Grapple Synonyms and Antonyms

grăpəl
Fight hand to hand
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. clutch
  2. wrestle
  3. grip
  4. grasp
  5. contend
  6. seize
  7. engage
  8. clasp
  9. clench
  10. attack
  11. close
  12. claw
  13. grab
  14. cope
  15. get by
  16. make out
  17. grope
  18. make-do
  19. struggle
  20. deal
  21. manage
Antonyms:
  1. let-go
  2. release
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Fasten
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. hook
  2. scuffle
  3. catch
  4. tussle
  5. close
  6. wrestle
A dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. clamshell

Words Related to Grapple

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.

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Grapple Sentence Examples

  • Here we have to deal with a transformation with which we can grapple, and which can be controlled for our purposes.

  • More than 31 countries currently grapple with a " chronic " water shortage.

  • Origen thus solved, after his own fashion, a problem which his predecessor Clement had not even ventured to grapple with.

  • One grapple brought up the wooden kelson of a working boat, complete with mast sockets.

  • Denmark, paturally unable to grapple with her powerful antagon.ists, was forced to yield, and the two duchies which were the subject of dispute were taken from her.

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