
  3. clusters
  4. bevies
  5. bands
  6. whirls
  7. sets
  8. tufts
  9. miles
  10. parties
  11. twists
  12. joints
  13. snarls
  14. intricacies
  15. perplexities
  16. clutches
  17. helices
  18. gangs
  19. screws
  20. exostoses
  21. clumps
  22. companies
  23. warps
  24. bundles
  25. entanglements
  26. coils
  27. bodies
  28. snags
  29. swellings
  30. protuberances
  31. tangles
  32. batches
  33. projections
  34. nodules
  35. nodes
  36. whorls
  37. knobs
  38. arrays
  39. excrescences
  40. lot
  41. collections
  42. contortions
  43. complications
Antonyms:
  1. line
An unevenness or elevation on a surface
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. lumps
  2. humps
  3. bumps
  4. protuberances
  5. nubs
  6. knobs
A part that protrudes or extends outward
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. overhangs
  2. juts
  3. bulges
  4. protuberances
  5. protrusions
  6. projections
  7. knobs
An arrangement of strands
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. yokes
  2. bows
  3. vincula
  4. ligatures
  5. nexuses
  6. bonds
  7. links
  8. hitches
Something that is intricately and often bewilderingly complex
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. webs
  2. tangles
  3. snarls
  4. meshes
  5. mazes
  6. morasses
  7. labyrinths
  8. jungles
  9. entanglements
Tangle or complicate
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. tangles
  2. ravels
Antonyms:
  1. lines
  2. unravels
  3. unties
  4. disentangles

Words Related to Knots

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Knots Sentence Examples

  • The end of the first interval of this length (counting from the piece of bunting) is marked by a bit of leather, the second by a cord with two knots, the third by one with three knots, and so on; the middle of each of these lengths (half-knot) is also marked by a cord with one knot.

  • Her stomach was still tied in knots, and she clutched her knees to her chest, shivering in the cold creek water.

  • With great effort, he worked the knots free from her hair and braided it one last time.

  • Dean finally freed the last of the knots and Fred rose, pulling up his pants, staggered a step or two and sat back down.

  • Darkyn was always too far ahead of her, twisting her into knots to keep her in place.

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