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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 cockloft, garret, atticRelated Words 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 cast, catapult, chuck, dash, fire, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, lob, throw, peg, pelt, pitch, sling, tossRelated Words bowl, dart, flip, gun, hook, pass, roll, shoot; buck, eject, impel, precipitate, project, propel, rifle, thrust

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