LASSO Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of lasso

as in lariat

a rope or long leather thong with a noose used especially for catching livestock the cowpuncher skillfully tossed the lasso around the calf's neck

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verb

as in to rope

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Recent Examples of lasso

Noun

But deputies had a trick up their sleeve — a secret weapon that is part grappling gun, part lasso. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026 Her deep investment has put that 10-figure dream within range of her golden lasso. — Yohana Desta, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026

Verb

Ashe is a rocket ship that can’t be reined in, and watching the restrained, comparably rational Coop try to lasso him is reliably entertaining. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Apr. 2026 By taking out the clear nods to commerce and branding, however, Tecovas hopes its short movie will lasso consumers with a vibe, not a value proposition. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lasso

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lasso

Noun

The 59 year old paired her forearm-length top with a pair of wide-legged blue jeans, a gold lariat necklace, and a pair of oversized round black-to-yellow gradient sunglasses.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 6 June 2026
Back in the ring, Okada and Takeshita went back-and-forth in an excellent sequence with a wheelbarrow back suplex from Takeshita, followed by a running dropkick from Takeshita and a fighting-spirit lariat from Okada.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026

Definition of lariat

Verb

Climbers who rope up together learn from one another, with no strict hierarchy.

— William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Some of those startups started in the San Francisco Bay area, where AI dating apps are hosting parties, speed dating, coffee meet-ups and other in-person events to rope people into using their new service.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026

Definition of rope

Verb

While Maduro and Flores have awaited trial in a federal detention facility in Brooklyn, their home country has been grappling with a humanitarian disaster following a pair of powerful back-to-back earthquakes in June, killing at least 5,278 people.

— Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Simultaneously rendering the past less remote while relishing its radical foreignness, Beard presses readers to grapple with alien ideas, reckon with gaps in their knowledge, and confront complexity.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Definition of grapple

Verb

Royals infielders Tyler Tolbert and Andrew Velazquez both went for the baseball, but neither could corral it.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
They’ve been seen, for example, corralling schools of rays, creating waves to push penguins from ice blocks and extracting the livers of white sharks.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 July 2026

Definition of corral

Verb

Photos appear to show one such altercation, with a fan attempting to grab Preston from the sideline.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
And once the stars are out, the fire pits come to life, where kids of all ages can enjoy s’mores by grabbing a kit from the front desk.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026

Definition of grab

Verb

Don’t allow smoking near your garden, and wash your hands or glove them before tending tomatoes.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 4 July 2026
If not for Kevin Orie’s failure to glove a Ricky Gutierrez grounder leading off the third, which was ruled a hit, Wood might have had a no-hitter to boot.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026

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