STRAP Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of strap

as in belt

a narrow and usually flat piece of a material that is used for fastening, holding together, or wrapping something She had the nervous habit of fiddling with the strap of her watch.

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verb

as in to rope

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Recent Examples of strap

Noun

The routine consisted of four two-minute sessions separated by two minutes of seated rest, monitored using heart-rate straps to ensure consistent effort. — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026 The tote straps sling right over your shoulder, which beats juggling a lunch box’s small handle. — Editors Of Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026

Verb

Outside Delhi, a 32-year-old garment maker identified as Lalita says her factory now requires everyone to strap a GoPro camera to their heads at the start of each shift. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 1 July 2026 Invisible hands strap her legs onto the stirrups, an iron fist plunging her through a tunneling, gravity‑bending, black underground. — Literary Hub, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for strap

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Noun

Switching on conveyor belts that extended from the stern of the ship into the water, the crew began to haul in streams of seaweed, dumping it onto the hull, where workers packed it in with a bulldozer.

— David Shortell Cristopher Rogel Blanquet, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
This influx of accessories like belts and scarves reminds Wong of the ’90s and early aughts magazine ‘tips and tricks’ pages.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of belt

Verb

Our job is not to use any melodrama or sentimentality to manipulate or rope the audience into the situation.

— Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026
Local authorities would rope together timber logs for a makeshift bridge, but in the rainy season, the logs would grow slippery and floods would wash them away.

— Fatma Tanis, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of rope

Verb

Settings and controls Many electric or corded heating pads come with some type of temperature control, either through a remote or on the pad.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
Electric snow blowers are corded and good for clearing light to moderate snow off patios, porches, walkways, and small-to-medium-size driveways.

— Christina Cush, Architectural Digest, 20 Feb. 2026

Definition of cord

Verb

Consider a developer asking a coding agent to wire up an API, or a buyer asking a chatbot for vendor comparisons, or a customer pinging a support bot about why a payment failed.

— Han Wang, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Carr and Konkoly would wire everyone up with EEG, perform their lucid-dreaming protocol, and let people drift off.

— Veronique Greenwood, Time, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of wire

Verb

Obama managed to thread the needle well enough to win a second term for himself in 2012, but the House remained Republican and the Senate followed suit in Obama's second midterm election in 2014.

— Ron Elving, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
Only time will tell whether this is truly a stand-alone experiment in genre mixing and matching or something designed to thread the big lug into the bigger cinematic picture.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2026

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