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Pull

🔄 Synonyms of "Pull"

26 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
puffnoun	(countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
drawverb	Senses relating to exerting force or pulling.
drivenoun	To operate a vehicle:
dragverb	(physics, uncountable) Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
twistnoun	A twisting force.
fetchverb	(transitive, ditransitive) To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
ripverb	(transitive) To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
rendverb	(transitive) To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst.
draw inverb	(idiomatic, transitive) To attract.
tearverb	A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
commitverb	(transitive) To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
pluckverb	(transitive) To pull something sharply; to pull something out
pull outverb	(idiomatic, transitive) To remove something from a container.
pull inverb	(idiomatic, intransitive, of a vehicle or driver) To approach or drive up to a place and come to a stop; to park by driving frontways into a parking spot.
attractverb	(transitive) To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
deplumeverb	(transitive) To strip of feathers or plumage.
perpetrateverb	(transitive) To be guilty of, or responsible for a crime etc; to commit.
get outverb	(intransitive) To leave or escape.
take outverb	To remove.
displumeverb	To deprive of feathers or plumes.
overstretchverb	To stretch too far.
deplumateverb	(transitive) To deplume; to strip of feathers.
forcenoun	Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
pullingnoun	The act by which something is pulled.
rivenoun	(intransitive) To break apart; to split.

↔️ Antonyms of "Pull"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
drivenoun	To operate a vehicle:
pushverb	(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
repelverb	(transitive) To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.).
repulsenoun	(transitive) To repel or drive back.
push backnoun	To refute or argue against a position or an accusation; to express one's own view on a situation.
beat backverb	(transitive) To fight against and cause to recede.
force backverb	cause to move back by force or influence
forcenoun	Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pull"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
pull inverb	(idiomatic, intransitive, of a vehicle or driver) To approach or drive up to a place and come to a stop; to park by driving frontways into a parking spot.
pluckverb	(transitive) To pull something sharply; to pull something out
wrenchnoun	A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
draw inverb	(idiomatic, transitive) To attract.
tearverb	A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
twistnoun	A twisting force.
rendverb	(transitive) To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst.
rivenoun	(intransitive) To break apart; to split.
pull outverb	(idiomatic, transitive) To remove something from a container.
take outverb	To remove.
get outverb	(intransitive) To leave or escape.
deplumeverb	(transitive) To strip of feathers or plumage.
deplumateverb	(transitive) To deplume; to strip of feathers.
displumeverb	To deprive of feathers or plumes.
overstretchverb	To stretch too far.
fetchverb	(transitive, ditransitive) To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
forcenoun	Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
drivenoun	To operate a vehicle:
perpetrateverb	(transitive) To be guilty of, or responsible for a crime etc; to commit.
puffnoun	(countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.