LEVERS Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of lever

as in pries

to raise, move, or pull apart with or as if with a lever the workers used crowbars to lever the heavy stone block into its new position

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levers

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noun

plural of lever

as in knobs

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Verb

There are swooping close encounters with heavenly bodies, Lego blocks in antigravity mode and swarms of Separators, a sort of astro-anthropomorphic version of the tool that pries apart Lego bricks in real life.

— Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2026
The show’s biggest laugh may come when Testa pries open Costanzo’s mouth and pronounces just how many performances of Norma Galas has left.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025

Definition of pries

Noun

After listening to some consumers complain about Rivians’ lack of knobs and buttons, the EV maker met them halfway.

— Greg Migliore, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Pets and other animals accidentally start hundreds of home fires each year, often by knocking over candles, tipping space heaters or bumping stove knobs.

— Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 15 July 2026

Definition of knobs

Verb

The strategy pulls shoppers in with events, classes, concerts and attractions rather than relying on transactions alone.

— Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026
The system also pulls from more than 100 million products in Alibaba’s catalog and over two decades of trade data to help identify sourcing opportunities in the first place.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 22 July 2026

Definition of pulls

Noun

Consider Updating Your Plumbing Just like with lighting, switches, and outlets, many kitchen renovators plan on adding or moving plumbing lines for appliances, pot fillers, and more.

— Kamron Sanders, The Spruce, 18 July 2026
The average knowledge worker already context-switches between multiple applications dozens of times per hour.

— Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of switches

Noun

There’s also the technical and organizational overhead of maintaining and supporting old versions and their associated keys indefinitely.

— Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
Being an 80% keyboard, the MQ80 has the exact same number as tenkeyless, but IQUNIX compresses the layout, shifting the arrow keys, delete, home, end, page up and page down and others to the right.

— Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 July 2026

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