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

Matched Categories

1. • Grasp
   • Touch

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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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How to use cling in a sentence?

1. Barack Obama:

   It's not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy towards people who aren't like them.

2. Woody Allen:

   It’s so preposterous, and yet the smear has remained, and they still prefer to cling to, if not the notion that I molested Dylan, the possibility that I molested her. Nothing that I ever did with Dylan in my life could be misconstrued as that.

3. 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.

4. Amenorhu kwaku:

   I have watched the ways of the world. She makes promises like a dream and her treasures are an alluring mirage. Humanity cling desperately to mortal life in order to gratified this dream and its treasures. This I have seen to be the root of human suffering.

5. Billy Graham:

   Churchgoers are like coals in a fire. When they cling together, they keep the flame aglow; when they separate, they die out.