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net
Synonyms and Antonyms of net
- The basketball didn't go into the basket—it just hit the net.
- identity thieves caught in an elaborate net set by the police
net
Synonyms and Antonyms of net
- His net for the year was about 60% of his total income.
charge, cost, disbursement, expenditure, expense, loss, outgo, outlay
- The net of the study is that things are better but more needs to be done.
bottom line, bull's-eye, centerpiece, core, crux, essence, gist, heart, kernel, keynote, meat, meat and potatoes, nub, nubbin, nucleus, pith, pivot, point, root, sum
sum and substance, the long and short (or the long and the short)
net
Synonyms and Antonyms of net
- The kite was stubbornly netted in the branches of the willow tree.
- an international sting operation that netted tax dodgers from all parts of the world
take hold (of)
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