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 April, Williams hammered out a two-year extension that pushed off retirement talk and let the 49ers focus elsewhere in the draft instead of splurging on a replacement.

— Cam Inman, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Israeli and Lebanese negotiating teams are set to meet again there to continue hammering out a plan under which Israel would withdraw from southern Lebanon in exchange for Hezbollah’s disarmament.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of hammer out

Verb

Shanahan schemed up multiple 100-yard games for Kendrick Bourne, and even journeyman Demarcus Robinson had 111 yards in the playoffs against the Eagles — neither receiver had a 100-yard game since 2022.

— Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 29 July 2026
Corey Hawkins as Polybus Polybus is another one of Penelope’s many suitors who scheme to take her hand and kingdoms for themselves.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026

Definition of scheme

Verb

For the celebration itself, Jess and Nasko plotted a week of activities bouncing off (American) Labor Day weekend.

— Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026
With the room shaking, the show’s producer, Bob Johnston, plotted a course toward the nearest group of guards.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026

Definition of plot

Verb

Dokoupil had to work out kinks on air, in real time, and the program’s overall audience still rests below 4 million, a demarcation point for CBS News management in the past.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
But responsible governance cannot consist of hoping everything works out.

— Angel Gutierrez, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of work out

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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
Bon Jovi did, however, end the July 23 MSG concert slightly early due to a sinus infection.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2026

Definition of concert

Verb

The production company asked Netflix in person and in writing to agree to delete any files transferred to a projector during screening and to arrange to promptly return the screener after viewing.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
They are systematically arranged, customer-focused, and global in scope.

— Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of arrange

Verb

Frozen yogurt experienced a boom in the early 2000s, Webster noted, when consumers were similarly intrigued by healthier-sounding options.

— Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Martin, who says she has been intrigued by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, says so many voters are just struggling to get by and are hungry for sweeping change.

— Sam Gringlas, NPR, 1 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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