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

Eight stitches later, Thiero returned to the game with a bandage on the bridge of his nose up to the middle of his forehead. —

Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026 The same sources revealed that Kilcoyne required stitches in his hands. —

Angelique Jackson, Variety, 4 Apr. 2026 Doctors at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Hollywood gave Varren 21 stitches to close the gap. —

Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026 In that incident, the boy was bitten on the head as well as the legs and had to have 20 stitches. —

Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026 Crevier came away with six stitches and a swollen jaw. —

Scott Powers, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026 Tyler’s face had a gash going down his cheek, with a smaller gash on his eye and stitches on his brow. —

Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026 Coach John Hynes said Spurgeon suffered a cut on his head that required stitches and is considered day-to-day. —

Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2026 If side stitches are repeatedly sabotaging your workout, Carter suggests getting your form evaluated by a fitness professional. —

Jenny McCoy, SELF, 26 Mar. 2026

Verb

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

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Noun

Bondi's public embrace of the president, however, marked a sharp departure from her predecessors, who generally took pains to maintain an arm's-length distance from the White House to protect the impartiality of investigations and prosecutions.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Apr. 2026
Whether biennials or museum shows, exhibitions are spaces for learning about images, the world, and the pains and delights of being alive.

— Raphael Fonseca, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026