Synonyms for cling
klɪŋcling

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1. cling

   Synonyms:
   fasten, hold, adhere, embrace, stick, cleave, hang, twine, hug

   Antonyms:
   drop, recede, secede, apostatize, abandon, relax, forego, swerve, surrender

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1. cling, clingstoneverb

   fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit

   Synonyms:
   clingstone

2. cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohereverb

   come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

   "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"

   Synonyms:
   stand by, stupefy, stick by, baffle, stick, perplex, cleave, bond, get, mystify, flummox, bind, beat, stick around, nonplus, rive, dumbfound, split, lodge, sting, hold fast, deposit, amaze, stick to, stay put, gravel, cohere, stay, hang, bewilder, wedge, vex, pose, puzzle, adhere

3. clingverb

   to remain emotionally or intellectually attached

   "He clings to the idea that she might still love him."

   Synonyms:
   cohere, hang, stick, adhere, cleave

4. cling, hangverb

   hold on tightly or tenaciously

   "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"

   Synonyms:
   cleave, pay heed, advert, string up, give ear, stick, cohere, attend, adhere, flow, hang up, fall, hang

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1. clingverb

   Synonyms:
   adhere, hold, stick, cleave, be attached, hold fast

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1. clingverb

   Synonyms:
   adhere, cleave, hold fast

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1. List of paraphrases for "cling":

   latchon

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1. George Sand:

   Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we must cling as to a treasure, and not squander on our way through life in the small coin of empty words, or in exact and priggish argument.

2. Kizza Ronald:

   For any leader to cling on his or her throne for long, working with women and youths is inevitable

3. Antigone Michaelides:

   After two years of Covid madness, I'm struggling to make sense of policy. And I can't, i think most people's reaction and perspective on all things covid is visceral rather than cerebral – at least in my experience. And so I've found that most people cling to their viewpoint regardless of what facts are presented.

4. Anne Frank, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, July 15, 1944:

   It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

5. India Walton:

   I won the Democratic primary. I won because I worked hard. I won because people are ready for change. I won because Democrats turned out and voted for me, but we have corporate Democrats who are so desperate to cling to what little power they have left and stave off the progressive wing of our party.