Synonyms of stitches

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pains
• aches
• tingles
• pangs
• stings
• swellings
• pricks
• shoots
• smarts
• twinges
• sores
• throes
• injuries
• sufferings
• discomforts
• headaches
• distresses
• hurts
• inflammations
• damages
• tortures
• miseries
• sufferances
• agonies
• stomachaches
• toothaches
• colics
• torments
• anguishes
• backaches
• gripes
• harms
• bellyaches
• earaches
• afflictions
• complaints
• charley horses
• detriments

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• comforts
• eases

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sutures
• repairs
• sews
• patches
• darns
• finishes
• embroiders
• bastes
• knits
• overcasts
• crochets
• cross-stitches
• quilts
• eases
• fells
• mends

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unsews

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stitches

Noun

The four-hour surgery left him with just a few stitches and some bruising, but no issues with breathing, or seeing. — Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

Then in 2013, her career was upended when a devastating car accident left severe wounds on her face and neck requiring more than 60 stitches. — Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

Red baseball stitches affix the quarter and foxing, and a slightly glossy gray Swoosh carries a faint diamond pattern. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 31 July 2026

While there, the influencer shared that her daughter received three layers of stitches, including two layers of internal stitches and a layer of external ones. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026

Shanahan broke his hand, nose and three ribs, and his face needed over 40 stitches. — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 28 July 2026

Mbaye remembered cutting his hand badly enough to require eight stitches. — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Lynch confirmed an initial report by ESPN that Shanahan fractured his nose, a hand and three ribs, while requiring over 40 stitches to his face and sustaining a severe concussion. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 25 July 2026

Shanahan broke his nose, three ribs, his hand, needed over 40 stitches in his face and suffered a severe concussion in the accident, according to ESPN. — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 25 July 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