CRANK Synonyms: 209 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

chiefly dialect

as in triumphant

having or expressing feelings of joy or triumph you shouldn't feel so crank, considering that you beat the worst softball team in the league

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as in joyful

joyously unrestrained folks around here are downright crank that a local boy won a gold medal in the Olympics

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noun

ˈkraŋk

as in eccentric

a person of odd or whimsical habits she's a bit of a crank, but still a good-hearted person

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as in crab

an irritable and complaining person he's always a crank until he has his morning coffee

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as in whim

a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action his endless and unpredictable cranks made spending time with him exhausting

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Examples of crank in a Sentence

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Adjective

Any big-box retailer will have a selection of weather-band radios, powered by a crank or replaceable batteries. —

Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 19 July 2023 Whatever the case, those 12- to 16-inch fallfish had no problem smashing a variety of jigs, spinners and mini-crank baits. —

Jim Gronaw, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 17 Oct. 2021

Noun

Each aid package only passed on Democratic votes, as isolationist cranks in the GOP said no to all three measures. —

New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2024 Turning a crank attached to the base makes Yoshi’s legs run in an endless loop, while a knob on the back opens the dinosaur’s mouth and makes his bright red tongue pop in and out. —

Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 25 July 2024

Verb

Treat tough stains with pre-treaters and opt for longer wash cycles instead of cranking up the heat. —

Aksha Mittapalli, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2024 Theoretically, that sunshine-y quality could have become its own kind of thematic aggressor, but the temperature never gets cranked up past the point of discomfort; the tension goes slack in the second half. —

Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for crank

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