Synonyms of pinched

pinched 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in reduced

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reduced
• straitened
• bankrupt
• displaced
• dispossessed
• broke
• insolvent
• bankrupted
• deprived
• needy
• penniless
• impoverished
• impecunious
• destitute
• disadvantaged
• penurious
• depressed
• beggared
• indigent
• poor
• unprivileged
• poverty-stricken
• underprivileged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• privileged
• lucky
• advantaged
• fortunate
• rich
• blessed
• wealthy
• loaded
• flush
• affluent
• spoiled
• moneyed
• blest
• monied
• opulent
• pampered
• successful
• comfortable
• well-to-do
• indulged
• prosperous
• propertied
• coddled
• well-off
• well-heeled
• flourishing
• thriving
• prospering

2

as in gaunt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gaunt
• haggard
• wizened
• emaciated
• skeletal
• stringy
• spindly
• waspish
• reedy
• anorexic
• wasted
• weedy
• meagre
• cadaverous
• lank
• lanky
• twiggy
• puny
• anoretic
• scrawny
• anorectic
• meager
• wiry
• rangy
• rawboned
• angular
• trim
• sinewy
• slight
• scraggy
• spindling
• willowy
• lean
• thin
• skinny
• bony
• slender
• sylphlike
• clean-limbed
• spare
• boney
• svelte
• slim
• lithe
• fatless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• plump
• fat
• gross
• chubby
• rotund
• thick
• fleshy
• corpulent
• obese
• overweight
• heavy
• bulky
• tubby
• portly
• beefy
• chunky
• stocky
• stout
• weighty
• thickset
• pudgy
• husky
• heavyset
• burly
• stubby
• brawny
• dumpy
• squat
• soft
• flabby
• paunchy
• potbellied
• round
• full
• buxom
• roly-poly
• hippy
• zaftig
• zoftig

pinched

2 of 2

verb

past tense of pinch

1

as in nipped

to squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points

the zipper on those jeans always pinches me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nipped
• held
• clasped
• clutched
• grasped
• gripped
• crimped
• tweaked
• took

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dropped
• released
• sprung
• sprang
• loosened
• freed
• loosed

2

as in stole

to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep

pinched the earrings while the boutique owner was distracted by another customer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stole
• swiped
• lifted
• grabbed
• nicked
• snatched
• nipped
• robbed
• pilfered
• filched
• pocketed
• purloined
• hooked
• appropriated
• ripped off
• misappropriated
• snitched
• boosted
• picked
• hijacked
• thieved
• seized
• took
• heisted
• plundered
• made off with
• ran off with
• made away with
• looted
• sacked
• walked off with
• pillaged
• knocked over
• rifled
• grasped
• burglarized
• poached
• rustled
• nailed
• kidnapped
• collared
• kidnaped
• abducted
• highjacked
• sponged
• spirited
• carjacked
• shoplifted
• mooched
• shanghaied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• purchased
• bought
• presented
• gave
• contributed
• donated
• bestowed
• handed over

3

as in arrested

to take or keep under one's control by authority of law

pinched the purse snatcher just two blocks from where he had robbed the old lady

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrested
• seized
• grabbed
• apprehended
• restrained
• nicked
• detained
• nailed
• captured
• busted
• snatched
• collared
• caught
• ran in
• pulled in
• bust
• nabbed
• committed
• picked up
• jailed
• trapped
• imprisoned
• hooked
• confined
• incarcerated
• snapped (up)
• snared
• landed
• bound
• grappled
• handcuffed
• bagged
• locked (up)
• held
• got
• shackled
• interned
• fettered
• jugged
• trammelled
• immured
• manacled
• trammeled
• enchained
• remanded
• rearrested

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discharged
• sprung
• loosened
• released
• sprang
• liberated
• freed
• emancipated
• loosed
• unbound
• unchained

4

as in saved

to avoid unnecessary waste or expense

if we pinch hard for the upcoming year, we can probably afford the vacation at that fancy resort

Synonyms & Similar Words

• saved
• spared
• conserved
• skimped
• managed
• economized
• scraped
• scrimped
• preserved
• pinched pennies
• maintained
• husbanded
• cut down
• hoarded
• retrenched
• laid up
• cut back

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wasted
• spent
• blew
• dissipated
• squandered
• lavished
• threw away
• ran through
• misspent
• frittered (away)
• splurged