Snatches Synonyms and Antonyms

To seize and detain (a person) unlawfully
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. kidnaps
  2. abducts
Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. seizes
  2. abducts
  3. steals
  4. grabs
  5. grasps
  6. confiscates
  7. kidnaps
  8. jerks
  9. commandeers
Antonyms:
  1. gives
  2. receives
To take (another's property) without permission
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. nips
  2. snitches
  3. pinches
  4. hooks
  5. heists
  6. cops
  7. swipes
  8. lifts
  9. thieves
  10. steals
  11. purloins
  12. pilfers
  13. filches
To grasp hastily or eagerly
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. snaps
  2. strikes
  3. nips
  4. catches

Words Related to Snatches

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.

Snatches Sentence Examples

  • He snatches at the fox!

  • We just wait until he snatches another child?

  • Cynthia devoured every publication she could find on the subject and was looking forward to spending some quality time hiking the high country, if the demand of Bird Song's chores would allow snatches of free time.

  • Little snatches of memories prickled her mind, and then they gradually all came together.

  • The dissertation, written mostly in ill-health and in snatches of time taken from his parliamentary engagements, was published in 1831.

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