HITCHES Synonyms: 157 Similar and Opposite Words

hitches 1 of 2

noun

plural of hitch

as in snags

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

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Relevance

as in terms

a fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position signed on for a three-year hitch in the army

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hitches

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of hitch

as in jerks

to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion kept hitching up his pants because they were too big in the waist

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as in connects

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

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as in secures

to put securely in place or in a desired position hitched the trailer to the back of the car

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as in bums

to travel by securing free rides her brother hitched across the country after he graduated from college

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Recent Examples of hitches

Noun

But her journey hasn’t been without a few hitches. —

Aaron Tolentino, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026 The draft horse shows this week during the stock show’s 120th anniversary will include 15 six-horse hitches, or six horses pulling a wagon. —

Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026 But producers, presenters and winners soldiered on with few hitches. —

Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 19 Dec. 2025 Many have had the wheels or hitches removed years ago. —

Cassie Powell, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025 The two-door, three-person Can-Am Defender Limited and the four-door, six-person Defender Max Limited have 82-horsepower engines, power steering, tow hitches with a 2,500-pound towing capacity, winches, air conditioning and heating, a full hard roof and a three-position tilt-up glass windshield. —

Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025 My connection often improved a few minutes later, but those drops could result in stuttering in games, hitches in streaming, and slow file downloads. —

PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025

Verb

Piecemeal progress As Scott hitches his legacy to trying to eradicate the thousands of vacant homes that have blighted the city for decades, the contrast between the two neighborhoods may be the biggest hurdle. —

Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025

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Noun

But a redevelopment plan for at least one of those schools, North Fork Elementary, could face some snags.

— Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
On Thursday, Pages had another one of his sensational snags, taking an angle that would’ve made a defensive back proud in pursuit of Geraldo Perdomo’s fly ball to start the seventh.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026