FLANK Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈflaŋk

Definition of flank

as in side

a place, space, or direction away from or beyond a central point or line painted the name of the ship along its flank

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verb

as in to join

to be adjacent to the guards flank the center on a football team's offensive line

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Recent Examples of flank

Noun

The 23-year-old can play down both defensive flanks, but is primarily a right-back. — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 The result illustrates a tension for the party’s ascendant left flank. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026

Verb

Attesting to his labor is an ovoid pavilion at the exhibition’s center recreating Brancusi’s studio, chock-a-block with his myriad tools and flanked by walls on both sides bearing letters, photographs, and archival items. — Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Aug. 2026 The royal showed off her new engagement ring from Mark Phillips at Buckingham Palace in 1973, featuring a striking sapphire flanked by two diamonds. — Amanda Le, InStyle, 15 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for flank

Recent Examples of Synonyms for flank

Noun

Zeno Power Systems will fly its Survive-the-Night Package aboard an existing Blue Ghost mission to the Moon’s near side.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
Jimer Fory, on the left side of the area, ran onto a ball-ahead from Velde and played a first-touch cross to a charging Lassiter for a rising finish from point-blank range that gave the Timbers a 2-1 lead in the 51st.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of side

Verb

Reaves has a fully dedicated golf social media Instagram account, and right after retirement from the NBA, Smith joined the golf team at North Carolina A&T as a freshman walk-on.

— Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Clubs on the continent have also enquired about signing Fullkrug, 33, on loan but West Ham intend to sell the Germany international, who joined for £27million from Borussia Dortmund in August 2024.

— Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of join

Verb

Undeterred, the three friends bought the hotel and adjoining property for $3 million and have since spent over $10 million on renovations and redesign.

— Madeleine Kashkooli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
The film could use a few more such colorful secondary strands adjoining the main conflict, though one subplot involving a maybe-romance between two jaded journalists assigned to the summit is oddly framed and abruptly dropped.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of adjoin

Verb

Planets begin by building cores of rock and metal, which can then pull in hydrogen and helium from the disk of gas and dust surrounding a young star.

— Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Take things up a notch and reserve in advance for Dinner on the Sandbar, a private five-course dinner in the shallows surrounding Little Palm Island.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of surround

Verb

Onstage at the event, Bratt touched on the new movie’s storyline.

— Matt Minton, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
The recall announcement directed consumers to wash and sanitize any containers that may have come into contact with the affected product, and wash and sanitize hands and utensils that may have touched the product.

— Mason Leib, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of touch

Verb

The ministry said its radars detected the drone entering the country from neighboring Moldova.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Campus and county police, joined by federal agents and sheriff’s deputies from neighboring counties, maintained a heavy presence as investigators searched for suspects and urged residents to avoid the area.

— Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

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