nicks

The word “nicks” has 1 syllable: nicks

It's pronounced as /nɪks/

What is synonym and antonym for nicks?

In the thesaurus, “nicks” has 147 synonyms and 19 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for nicks

abducts
apprehends
appropriates
arrests
bags
bastilles
big houses
binds
blocks
boosts
bridewells
brigs
bull pens
burglarizes
busts
cages
calabooses
cans
captures
carjacks
catches
cells
chips
clinks
collars
commits
concentration camps
confines
coolers
coops
detains
dungeons
enchains
fetters
filches
gets
glasshouses
grabs
grapples
grasps
grooves
guardhouses
guardrooms
gulags
hacks
handcuffs
heists
highjacks
hijacks
hocks
holds
holes
hooks
hoosegows
hulks
immures
imprisons
incarcerates
indentations
indents
indentures
interns
jailhouses
jails
joggles
joints
jugs
keeps
kerfs
kidnaps
knocks over
labor camps
lands
lifts
lockups
loots
makes away with
makes off with
manacles
misappropriates
mooches
nabs
nails
nips
nocks
notches
oubliettes
penitentiaries
pens
picks
picks up
pilfers
pillages
pinches
plunders
poaches
pockets
pokeys
prison camps
prisons
pulls in
punches
purloins
quods
rearrests
reform schools
reformatories
remands
restrains
rifles
rips off
robs
runs in
runs off with
rustles
sacks
scores
seizes
shackles
shanghais
shoplifts
slammers
slams
slits
slots
snares
snatches
snips
snitches
spirits
sponges
stalags
steals
stirs
stockades
swipes
takes
tanks
thieves
tolbooths
training schools
trammels
traps
undercuts
walks off with
wards
work camps

Antonyms for nicks

bestows
buys
contributes
discharges
donates
emancipates
frees
gives
hands over
liberates
loosens
looses
outsides
presents
purchases
releases
springs
unbinds
unchains

Meanings of nicks

noun
1. A small cut in a surface.
2. Senses connoting something small.
3. Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
4. (law enforcement) A police station or prison.
5. A nix or nixie.
6. A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.
7. A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.
verb
1. To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
2. To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
3. To make a cut at the side of the face.
4. To steal.
5. (law enforcement) To arrest.
6. To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style.

Example Sentences

The knife left small nicks on the wooden table.
He noticed several nicks on the edge of his bicycle tire.
The old book’s cover had many nicks and scratches.
Be careful not to cause any nicks when handling the glass.
The car’s paint got nicks after the minor accident.

On this page you'll find 166 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to nicks, such as: abducts, apprehends, appropriates, arrests, bags, bastilles, bestows.

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