Synonyms for anchor
ˈæŋ kəran·chor

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1. anchor, ground tacklenoun

   a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving

   Synonyms:
   ground tackle, backbone, lynchpin, linchpin, anchorperson, anchorman, keystone, mainstay

2. anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpinnoun

   a central cohesive source of support and stability

   "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm"

   Synonyms:
   anchorman, key, linchpin, ground tackle, lynchpin, rachis, headstone, grit, sand, anchorperson, spinal column, keystone, guts, back, backbone, pillar, spine, mainstay, moxie, gumption, vertebral column

3. anchor, anchorman, anchorpersonverb

   a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute

   Synonyms:
   ground tackle, backbone, lynchpin, linchpin, anchorperson, anchorman, keystone, mainstay

4. anchor, groundverb

   fix firmly and stably

   "anchor the lamppost in concrete"

   Synonyms:
   prime, base, run aground, cast anchor, strand, undercoat, drop anchor, found, establish, ground

5. anchor, cast anchor, drop anchorverb

   secure a vessel with an anchor

   "We anchored at Baltimore"

   Synonyms:
   ground, cast anchor, drop anchor

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1. anchornoun

   Synonyms:
   (small) kedge, grapnel, grapline, killock

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1. List of paraphrases for "anchor":

   cribbing, anchorage, anchoring, anker, crib, tether, anchors, delimiter, wetting, presenter, berthage, announcer, anchorages, entrench, enshrine

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1. John Kenneth Galbraith:

   It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled sea of thought.

2. Oliver Wendell Holmes:

   I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving -- we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it -- but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

3. Oliver Wendell Holmes:

   Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We must sail sometimes with the wind, and somtimes agaisnt it - but sail we must. And not drift, nor lie at anchor.

4. John Kenneth Galbraith:

   It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put on the troubled seas of thought.

5. Brian Steinberg:

   It would be a strategic move especially now that there are again no women in the nightly anchor positions.