Antonyms for thread
θrɛdthread

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1. threadnoun

   Synonyms:
   topic

2. threadnoun

   To put thread through.

   thread a needle

   Synonyms:
   topic

3. threadnoun

   A theme or idea.

   I think I can thread my way through here, but it’s going to be tight.

   Synonyms:
   topic

4. threadnoun

   A screw thread.

   Synonyms:
   topic

5. threadnoun

   A sequence of connections.

   Synonyms:
   topic

6. threadnoun

   The line midway between the banks of a stream.

   Synonyms:
   topic

7. threadnoun

   A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, generally expected to share memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.

   Synonyms:
   topic

8. threadnoun

   A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, all but the first replies to previous messages in the thread.

   Synonyms:
   topic

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. thread

   Antonyms:
   deviation, divergence, aberration, solution, intermission, interruption

   Synonyms:
   line, course, tenor, continuity

Matched Categories

1. • Guide
   • Object
   • Pass
   • Pull Out
   • Thinking

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. thread, yarnnoun

   a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

   Synonyms:
   recital, yarn, narration, screw thread, train of thought, ribbon

2. ribbon, threadnoun

   any long object resembling a thin line

   "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward"

   Synonyms:
   laurel wreath, screw thread, yarn, medal, decoration, palm, typewriter ribbon, ribbon, medallion, train of thought

3. train of thought, threadnoun

   the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together

   "I couldn't follow his train of thought"; "he lost the thread of his argument"

   Synonyms:
   yarn, screw thread, train of thought, ribbon

4. screw thread, threadverb

   the raised helical rib going around a screw

   Synonyms:
   yarn, screw thread, train of thought, ribbon

5. weave, wind, thread, meander, wanderverb

   to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

   "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"

   Synonyms:
   rove, vagabond, wind, meander, nose, hoist, wrap, twist, range, stray, string, roll, lift, twine, scent, cast, cheat, wreathe, wander, tissue, divagate, curve, digress, swan, wind up, tramp, cheat on, interweave, draw, betray, ramble, cuckold, drift, waver, weave, roam

6. threadverb

   pass a thread through

   "thread a needle"

   Synonyms:
   wander, wind, draw, string, meander, weave

7. threadverb

   remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string

   "She had her eyebrows threaded"

   Synonyms:
   wander, wind, draw, string, meander, weave

8. threadverb

   pass through or into

   "thread tape"; "thread film"

   Synonyms:
   wander, wind, draw, string, meander, weave

9. string, thread, drawverb

   thread on or as if on a string

   "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"

   Synonyms:
   tie, take in, string up, suck up, wind, meander, attract, get, quarter, pass, withdraw, depict, guide, describe, string, draw in, suck, pull in, delineate, make, soak up, cast, pull, get out, take out, wander, disembowel, sop up, puff, reap, string along, imbibe, draw and quarter, drag, pull out, draw, draw off, line, run, force, trace, absorb, weave, pull back, take up, eviscerate

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1. threadnoun

   Synonyms:
   filament, fibre, stamen, staple, pile, raveling, lint, warp, woof, thrum

2. threadverb

   Synonyms:
   thrid

How to use thread in a sentence?

1. William Shakespeare:

   He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.

2. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Hope is the thread between life and death, as long as hope is alive, we take breath.

3. Daunte Wright:

   The common thread is [an] understanding of all social, economicand political relations as a contestation for power between a class of oppressors (i.a., rich, White, heterosexual, male) and a class of oppressed.

4. Yury Trutnev:

   The Blagoveshchensk-Heihe bridge has special symbolic significance in today's disunited world. The Blagoveshchensk-Heihe bridge will become yet another thread of friendship linking the people of Russia and China.

5. Morris Fiorina:

   Were I advising her I'd suggest she try to thread the needle - explain that free trade has great benefits for the country as a whole, but past and pending agreements do not adequately recognize and compensate the losers. She will remedy that failure.

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