Synonyms of fetch

fetch 1 of 3

verb

ˈfech 

as in to cost

to have a price of

those old toys that we tossed away are now fetching big bucks as antiques

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cost
• bring
• sell (for)
• go (for)
• run
• come (to)
• ask
• demand
• exact
• list (for)
• amount (to)
• command
• total

fetch

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noun (1)

as in ruse

a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end

his latest fetch to win back his girlfriend smacks of desperation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ruse
• scheme
• trick
• device
• dodge
• sleight of hand
• play
• jig
• knack
• gambit
• stratagem
• juggle
• ploy
• bluff
• wile
• flimflam
• end run
• gimmick
• sleight
• deception
• cunning
• shenanigan
• swindling
• swindle
• artifice
• feint
• hoax
• trickery
• duplicity
• subterfuge
• jugglery
• smoke screen
• cheating
• skullduggery
• front
• craft
• chicanery
• skulduggery
• dupery
• blind
• cozenage
• gaff
• fakery
• fraud
• legerdemain
• crookery
• sham

fetch

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noun (2)

as in replica

something or someone that strongly resembles another

with its standard assortment of chain stores and central food court, the new mall is pretty much the fetch of 1,000 other malls

Synonyms & Similar Words

• replica
• image
• twin
• clone
• picture
• duplicate
• equivalent
• portrait
• double
• spit
• counterpart
• duplication
• mirror image
• alter ego
• carbon copy
• match
• carbon
• likeness
• facsimile
• spitting image
• look-alike
• doppelganger
• ringer
• companion
• doppelgänger
• portrayal
• mate
• effigy
• fellow
• parallel
• equal
• analog
• analogue

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reverse
• opposite
• converse
• antithesis

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fetch

Verb

The most impressive commitment to blue, however, came from Zenith, whose 160th anniversary collection included a number of fetching blue-on-blue pieces in an electric shade unlike anything else at the show. —Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2025

Her art fetches astronomical auction prices of $3 million to $4 million. —Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025

Noun

The west-southwest winds today will blow over the entire fetch of Lake Erie, helping to shove the water towards the eastern end of the lake. —Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025

The west-southwest winds today will blow over the entire fetch of Lake Erie, helping to shove the water towards the eastern end of the lake. —Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025

Phrases Containing fetch

• fetch up