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anchor

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of anchor

1 one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program
  • The news anchor coordinated the reports of the correspondents from around the state.
Synonyms of anchor

anchorperson, newscaster
Words Related to anchor

anchorman, anchorwoman, coanchor

announcer, broadcaster, commentator, telecaster

correspondent, foreign correspondent, interviewer, journalist, newshound, newsie, newsman, newsperson, newswoman, reporter, stringer
2 something or someone to which one looks for support
  • My best friend has been my anchor throughout this crisis.
Synonyms of anchor

buttress, dependence (also dependance), mainstay, pillar, reliance, standby
Words Related to anchor

backbone, sinew(s), spine

right hand

bolsterer, crutch, handmaiden (also handmaid), prop, stay

anchorage, harbor, refuge

anchor

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of anchor

1 to put securely in place or in a desired position
  • They used ropes and sandbags to anchor the hot-air balloon to the ground.
Synonyms of anchor

catch, clamp, fasten, fix, hitch, moor, secure, set
Words Related to anchor

embed (also imbed), entrench (also intrench), implant, ingrain (also engrain), lodge, stuff, wedge
Near Antonyms of anchor

extract, prize, pry, pull, root (out), tear (out), uproot, wrest, yank
Antonyms of anchor

loose, loosen, unfasten, unfix, unloose, unloosen
2 to stop at or near a place along the shore
  • We'll anchor at Praia, Cape Verde.
Synonyms of anchor

dock, land
Words Related to anchor

berth, moor, tie up

beach, ground

harbor

arrive, reach, show up, turn up

debark, disembark
Phrases Synonymous with anchor

make port
Near Antonyms of anchor

embark, launch, sail

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