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hang

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of hang

1 a downward slope
  • Don't ski that hang—it's too dangerous.
Synonyms of hang

declension, decline, declivity, descent, dip, downgrade, downhill, fall, hanging
Words Related to hang

basin, depression, hollow
Near Antonyms of hang

grade, gradient, hill, inclination, incline, lean, pitch, rake, tilt
Antonyms of hang

acclivity, ascent, rise, upgrade, uphill, uprise
2 the extent to which something hangs or dips below a straight line
  • There's too much hang in the bunting on the parade float—nothing should be touching the ground.
Synonyms of hang

droop, sag, slack, slackness
Words Related to hang

floppiness, laxity, laxness, limpness, looseness
Near Antonyms of hang

rigidity, rigidness, tautness, tenseness, tension, tightness

hang

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of hang

1 to place on an elevated point without support from below
  • Hang your coats on the coat rack in the hall.
Synonyms of hang

dangle, sling, suspend, swing
Words Related to hang

hook, mount, pin, tack

drape, festoon, garland, string

extend (out), jut, project, stick out

overhang, protrude

cascade, depend, fall

balance, poise
2 to be determined by, based on, or subject (to)
  • Our plan to go to the amusement park has all been worked out; now it just hangs on the weather.
Synonyms of hang

depend, hinge, ride, turn
Words Related to hang

base, establish, found, rest, stay

ground
3 to be limp from lack of water or vigor
  • As they neared the end of the long, hard march all but the most hardy were hanging, and some could barely put one foot in front of the other.
Synonyms of hang

droop, flag, loll, sag, wilt
Words Related to hang

slouch, slump

cave (in), collapse, crumple, drop, fall, sink, subside, yield
Near Antonyms of hang

distend, stiffen

rise, straighten, unbend, uncurl
4 to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air
  • Hanging just above the horizon was a little pink cloud.
Synonyms of hang

drift, float, glide, hover, poise, ride, sail, swim, waft
Words Related to hang

bob, dangle, suspend

buoy

balloon, raft
Near Antonyms of hang

dive, lunge, plunge

dip, immerse, submerge, submerse
Antonyms of hang

settle, sink
5 to find a basis
  • That's very slim evidence upon which to hang a theory.
Synonyms of hang

base, ground, predicate, rest
Words Related to hang

establish, found

assume, postulate, premise, presume, presuppose, suppose

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