What are some opposite words for collar?
Antonyms for collar
ˈkɒl ərcol·lar
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term collar.
Princeton's WordNet
collar, neckbandnoun
a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
Synonyms:
dog collar, apprehension, leash, pinch, shoe collar, arrest, taking into custody, catch, neckband, chokercollarnoun
(zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
Synonyms:
dog collar, apprehension, leash, pinch, shoe collar, arrest, taking into custody, catch, neckband, chokercollarnoun
anything worn or placed about the neck
"the thief was forced to wear a heavy wooden collar"; "a collar of flowers was placed about the neck of the winning horse"
Synonyms:
dog collar, apprehension, leash, pinch, shoe collar, arrest, taking into custody, catch, neckband, chokercollarnoun
a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
Synonyms:
dog collar, apprehension, leash, pinch, shoe collar, arrest, taking into custody, catch, neckband, chokercollar, shoe collarnoun
the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
Synonyms:
dog collar, apprehension, leash, pinch, shoe collar, arrest, taking into custody, catch, neckband, chokercollarnoun
a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
Synonyms:
dog collar, apprehension, leash, pinch, shoe collar, arrest, taking into custody, catch, neckband, chokerchoker, collar, dog collar, neckbandnoun
necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
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throttler, apprehension, dog collar, shoe collar, clerical collar, ruff, garrotter, catch, neckband, pinch, choker, leash, garroter, ruffle, taking into custody, arrest, strangler, neck ruffcollar, leashnoun
a figurative restraint
"asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market"; "kept a tight leash on his emotions"; "he's always gotten a long leash"
Synonyms:
lead, dog collar, shoe collar, trey, trio, troika, ternary, terzetto, ternion, tierce, trinity, triplet, catch, neckband, threesome, pinch, trine, choker, tether, deuce-ace, leash, three, apprehension, triad, taking into custody, arrest, tercetapprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custodyverb
the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
"the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
Synonyms:
hitch, hint, touch, understanding, mite, jot, stoppage, apprehension, catch, halt, shoe collar, dog collar, snap, match, snatch, tinge, soupcon, exigency, speck, neckband, taking into custody, leash, stop, discernment, misgiving, emergency, arrest, tweak, pinch, stay, apprehensiveness, dread, savvy, gimmick, grab, haul, choker, checkcollar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, copverb
take into custody
"the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
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quail at, cop, uplift, peck, hook, savvy, hear, complete, get, dig, percolate, hold back, nail, glom, nail down, pass with flying colors, perk up, smash, arrest, gather up, get word, nab, snitch, boom, call for, see, find out, turn back, grasp, perk, halt, gain vigor, knock off, ace, compass, receive, sweep through, stop, sail through, get the picture, pinpoint, turn around, apprehend, get a line, comprehend, lift up, peg, intoxicate, pick up, breeze through, contain, elate, catch, thieve, blast, grok, learn, get wind, hold, collect, discover, checkcollarverb
seize by the neck or collar
collarverb
furnish with a collar
"collar the dog"
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
collarnoun
Synonyms:
neckband, carcanet, ruff, ruche, collet, rabat, piccadilly, dickey, collarette
How to use collar in a sentence?
I know a lot of people who have tattoos, including two of my close friends, have them very visible, on their arms, neck and ankle, but they don't think their profession is going to care, they are not looking for white-collar jobs.
Work-life balance, job variety and the level of autonomy are other significant drivers, there is a clear distinction in happiness between white and blue collar jobs with managers or professionals evaluating the quality of their lives at a much higher level than those in manual labor jobs even controlling for any possible confounding factors.
Over the years, I think we have seen just how devastating that is, and when I was there, I worked hard on, for instance, doing more when it came to white collar crime, doing more with drug courts. And while here were still disparities in our system, like there were any, we had still managed in the eight years to reduce the African-American incarceration rate by 12 %.
You know, people around the edges would always say things, right? They would try to be polite. But nobody really had to say that much. You just know, on your own, that when your shirt collar has gotten one inch bigger — well, you know.
My scrunchie collection is not as large as my collar and glove collections, but scrunchies are catching up.
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