hank
The word “hank” has 1 syllable: hank
It's pronounced as /hæŋk/
What is synonym and antonym for hank?
In the thesaurus, “hank” has 45 synonyms and 1 antonym.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for hank along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for hank
- annulet
- arc
- band
- becket
- belt
- bend
- braid
- cincture
- circle
- coil
- collar
- convolution
- curl
- curlicue
- curve
- eye
- flourish
- furl
- girdle
- helix
- hoop
- jerk
- loop
- meander
- plug
- ply
- pull
- ring
- roll
- round
- spiral
- spire
- swivel
- torsion
- turn
- twine
- twirl
- undulation
- warp
- whorl
- wind
- wreath
- wrench
- yank
- zigzag
Antonyms for hank
- line
Meanings of hank
- noun
- A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.
- A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.
- Doubt, difficulty.
- Mess, tangle.
- A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
- Hold; influence.
- A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his opponent's right leg from the inside, and throws him backward.
- verb
- To form into hanks.
- To fasten with a rope, as a gate.
Example Sentences
- She bought a hank of yarn for her knitting project.
- The fisherman grabbed a hank of rope from the dock.
- He handed me a hank of wire to fix the fence.
- I found a hank of hair tangled in the brush.
- The artist used a hank of twine to tie the canvas rolls.
On this page you'll find 46 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to hank, such as: annulet, arc, band, becket, belt, bend, braid.
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Related Words
band
- accumulation
- administration
- affiliate
- agglomeration
- aggregate
- aggregation
- alliance
- ally
- amalgamate
- annulet
- army
- array
- assemblage
- assembly
- association
- assortment
- bandage
- bandeau
- bank
- bar
- batch
- battalion
- battery
- becket
- begird
- belt
- bevy
- bind
- binding
- blaze
- bloc
- block
- body
- bond
- boodle
- bracelet
- braid
- brass band
- brasses
- brigade
- brood
- bunch
- cable
- captivity
- chain
- chamber orchestra
- cinch
- cincture
- circle
- circuit
- clan
- clique
- clot
- club
- clump
- cluster
- clutch
- coadjute
- coalition
- coil
- collar
- collection
- collective
- combine
- combo
- company
- confederacy
- confederation
- confinement
- conglomeration
- congregation
- conjoin
- consolidate
- consort
- constellation
- constraint
- copula
- cord
- corps
- coterie
- covey
- crew
- crop
- crossbar
- curb
- curl
- cycle
- department
- duo
- enchain
- enchainment
- engird
- engirdle
- ensemble
- enslavement
- enswathe
- entangle
- entanglement
- enwind
- enwreathe
- eye
- faction
- fastener
- federate
- federation
- fellowship
- fetter
- fillet
- force
- furl
- gang
- gather
- gathering
- gild
- gird
- girdle
- girt
- girth
- group
- grouping
- guild
- hank
- harness
- help
- hindrance
- hobble
- hodgepodge
- hold
- hold-down
- holding
- hoop
- horde
- host
- huddle
- immurement
- imprisonment
- incarceration
- interlace
- intertwine
- interweave
- irons
- jumble
- knot
- lace
- lash
- league
- leash
- ligature
- line
- link
- loop
- lot
- manacle
- menagerie
- merge
- miscellany
- mixture
- muster
- net
- octet
- odds and ends
- orchestra
- order
- organization
- outfit
- package
- parcel
- party
- passel
- personnel
- phalanx
- philharmonic
- pinstripe
- platoon
- posse
- quartet
- quartette
- quintet
- restraint
- restriction
- ribbon
- ring
- rope
- round
- run
- sash
- scarf
- school
- sect
- septet
- series
- set
- sextet
- shackle
- sinfonietta
- snarl
- snood
- society
- spiral
- spire
- squad
- squadron
- stable
- staff
- stay
- straightjacket
- straitjacket
- strap
- streak
- string
- strings
- strip
- stripe
- suit
- suite
- sundries
- swathe
- symphony
- symphony orchestra
- tangle
- tape
- task force
- team
- tether
- the whole kit and caboodle
- thread
- tie
- tie up
- trammel
- trap
- trio
- troop
- troupe
- truss
- twirl
- twist
- union
- unite
- variety
- whorl
- wind
- wire
- woodwinds
- wrap
- wreath
- wreathe
round
- about
- abroad
- across
- afloat
- agglomerate
- all over
- ample
- annular
- annulet
- arc
- arch
- around
- athwart
- back
- backward
- backwards
- ball
- balled
- band
- bead
- beat
- becket
- beefy
- behind
- belt
- bend
- blubbery
- bow
- brawny
- bulbous
- bulky
- bunch
- burly
- buxom
- chain
- chubby
- chunky
- cincture
- circle
- circlet
- circuit
- circular
- circumambulate
- circumnavigate
- circumvent
- cirque
- clump
- coil
- collar
- compass
- corn-fed
- corpulent
- counter
- counterclockwise
- course
- crook
- cross
- curl
- curlicue
- curve
- curved
- cycle
- cylindric
- cylindrical
- deep
- development
- deviate
- disciform
- discoid
- discoidal
- disklike
- down
- downward
- downwards
- dumpy
- ellipse
- elliptic
- elliptical
- encircle
- endomorphic
- even
- everyplace
- everywhere
- exact
- eye
- fall off
- fat
- flabby
- flat
- fleshy
- full
- furl
- girdle
- global
- globe
- globular
- golden
- gross
- hank
- heavy
- heavyset
- hefty
- hereabout
- hereabouts
- hippy
- hook
- hoop
- hooplike
- husky
- lardy
- loop
- looped
- loud
- lump
- mellifluent
- mellifluous
- mellow
- merry-go-round
- obese
- oblong
- obversely
- on
- orb
- orbit
- orotund
- oval
- ovate
- over
- overweight
- ovoid
- ovoidal
- pattern
- paunchy
- pearl
- pellet
- pelletize
- perambulate
- plangent
- plummy
- plump
- plumpish
- podgy
- portly
- potbellied
- powerful
- precise
- progression
- pudgy
- rearward
- rearwards
- replete
- resonant
- resounding
- reverberant
- reverberating
- reverberative
- reversely
- revolution
- rich
- ring
- ringing
- ringlet
- ringlike
- ripe
- roll
- roly-poly
- rotation
- rotund
- rounded
- roundel
- roundish
- run
- sequence
- series
- soft
- sonorous
- sphere
- spherical
- spiral
- spire
- squat
- stentorian
- stocky
- stout
- string
- stubby
- succession
- sweep
- swerve
- syndrome
- thick
- thickset
- through
- throughout
- thundering
- thunderous
- train
- traverse
- trend
- tubby
- turn
- turnover
- twirl
- twist
- veer
- vibrant
- wad
- weighty
- wheel
- whorl
- widdershins
- wind
- withershins
- wreath
- zaftig
- zodiac
- zoftig