1. knot
noun. ['ˈnɑːt'] a tight cluster of people or things.
Synonyms
- cluster
- clustering
- clump
Antonyms
- snarl
- disentangle
- unsnarl
- unweave
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Words that Rhyme with Knot
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How do you pronounce knot?
Pronounce knot as nɑt.
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Example sentences of the word knot
1. Noun, singular or mass
Make a knot after the bead with all three strands of yarn to hold it in place.
2. Verb, base form
Choose a fitted style, or knot a larger shirt at the waist.
3. Adjective
To fill knot holes in the fence, use a standard wood filling product.
Quotes containing the word knot
1. The knot of intimacy at the center of 'Ten Thousand Saints' is the friendship between Teddy McNicholas and Jude Keffy-Horn.
- Stacey D'Erasmo
2. When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on
- Theodore Roosevelt
3. Sometimes I feel like we're a knot, too tangled to be taken apart.
- Kiera Cass, The Elite
2. knot
noun. ['ˈnɑːt'] any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object.
Synonyms
- loop knot
- surgeon's knot
- stopper knot
- fastener
- Turk's head
- fixing
- blood knot
- lovers' knot
- fisherman's bend
- truelove knot
- Gordian knot
- holdfast
- sheepshank
- hitch
- barrel knot
- overhand knot
- true lover's knot
- prolonge knot
- bowknot
- fastening
- clove hitch
- sailor's breastplate
- slipknot
- hawser bend
- love knot
- square knot
- lover's knot
- bow
- figure eight
- figure of eight
- fisherman's knot
- true lovers' knot
- carrick bend
Antonyms
- unhitch
- stand still
- walk
- rear
3. knot
noun. ['ˈnɑːt'] a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged.
Synonyms
- plank
- wood
Antonyms
- get off
- disembark
- live out
4. knot
verb. ['ˈnɑːt'] make into knots; make knots out of.
Synonyms
- create from raw stuff
- macrame
Antonyms
- unbend
- unstrap
- unlash
5. knot
verb. ['ˈnɑːt'] tie or fasten into a knot.
Synonyms
- bind
Antonyms
- starve
- abstain
6. knot
noun. ['ˈnɑːt'] a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere.
Synonyms
- sandpiper
- greyback
- Calidris
- genus Calidris
- grayback
Antonyms
- action
- activeness
- ride
- disconnect
7. knot
noun. ['ˈnɑːt'] something twisted and tight and swollen.
Synonyms
- distorted shape
- gnarl
Antonyms
- pleasantness
- order
- elegance
8. knot
noun. ['ˈnɑːt'] a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude.
Synonyms
- mi
- naut mi
- international nautical mile
- air mile
- nautical linear unit
- mile
Antonyms
- uncoil
- disjoin
- unfasten
- artifact
9. knot
verb. ['ˈnɑːt'] tangle or complicate.
Synonyms
- enlace
- intertwine
- ravel
- twine
- entwine
- lace
- tangle
Antonyms
- unknot
- untwine
- uncover
- fauna
10. knot
noun. ['ˈnɑːt'] soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design.
Synonyms
- burl
- raggedness
- roughness
Antonyms
- straight line
- untwist
- let go of
- ravel