knots

The word “knots” has 1 syllable: knots

It's pronounced as /nɑts/

What is synonym and antonym for knots?

In the thesaurus, “knots” has 204 synonyms and 26 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for knots

accumulations
affections
agglomerations
aggregates
aggregations
alliances
arrays
assemblages
assemblies
assortments
attachments
bands
banks
batches
battalions
batteries
bevies
blisters
blobs
blocks
blocs
bodies
boils
bonds
boodles
braids
brainteasers
brigades
broods
bruises
bumps
bunches
cases
catch-22s
catches
cements
challenges
chunks
circles
clans
cliques
clods
clots
clumps
clusters
clutches
coalitions
collections
collectives
confederacies
confederations
conglomerations
congregations
connections
consorts
constellations
constraints
contusions
conundrums
cords
corners
coteries
coveys
crews
crops
cruces
cruxes
curbs
cycles
dilemmas
enigmas
enlaces
entangles
entwines
entwists
factions
fastenings
federations
fellowships
fetters
fixes
gangs
gatherings
gilds
glitches
gobbets
gobs
gordian knots
groupings
groups
growths
guilds
handcuffs
hitches
hodgepodges
holes
hookups
hot waters
huddles
humps
hunches
hunks
interlaces
intertwines
intertwists
interweaves
inweaves
issues
jams
joints
jumbles
knobs
leagues
ligatures
limitations
limits
linkages
links
linkups
lots
lumps
manacles
matters
mires
miscellanies
mixtures
musters
mysteries
nexus
nexuses
nodes
nodules
nubbles
nubs
nuggets
nuts
odds and ends
orders
organizations
outfits
packages
parcels
parties
passels
phalanges
phalanxes
pickles
pitfalls
plaits
platoons
posers
posses
predicaments
problems
puzzlements
puzzles
quagmires
quandaries
questions
restraints
restrictions
riddles
rings
rounds
runs
schools
scrabbles
scrambles
sects
series
sets
shackles
snags
snarls
spots
squadrons
sticky wickets
stumpers
suites
suits
sundries
swellings
sympathies
tangles
task forces
teams
the whole kit and caboodle
tie-ups
ties
toughies
trammels
troubles
tumors
twines
unions
varieties
wads
warts
weaves
welts
winds
wreathes
writhes
yokes

Antonyms for knots

answers
cure-alls
disentangles
emancipations
entities
freedoms
individuals
items
liberations
magic bullets
panaceas
partings
releases
separations
silver bullets
singles
solutions
units
unknots
unravels
unscrambles
unsnarls
untangles
untwines
untwists
unweaves

Meanings of knots

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

She struggled to untangle the knots in her necklace chain.
The sailor expertly tied several knots to secure the boat.
His stomach was in knots before giving the presentation.
The rope had multiple knots that made it difficult to pull through.
They learned different kinds of knots in the survival training course.

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