Synonyms for arm
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. armverb

   Synonyms:
   equip, gird, accoutre, array

   Antonyms:
   disarm, ungird, divest, disarray

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1. armnoun

   a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb

   Synonyms:
   weapon system, subdivision, sleeve, limb, weapon, branch

   Antonyms:
   demilitarize, demilitarise, disarm

2. arm, branch, limbnoun

   any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm

   "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"

   Synonyms:
   branch, offset, weapon, sleeve, tree branch, leg, weapon system, offshoot, ramification, subdivision, outgrowth, limb

   Antonyms:
   demilitarise, disarm, demilitarize

3. weapon, arm, weapon systemnoun

   any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting

   "he was licensed to carry a weapon"

   Synonyms:
   branch, weapon, sleeve, weapon system, subdivision, artillery, limb

   Antonyms:
   demilitarize, demilitarise, disarm

4. armnoun

   the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person

   Synonyms:
   weapon system, subdivision, sleeve, limb, weapon, branch

   Antonyms:
   demilitarize, demilitarise, disarm

5. branch, subdivision, armnoun

   a division of some larger or more complex organization

   "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages"

   Synonyms:
   branch, weapon system, weapon, sleeve, offshoot, subsection, limb, leg, section, ramification, subdivision, outgrowth, offset

   Antonyms:
   disarm, demilitarise, demilitarize

6. sleeve, armverb

   the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm

   Synonyms:
   weapon system, weapon, subdivision, sleeve, limb, branch

   Antonyms:
   disarm, demilitarise, demilitarize

7. arm, build up, fortify, girdverb

   prepare oneself for a military confrontation

   "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border"

   Synonyms:
   progress, lace, develop, fortify, encircle, girdle, build up, fort, build, ramp up, beef up, spike, work up, strengthen, gird

   Antonyms:
   disarm, demilitarize, demilitarise

8. armverb

   supply with arms

   "The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan"

   Synonyms:
   build up, gird, fortify

   Antonyms:
   disarm, demilitarize, demilitarise

Matched Categories

1. • Armrest
   • Division
   • Limb
   • Projection
   • Supply

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. armnoun

   Synonyms:
   branch, bough, projecting part

2. armnoun

   Synonyms:
   inlet (of the sea)

3. armnoun

   Synonyms:
   power, might, strength, puissance

4. armnoun

   Synonyms:
   branch of military service (as artillery or cavalry)

5. armverb

   Synonyms:
   equip, furnish, provide, or supply with arms

6. armverb

   Synonyms:
   fortify, put in a state of defence

7. armverb

   Synonyms:
   prepare, fit up, make ready

8. armverb

   Synonyms:
   take arms, be fitted or provided with arms

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1. armnoun

   Synonyms:
   brachium (upper arm), antibrachium (forearm), (bones of the arm) humerus, radius, ulna, epipodiale

   Associated words:
   akimbo, solen, cradle, triceps, chevron, brassard, pinion, discriminal, gesticulate, gesticulation, gesture, brachial, chelidon, elbow, biceps

2. armnoun

   Synonyms:
   branch, inlet (of the sea), fiord, firth, frith, cove, estuary, projection

3. armverb

   Synonyms:
   equip (with weapons), fortify, strengthen

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "arm":

   bras, mra, arms, mras, poor, wing, ami, armpit, branch, arming, hand

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. arm

   Synonyms:
   Anatomy Brachium

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1. Jerry Rice:

   We had some bad calls too against us, the one right with [George] Kittle right before halftime. Im like, Are you serious? Come on! I understand if you really extend your arm but let the players play.

2. Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon:

   It's very clear to us that the ARM opportunity is focused on a few players where you don't have the software x86 barrier to entry.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   Because I got to tell you, most of them were State Department people or they were Hillary Clinton's former aides, people that worked in their campaigns, speech writers. So when he talks about these 50 witnesses, we still have been zeroed in on Hillary Clinton and there is absolutely no doubt about that and it's very unfortunate. i think it's pretty clear that whatever they might have thought they were doing, they ended up becoming a partisan arm of the Republican National Committee with an overwhelming focus on trying to as, they admitted, down my poll numbers.

4. Tyreek Hill:

   Obviously, like I ’m gon na go with 15 as the strongest arm, but, as far as accuracy-wise, I ’m going with Tua all day.

5. Todd Fisher:

   He had just moved in, and he was showing us around the house, i had just gotten to town and, being a teenager, he assumed that Carrie Fisher and I were smoking a little pot … So he puts his arm around me and he goes, ‘ Hey, man. ’ Puts a couple joints in my pocket, and he goes, ‘ Do n’t go to strangers. ’ I ’d only known him from the movies. I was a little kid when he made the movie ‘ The Rat Race ’ with my mother, and nobody was even thinking in these terms … At that moment, my mother did n’t know Carrie Fisher and I were smoking pot at all. He was even kind of hiding it from her. So it was a little bit of a revelation.