LATCH Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

latch

verb

Definition of latch

as in to hang

to close or secure (something, such as a door) with a latch latch the gate

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Recent Examples of latch The bit showed what the fiercely energetic and charismatic Murray could do, and, almost literally from that moment on, SNL viewers latched onto Murray’s signature mix of smirking silliness and performing courage. — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2026 This bag from Away has a code lock that latches onto the zippers, preventing everyone but you and security from getting in. — Joel Balsam, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2026 Holding had bitten on the ball, leaving the space behind him wide open for City forward Simon Becher to latch onto the ball and dribble towards goal. — Spencer Baldwin, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2026 The dog made it over the fence and began to attack K-9 Diesel, latching onto his neck, prosecutors said. — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for latch

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That way, the shoulder stitching wouldn’t hang below his shoulder and his pants wouldn’t drag on the ground.

— Souvankham Thammavongsa, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
Aside from briefly losing the seat for one term nearly a decade ago, Valadao has hung onto the seat.

— Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of hang

Verb

Embiid appeared to wonder during the national anthem where the Knicks' championship banner was hanging in the rafters as James sat nearby on the bench with his head bowed and hands clasped.

— CBS News, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
The upshot of this is that George, who works the room in a sharp gray suit, a few tattoos peeking out, has plenty of opportunities to charismatically make things right, shaking hands and clasping shoulders and sending over lull-filling drinks.

— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of clasp

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Many symptoms can be tough to pin specifically to MS, Kurz pointed out — for instance cognitive dysfunction and fatigue are common in a lot of autoimmune conditions.

— Erica Sloan, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026
There are so many over-the-top displays across the borough that locals formed a group called Staten Island Haunted Houses to pin them on a custom Google map.

— Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of pin

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But Ostlund scored only Buffalo’s fifth power-play goal of the season midway through the first before Thompson tied it with his sixth goal.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Offscreen, the part tied Koenig to the franchise for the rest of his career.

— Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of tie

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The Valkyries clinched Game 5 at home at the Chase Center on Monday night 64-55 to move within one game of the team’s first-ever WNBA title.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Morant hit midrange jumpers on consecutive possessions to put Portland up by five, and Lillard clinched the win with his fourth 3-pointer.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of clinch

Verb

The Wikimedia Foundation is also working on a tool called Paste Check, which can flag text pasted directly from some AI chatbots.

— Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Oct. 2026
Before running an unfamiliar command, paste it into a plain-text editor and compare it with the instructions.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of paste

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The movie starts with Farrier reporting on Bashford Antiques, a shop in Ponsonby that has begun aggressively clamping cars in its lot and demanding exorbitant fees to release them — up to $760.

— Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2026
Once the stock is clamped, a Structured-Light sensor and a workpiece probe measure it and set the work offset automatically, so there are no stock dimensions to type in and no edges to find by hand.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of clamp

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