SOCKETS Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

sockets

noun

plural of socket

as in openings

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Noun

Tiafoe came alive and found the openings, as Khachanov did against Tien at the end of their match.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Narrow straws and valve openings can resist indirect spray because of surface tension.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of openings

Noun

To get your own hands dirty, walk five minutes to Limón Studio – a pottery store and graphic design studio that offers friendly workshops, in English, to make cups or bowls.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
The pasta—a hair clump of noodles in a soupy, sweetish tomato sauce—came in one of those parsimonious bowls with a small hollow in the middle and a rim as broad as Saturn’s rings.

— Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of bowls

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More than half of the reservoirs technically compatible with gas-injection flooding sit within Texas and the broader Gulf Coast region, encompassing onshore basins and offshore fields.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
So far, the hurricane center has named 14 storms in the eastern and central Pacific basins, including four hurricanes.

— Doyle Rice, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of basins

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Incorporating antique finds, greenery, and utilizing your home’s quirky features, like alcoves and nooks, are just a few of the ways your home is set apart from the rest on the block.

— Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2026
Inside, antique art hangs on walls, tamgroute (local pottery) lines small alcoves, board games are stacked inside cupboards, and coffee table books have plenty to dive into.

— Katie Silcox, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of alcoves

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It’s set on a remote farm nestled high in the Rocky Mountains in the early 1950s, and the images — of jutting peaks and plunging valleys, of endless stretches of pine, of the craggy frosted grandeur of it all — are vivid enough to carry you away.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Nine days after flash flooding washed away valleys and buried entire villages, rescue workers in Nepal had started to shift their operations from finding survivors to recovering bodies.

— Kosh Raj Koirala, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of valleys

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Sunlit suites feature perks like rainfall showers, reading nooks, and smart Loftie alarm clocks while its in-house cafe serves up superfood smoothies and grain bowls for health-conscious travelers.

— Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 7 Sep. 2026
Incorporating antique finds, greenery, and utilizing your home’s quirky features, like alcoves and nooks, are just a few of the ways your home is set apart from the rest on the block.

— Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of nooks

Noun

Freddy straddled all these worlds, observing their points of intersection and grooves of adjacency.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Yet their latest album as Immersion is a work of craft and caring, full of loose but meticulous grooves, open-hearted electronic melodies, and optimism that’s laced with cynicism but not sunk by it.

— Reed Jackson, SPIN, 7 Sep. 2026

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