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clutch

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of clutch

1 a number of things considered as a unit
  • A clutch of medals adorned the general's chest.
Synonyms of clutch

array, assemblage, band, bank, batch, battery, block, bunch, clot, clump, cluster, collection, constellation, group, grouping, huddle, knot, lot, muster, package, parcel, passel, set, suite
Words Related to clutch

accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, conglomeration

agglomeration, assortment, hodgepodge, jumble, miscellany, mixture, odds and ends, sundries, variety

cycle, run, series, suit
Phrases Synonymous with clutch

the whole kit and caboodle
Near Antonyms of clutch

entity, item, single, unit
2 a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
  • a clutch of people traveling together
Synonyms of clutch

array, band, batch, battery, body, boodle, bunch, cluster, consort, constellation, crop, group, grouping, huddle, knot, lot, parcel, party, passel
Words Related to clutch

assembly, collective, congregation, gathering, muster, organization

circle, clan, clique, coterie, fellowship, gang, ring, round, set

faction, guild (also gild), order, school, sect

brigade, crew, outfit, phalanx, platoon, posse, task force, team

alliance, bloc, coalition, confederacy, confederation, federation, league, union

battalion, squadron

bevy, brood, covey
Phrases Synonymous with clutch

the whole kit and caboodle
Near Antonyms of clutch

individual, single
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clutch

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of clutch

1 a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action
  • a football quarterback who always comes through in the clutch
Synonyms of clutch

boiling point, breaking point, conjuncture, crisis, crossroad(s), crunch, emergency, exigency, extremity, flash point, head, juncture, tinderbox, zero hour
Words Related to clutch

contingency, possibility

climax, turning point

happening, landmark, milestone

condition, pass, situation, strait

deadlock, impasse, stalemate

corner, fix, hole, hot water, jam, last ditch, pinch, predicament, scrape, spot

eleventh hour, last minute
Phrases Synonymous with clutch

moment of truth, point of no return
2 the right or means to command or control others
  • a nation no longer living in the clutch of a cruel tyrant
Synonyms of clutch

arm, authority, command, control, death grip, dominion, grip, hold, mastery, power, reign, rein(s), sway
Words Related to clutch

clout, influence, leverage, pull, voice, weight

jurisdiction

direction, management

dominance, imperium, predominance, sovereignty (also sovranty), supremacy

prerogative, privilege, right
Near Antonyms of clutch

helplessness, weakness
Antonyms of clutch

impotence, impotency, powerlessness

clutch

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of clutch

to have or keep in one's hands
  • He clutched the eggs carefully so he wouldn't drop them.
Synonyms of clutch

clench, cling (to), grip, hold
Words Related to clutch

bear, carry

bag, capture, catch, collar, corral, grab, grapple, hook, land, latch (on or onto), nab, nail, seize, snap (up), snare, snatch, take, trap

feel, finger, handle, paw

clasp, embrace, grasp, hug

cradle
Phrases Synonymous with clutch

hang on to, hold on to
Near Antonyms of clutch

drop, give, hand, unclasp, unhand

cede, deliver, give up, hand out, hand over, release, relinquish, render, turn over, yield

Synonym Discussion of clutch

take, seize, grasp, clutch, snatch, grab mean to get hold of by or as if by catching up with the hand. take is a general term applicable to any manner of getting something into one's possession or control.
    • take some salad from the bowl
seize implies a sudden and forcible movement in getting hold of something tangible or an apprehending of something fleeting or elusive when intangible.
    • seized the suspect
grasp stresses a laying hold so as to have firmly in possession.
    • grasp the handle and pull
clutch suggests avidity or anxiety in seizing or grasping and may imply less success in holding.
    • clutching her purse
snatch suggests more suddenness or quickness but less force than seize.
    • snatched a doughnut and ran
grab implies more roughness or rudeness than snatch.
    • grabbed roughly by the arm

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