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hitch

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of hitch

1 a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized

  • there are always a few hitches when you launch a system as complex as this one
Synonyms of hitch

booby trap, catch, catch-22, gimmick, gotcha, joker, land mine, pitfall, snag
Words Related to hitch

snare, trap, trip wire, web

hazard, peril, risk

bomb, bombshell, kicker, surprise (also surprize)

bait, decoy, lure

2 a fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position

  • signed on for a three-year hitch in the army
Synonyms of hitch

stint, tenure, term, tour
Words Related to hitch

shift, watch

go, turn

duration, standing, time

cycle, span, spell, stretch

life, life span, lifetime, run

hitch

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of hitch

1 to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion

  • kept hitching up his pants because they were too big in the waist
Synonyms of hitch

buck, hoick, jerk, jolt, twitch, yank
Words Related to hitch

bump, jounce, lurch, pitch, stagger

jig, jiggle, jog, joggle, shake

drag, lug, pull, tug

pluck, tweak

grab, rip, snap (up), snatch, tear, wrench, wrest, wring

2 to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole

  • she escaped out the window by using a makeshift rope of bedsheets and clothing she'd hitched together
Synonyms of hitch

catenate, chain, compound, concatenate, conjugate, connect, couple, hook, interconnect, interlink, join, link, yoke
Words Related to hitch

articulate, dovetail, integrate, interlock, intermesh

cord, string, wire

cement, coalesce, combine, fuse, unite, weld
Near Antonyms of hitch

detach, disengage, divide, part, split

cleave, rupture, sever, sunder
Antonyms of hitch

disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, disunite, separate, unchain, uncouple, unhitch, unlink, unyoke

3 to put securely in place or in a desired position

  • hitched the trailer to the back of the car
Synonyms of hitch

anchor, catch, clamp, fasten, fix, moor, secure, set
Words Related to hitch

embed (also imbed), entrench (also intrench), implant, ingrain (also engrain), lodge, stuff, wedge
Near Antonyms of hitch

extract, prize, pry, pull, root (out), tear (out), uproot, wrest, yank
Antonyms of hitch

loose, loosen, unfasten, unfix, unloose, unloosen

4 to travel by securing free rides

  • her brother hitched across the country after he graduated from college
Synonyms of hitch

hitchhike, thumb
Words Related to hitch

bum

stow away

carjack, hijack (also highjack)

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