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

The details would be hammered out back in Washington, the people said.

— Cate Brown, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
Home Depot has hammered out a deal to partner with one of its hometown sports franchises.

— Amy Wenk, AJC.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of hammer out

Verb

Who doesn’t love a good scheming royal for collecting Halloween treats?

— Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2026
That point is proved time and again, as editors scheme against each other, belittle each other’s literary taste and throw Batter under the bus whenever an opportunity arises.

— Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of scheme

Verb

The distinction matters because operating an unmanned vessel requires more than plotting a route.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
In the years to come, plotting out the dense and often convoluted storylines on a giant dry-erase board would become a staple of the Seinfeld writing process.

— Blake J. Harris, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of plot

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Backstreet Boys concert Brittany Mahomes posted photos on Instagram that shows the couple attended Saturday night’s Backstreet Boys concert at the Sphere in Las Vegas.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026
Singer Barry Manilow had to postpone his Lexington, Kentucky, concert unexpectedly on Tuesday night.

— Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of concert

Verb

For a bit of an over-the-top perk, the concierge is able to arrange helicopter services to NASA through its rooftop helipad, as well as myriad other special excursions.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026
While Sabrina’s identical twin sister, Virginia, was arranged to marry a Chinese American man in the States who spoke no Cantonese, Sabrina wouldn’t let her parents stop their love— or stop her from getting pregnant.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of arrange

Verb

Dumas was intrigued as Hermès was dealing with a generational crisis of how to evolve the company without losing its core customers.

— Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026
What intrigues you about taking this fish, who’s been out of water, and throwing him back into familiar waters?

— Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Oct. 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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