knot

The word “knot” has 1 syllable: knot

It's pronounced as /nɑt/

What is synonym and antonym for knot?

In the thesaurus, “knot” has 238 synonyms and 38 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for knot along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for knot

accumulation
affection
agglomeration
aggregate
aggregation
alliance
array
assemblage
assembly
assortment
attachment
band
bank
batch
battalion
battery
bevy
bind
blister
blob
bloc
block
body
boil
bond
boodle
braid
brainteaser
brigade
brood
bruise
bump
bunch
case
catch
catch-22
cement
challenge
chunk
circle
clan
clique
clod
clot
clump
cluster
clutch
coalition
coil
collection
collective
company
confederacy
confederation
conglomeration
congregation
connection
consort
constellation
constraint
contortion
contusion
conundrum
cord
corner
coterie
covey
crew
crop
crux
curb
cycle
dilemma
enigma
enlace
entangle
entanglement
entwine
entwist
faction
fastening
federation
fellowship
fetter
fix
fondness
gang
gathering
gild
glitch
gnarl
gob
gobbet
gordian knot
group
grouping
growth
guild
hampering
handcuff
heap
helix
hitch
hodgepodge
hole
hookup
hot water
huddle
hump
hunch
hunk
interlace
intertwine
intertwist
interweave
inweave
issue
jam
joint
jumble
kink
knit
knob
league
ligament
ligature
limit
limitation
link
linkage
linkup
loop
lot
lump
manacle
mass
mat
matter
mire
miscellany
mixture
mob
muster
mystery
nexus
node
nodule
nub
nubble
nugget
nut
odds and ends
order
organization
outfit
pack
package
parcel
party
passel
perplexity
phalanx
pickle
pile
pitfall
plait
platoon
poser
posse
predicament
problem
puzzle
puzzlement
quagmire
quandary
question
restraint
restriction
riddle
ring
rosette
round
run
school
scrabble
scramble
screw
sect
secure
series
set
shackle
snag
snarl
spiral
splice
spot
squad
squadron
sticky wicket
stumper
suit
suite
sundries
swarm
swelling
sympathy
tangle
task force
tat
team
tether
the whole kit and caboodle
tie
tie-up
toughie
toughy
trammel
trouble
tuft
tumor
twine
twirl
twist
union
variety
vinculum
wad
warp
wart
weave
welt
whirl
whorl
wind
wreathe
writhe
yoke

Antonyms for knot

answer
cure-all
detaching
disengaging
disentangle
emancipation
entity
freedom
individual
item
liberation
line
loose
loosen
magic bullet
panacea
parting
release
separation
silver bullet
single
solution
unbinding
unfasten
unfastening
unfettering
unit
unknot
unravel
unscramble
unsnarl
untangle
untie
untieing
untwine
untwist
untying
unweave

Meanings of knot

noun
1. A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
2. (of hair, etc) A tangled clump.
3. A maze-like pattern.
4. A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).
5. A difficult situation.
6. The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
7. Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
8. A protuberant joint in a plant.
9. Any knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
10. The swelling of the bulbus glandis in members of the dog family, Canidae.
11. The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.
12. A node.
13. A kind of epaulet; a shoulder knot.
14. A group of people or things.
15. A bond of union; a connection; a tie.
16. A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour. (From the practice of counting the number of knots in the log-line (as it is paid out) in a standard time. Traditionally spaced at one every 1/120 of a mile.).
17. A nautical mile.
18. The bulbus glandis.
19. In omegaverse fiction, a bulbus glandis-like structure on the penis of a male alpha, which ties him to an omega during intercourse.
20. One of a variety of shore birds; the red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).
verb
1. To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots.
2. To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc.
3. To unite closely; to knit together.
4. To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.
5. To form knots.
6. To knit knots for a fringe.

Example Sentences

He tied a strong knot to secure the rope.
The sailor taught me how to make a proper knot.
There was a tight knot in the fishing line.
She felt a knot of anxiety before the presentation.
The shoelaces came undone because the knot was loose.

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