WRING Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

wring

verb

ˈriŋ

as in to extort

to get (as money) by the use of force or threats that bill collector is willing to do anything to wring money out of deadbeats

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as in to earn

to get with great difficulty after years of trying to wring a decent profit out of the business, he is finally giving up

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as in to pull

to move by or as if by a forceful rotation I'm so mad I could wring your neck

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as in to pry

to draw out by force or with effort willing to use torture if necessary in order to wring the information out of the terrorist

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Recent Examples of wring This single-seater is powered by the same 1,350cc 75-degree V-twin mill from the 1390 platform that makes a neck-wringing 187 hp and 106 lb-ft (145 Nm) of torque. —

New Atlas, 16 Apr. 2026 Back button hijacking is a way of wringing more pageviews out of visitors. —

ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2026 Barkin, who was dating Levinson at the time of the film’s production, gamely strives to anchor the odd, histrionic film with her performance and wrings real pathos out of Lynn’s brittle and wounded demeanor. —

Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026 Its slump comes as investors continue to wring their hands over the possibility that AI tools like Claude Cowork might overtake Microsoft 365, which has been a major revenue driver for Microsoft. —

Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wring

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Breaking bad Retail, hospitality and medical companies trusted cyber expert Angelo Martino to negotiate with hackers who were trying to extort them.

— Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
To dispose of his body, the group allegedly used a familiar method, placing it in a crematorium furnace in a local funeral home whose owner was being extorted by another Hells Angels member.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026