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loft

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of loft

a room or unfinished space directly beneath the roof of a building

  • the cottage has two bedrooms on the ground floor and a second-floor loft that could be converted into a third one
Synonyms of loft

attic, cockloft, garret
Words Related to loft

hayloft

loft

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of loft

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm

  • he lofted the ball down the center of the field toward a receiver
Synonyms of loft

cast, catapult, chuck, dash, fire, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, lob, peg, pelt, pitch, sling, throw, toss
Words Related to loft

bowl, dart, flip, gun, hook, pass, roll, shoot

buck, eject, impel, precipitate, project, propel, rifle, thrust
Phrases Synonymous with loft

let fly

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