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stick

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of stick

1 to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion

those magnets are strong enough to stick to the refrigerator without any problems

Synonyms of stick

adhere, cleave, cling, hew

Words Related to stick

bind, cohere, fasten, fuse, glue, unite

Near Antonyms of stick

loosen

drop, fall

2 to arrange something in a certain spot or position

you can stick that box in the corner until I figure out where to put everything

Synonyms of stick

depose, deposit, dispose, emplace, fix, lay, place, position, put, set, set up, situate

Words Related to stick

move, rearrange, reorder, shift

orient

establish, locate, plant, settle

clap, flop, plank, plop, plump, plunk (or plonk), plunk down, slap

affix, anchor, lock, lodge, wedge

array, lay out, line up, queue, rank

set down

Near Antonyms of stick

relocate, remove, take

banish

dislodge, displace, replace, supersede, supplant

3 to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

could hardly feel the needle when the nurse stuck my arm with it

Synonyms of stick

gore, harpoon, impale, jab, lance, peck, pick, pierce, pink, puncture, run through, skewer, spear, spike, spit, stab, transfix, transpierce

Words Related to stick

spindle

perforate, riddle

bayonet, dirk, gimlet, pike, poniard, prong, quill

pinprick, poke, prick, punch, thrust

cut, knife, slice

4 to rob by the use of trickery or threats

she got stuck by an unscrupulous seller while using the online auction site

Synonyms of stick

beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, gaff, gyp, hose [slang], hustle, mulct, nobble [British slang], pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, victimize

Words Related to stick

extort, wrench, wrest, wring

clip, gouge, nick, overcharge, soak

exploit, milk

deceive, dupe, fool, gull, trick

rope (in)

betray, bitch, double-cross

bamboozle, fast-talk

Phrases Synonymous with stick

sell a bill of goods to, take for a ride, take to the cleaners

Synonym Discussion of stick

stick, adhere, cohere, cling, cleave mean to become closely attached. stick implies attachment by affixing or by being glued together.

- couldn't get the label to stick

adhere is often interchangeable with stick but sometimes implies a growing together.

- antibodies adhering to a virus

cohere suggests a sticking together of parts so that they form a unified mass.

- eggs will make the mixture cohere

cling implies attachment by hanging on with arms or tendrils.

- clinging to a capsized boat

cleave stresses strength of attachment.

- the wet shirt cleaved to his back

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