Pulls Synonyms and Antonyms

Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. draws
  2. tows
  3. drags
  4. lures
  5. trails
  6. hauls
  7. tears
  8. yanks
  9. rends
  10. wrenches
  11. strains
  12. stretches
  13. tugs
  14. lugs
  15. attracts
Antonyms:
  1. pushes
Tear or be torn violently
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. attracts
  2. draws
  3. takes
  4. tends
  5. rives
  6. allures
  7. appeals
  8. rips
  9. entices
  10. lures
  11. magnetizes
  12. slopes
  13. rends
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Cause to move by pulling
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. plucks
  2. draws
  3. tears
  4. picks
  5. forces
  6. extracts
  7. uproots
Antonyms:
  1. pushes
  2. deters
  3. repulses
  4. repels
A slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. drags
  2. hits
  3. draws
  4. puffs
The act of pulling
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. drags
  2. drafts
  3. hauls
  4. rows
  5. wrenches
  6. twitches
  7. draws
  8. jerks
  9. yanks
  10. drawings
  11. tractions
  12. extractions
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Special advantage or influence
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. clouts
  2. influences
  3. leverages
  4. authorities
  5. sways
  6. weights
An act of drinking or the amount swallowed
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. swills
  2. swigs
  3. drinks
  4. drafts
  5. sups
  6. belts
Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. extracts
Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. commits
  2. perpetrates

Words Related to Pulls

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.

Pulls Sentence Examples

  • He is foolish as the madman who pulls down the roof-tree of his house upon himself.

  • This weight pulls directly against the rope; so if the latter slacks, the weight pulls out the pulley frame and tightens it up again.

  • A guy pulls up in a beat up old station wagon to offer a lift.

  • A dome-top style lamp with ornamental chain pulls will create a soft, ambient glow.

  • When the load is being drawn out, the engine pulls directly on the main rope, coiling it on to its own drum, while the tail drum runs loose paying out its rope, a slight brake pressure being used to prevent its running out too fast.

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