Synonyms of yanked

yanked

verb

past tense of yank

1

as in jerked

to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion

she stupidly yanked the wheel while I was driving

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jerked
• pulled
• lurched
• twitched
• tugged
• grabbed
• shook
• jolted
• bucked
• hitched
• bumped
• hoicked
• snatched
• dragged
• tore
• ripped
• staggered
• plucked
• jiggled
• jogged
• jounced
• wrenched
• lugged
• joggled
• jigged
• snapped (up)
• pitched
• tweaked
• wrung
• wrested

2

as in pulled

to draw out by force or with effort

yanked out a tooth with a pair of pliers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pulled
• pried
• extracted
• plucked
• removed
• uprooted
• tore (out)
• prized
• wrung
• took (out)
• rooted (out)
• wrested
• corkscrewed
• withdrew
• mined

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inserted
• installed
• implanted
• jammed
• stuffed
• instilled
• crammed
• wedged
• rammed

3

as in grabbed

to separate or remove by forceful pulling

grab the other one, and let's see if we can't yank these two grocery carriages apart

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grabbed
• ripped
• tore
• pulled
• snatched
• wrenched
• wrested
• seized
• snapped (up)
• extracted
• pried
• severed
• cut (off)
• forced
• jerked
• nabbed
• amputated
• uprooted
• lopped (off)
• nipped
• prized
• dissevered
• rooted (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reattached

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of yanked

Brewers starter Dustin May gave up three runs and six hits before being yanked with one out in the third. — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

In recent conversations with The Athletic, two coaches with deep affection for their alma mater described having the Camp Randall rug yanked from underneath them. — Tim Graham, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026

Hours later, as the couple sat in a car outside a west Fort Worth bowling alley, an unknown man yanked open the passenger door. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2026

But the ideal scenario was yanked from the table well before kickoff when five starters, including three on the offensive line, were deemed unable to play because of injury. — Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2026

In one clip, a pair of people sit in a small box attached to a wire as they're yanked onto a platform across a river in Nuwakot, Nepal. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Olstead yanked the handle to release his parachute and watched the red-white-and-blue fabric unfurl. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

In his view, a prosperous society was teetering on the edge of a meaningful shift toward communitarianism before being yanked back. — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

The officer is also seen putting a woman in a patrol car, the same woman who is shown on the ground having her hair yanked by an officer. — Briauna Brown, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026