STITCHES Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

stitches 1 of 2

noun

plural of stitch

as in pains

a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body had to drop out of the race when the stitch in his side became too painful

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stitches

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of stitch

as in sutures

to close up with a series of interlacing stitches the doctor stitched the wound so adroitly that the scar was barely visible after the stitches were removed

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unsews

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Recent Examples of stitches

Noun

The musician got five stitches on his earlobe after a fan threw a phone at him while on stage. —

Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026 Madrigal was hit in the face by a pitch, requiring some stitches. —

Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 31 May 2026 Embroidery machines work from 300 to 1,000 stitches per minute, and about 650 and higher is considered a high-speed stitch. —

Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 May 2026 Photos submitted as evidence show the wound was closed with stitches. —

Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 23 May 2026 The brutal wipeout required more than 100 stitches — and tentatively ended Johnson’s professional surfing ambitions. —

Antonio Ferme, Variety, 15 May 2026 Bebe Rexha was hit in the face with a cellphone, resulting in a man getting arrested and the singer getting stitches. —

Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026 Back in 2023, Bebe Rexha was struck by a phone at a New York City concert and had to get stitches. —

Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026 Ivelisse Garcia Santana said her grandson Jeury Concepcion needed several stitches after ICE agents wrestled him to the ground. —

Adi Guajardo, CBS News, 8 May 2026

Verb

This 10-day private yacht voyage by Kensington Expeditions stitches the whole picture together. —

Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 23 May 2026 The video stitches past and present with archival clips, studio cuts, and a handshake that seals this intergenerational torch-passing moment. —

Natalia Cano, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2026 Keem also released a trailer for the record, which stitches clips of him in the studio together with home videos and interviews with his family. —

Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 10 Feb. 2026 Pragmatic, unflappable, and just a few ticks toward the warmer side of cynicism, her work is what stitches the show together. —

Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025 In Katong, Bebe Seet stitches one-millimeter glass beads onto slippers in a shophouse studio. —

Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2025 The system then stitches these submaps together into one coherent 3D model, allowing a robot to move quickly while maintaining spatial accuracy. —

Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stitches

Noun

However, while yellow journalism often resulted in articles that were exaggerated or misleading, TMZ usually takes pains to be rigorous and accurate in its reporting.

— Angelica Kalika, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
Acer was also at pains to point out the large performance differential between the RTX 5070 Ti and the vanilla RTX 5070, which sounds similar.

— John Burek, PC Magazine, 29 May 2026