ANGLE (FOR) Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

angle (for)

verb

Definition of angle (for)

as in to fish (for)

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as in to hammer out

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Verb

In 2011, former Time Warner Cable executives hammered out the 20-year agreement with the Lakers, then owned by the late Jerry Buss.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
After hammering out the details in recent weeks, the Miami-Dade school board agreed Wednesday on a contract for Rafael Villalobos to take the reins as superintendent of the district.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of hammer out

Verb

What makes a roster a championship roster is scheming by accentuating the strengths and minimizing the weaknesses.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026
Supposedly scheming to raise rents in order to raise broker fees often pegged to rent prices, Compass went to war with Zillow, the most popular free real estate platform that never charges broker fees.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of scheme

Verb

At Hansen’s trial in 2009, prosecutors argued that the pair had plotted to kill MacNeil, 63, for money.

— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
But the Green Book plots Ecobalyse points, PEF micropoints and Higg scores together despite their different units and methodologies.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of plot

Verb

But as John Ternus prepares to take the CEO job just over one week from now, the timing seems designed to get some unpleasant work out of the way and let the new boss come in with clean hands.

— Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
Being motivated to work out is one thing, but staying committed to a routine is what yields results, experts say.

— Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of work out

Verb

Singer Barry Manilow had to postpone his Lexington, Kentucky, concert unexpectedly on Tuesday night.

— Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
There are also new locker room accommodations for visiting teams that can be turned into lounges for celebrities and musical artists when Albertsons Stadium hosts concerts.

— Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2026

Definition of concert

Verb

Palestinians and Lebanese displaced by the 1967 war were joining relatives or acquaintances in Dearborn, and residents arranged food and medical services for the new arrivals.

— Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
Solano also arranged for 30 Jackson patients to go to the 14-bed Dulce Hogar ALF on Northwest 26th Avenue between 2016 and the end of 2023.

— Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of arrange

Verb

People who originally stopped because they were intrigued by the sight of a guy pulling pizzas out of a Smart car have become regulars and bring friends.

— Bradley Alvelo, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026
Although running late to an appointment, I was intrigued by her outgoingness and New York accent.

— Anna Raskind, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of intrigue

Verb

At its best, McCarthy’s fiction could compass the strange and often violent order of existence.

— Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 13 June 2023
It is based on the knowledge that no spoliator can compass his end without a certain degree of co-operation, willing or compulsory, of the victim.

— Tridip Suhrud, Time, 25 Sep. 2019

Definition of compass

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