Antonyms for wrench
rɛntʃwrench

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1. wrenchnoun

   a hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes.

   Synonyms:
   spanner

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1. wrench

   Synonyms:
   wrest, twist, distort, strain, extort, wring

Matched Categories

1. • Injury
   • Movement
   • Pull
   • Twist

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1. wrench, twist, pullnoun

   a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments

   "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull"

   Synonyms:
   turn, turn of events, spanner, drag, construction, device, gimmick, spin, twist, bend, clout, twisting, winding, wind, eddy, whirl, pulling, twirl, pull, braid, puff, tress, kink, crook, plait

2. twist, wrenchnoun

   a jerky pulling movement

   Synonyms:
   turn, turn of events, tress, construction, device, gimmick, spin, twist, bend, twisting, winding, wind, eddy, whirl, twirl, pull, braid, kink, crook, plait, spanner

3. wrench, spannerverb

   a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt

   Synonyms:
   pull, twist, spanner

4. wrench, twistverb

   twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates

   "wrench a window off its hinges"; "wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"; "a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest"

   Synonyms:
   turn, sophisticate, squirm, curve, wring, wrestle, rick, twist, bend, wrick, wind, convolute, pervert, distort, sprain, deform, twine, worm, twist around, flex, wriggle, writhe

5. wrenchverb

   make a sudden twisting motion

   Synonyms:
   sprain, wring, twist, rick, wrick, turn

6. wring, wrenchverb

   twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish

   "Wring one's hand"

   Synonyms:
   deform, gouge, squeeze, wring, extort, rack, twist, sprain, contort, wrick, turn, rick, distort

7. twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rickverb

   twist suddenly so as to sprain

   "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"

   Synonyms:
   bend, wriggle, wrick, wind, deform, change state, twist, release, rick, wring, call on, worm, flex, convolute, writhe, move around, become, grow, turn, sour, sophisticate, work, sprain, curve, twist around, change by reversal, twine, distort, wrestle, turn over, reverse, plow, ferment, squirm, pervert, plough

How to use wrench in a sentence?

1. Brandon Hayes-Lattin:

   Cancer can throw a wrench in that to a substantial degree, what makes it challenging for adolescent and young adult patients that's different from younger patients and older patients is that there are some really unique things that face this group.

2. Robin Williams, Good Will Hunting:

   Will: He used to just put a belt, a stick, and a wrench on the kitchen table and say, “Choose.” Sean: Well, I gotta go with the belt there. Will: I used to go with the wrench. Sean: Why? Will: Cause fuck him, that’s why.

3. Elie Honig:

   House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is just basically talking smack, trying to throw a monkey wrench into this procedure.

4. Kurt Zuhlke:

   I wanted to throw the wrench into the gears and make sure that everybody realized that something is really wrong in this country.

5. Maya Angelou:

   I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.

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