SQUEAKER Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

squeaker

noun

Definition of squeaker

as in nail-biter

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as in close call

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misfire

as in landslide

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Recent Examples of squeaker Fittingly, the result—a squeaker of a win for El-Sayed, who led by less than a percentage point when the race was called this morning—looks close to the Platonic ideal of an inconclusive outcome. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026 Miller-Meeks won the second race over Bohannan by a squeaker. — Cooper Worth, Des Moines Register, 2 June 2026 Known for their indestructible qualities, each toy features a knotted rope, squeaker and crinkle, and spiked toy ball inside. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 11 May 2026 The two tennis powers met for the CIF San Diego Section Open Division boys championship Friday night at Barnes Tennis Center and Torrey Pines pulled out a 10-8 squeaker in a match that lasted nearly four hours. — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for squeaker

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Noun

His 3-yard touchdown reception with 13 seconds left brought relief to Sandburg, which slipped past Lincoln-Way Central 21-17 in a SouthWest Suburban Conference nail-biter in Orland Park.

— Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026
Tucker, Max Muncy, Mookie Betts and Will Smith all homered in a five-run eighth inning, turning a nail-biter into a comfortable win.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of nail-biter

Noun

At this week’s meeting, 2027 was a fairly close call, with eight officials pointing to another hike, six seeing the funds rate holding steady and four envisioning cuts.

— Jeff Cox, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
For Natalia Sergienko, a humanitarian worker and the director of the Kherson Power of the South public organization, the past month brought two close calls.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of close call

Noun

When glaciers retreat, the result can create glacial lakes prone to outburst floods and unstable slopes prone to landslides like Nepal experienced.

— Tarun Gopalakrishnan, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
Merz, a conservative, is facing tremendous pressure in the wake of the far-right AfD's landslide state election victory in Saxony-Anhalt last week.

— Anna Noryskiewicz, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of landslide

Noun

Notable projects include 2021’s C’mon C’mon and 2022’s Don’t Worry Darling, Olivia Wilde’s psychological thriller starring Harry Styles and Florence Pugh.

— Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026
Based on the hit play by KIt Sandler, the thriller reimagines the myth of Baba Yaga, a witch who is known to live in a hut on chicken legs and potentially is a murderous seductress or powerful enchantress, depending on the author of the tale.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of thriller

Noun

The shaver’s gold-foil covers are hypoallergenic and allow for a close shave without harmful lacerations.

— Bria McNeal, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2026
Villa rely on its revenue to push their limits, so going another year on the outside will mean player sales, budget cuts and very, very close shaves with financial sanctions.

— Carl Anka, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026

Definition of close shave

Noun

And Oscar, stunned at his victory, promises to use his winnings to take the whole cast and crew to dinner.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Following the AfD’s election victory in Saxony-Anhalt, the party’s co-leader, Alice Weidel, declared there would be national elections in Germany before the end of the year.

— Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of victory

Noun

The 29-year-old Lyles won gold in the 100 at Paris in a photo finish, narrowly edging out Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson and becoming the first American man to win the Olympic sprint since Justin Gatlin in 2004.

— Zack Pierce, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
This time the 11-10 favorite found himself on the wrong side of a five-horse photo finish.

— Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of photo finish

Noun

Each team's lone victory this season came in blowout fashion over West Georgia of the lower-tier Football Championship Subdivision.

— Michael Harley, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
YouTube and TikTok connected me to tutorial videos, teaching me how to achieve a blowout and a silk-ish press that lasted one day.

— Rachel Cook Northway, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of blowout

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