Synonyms for collar
ˈkɒl ər

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1. collar, neckband(noun)

   a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over

   Synonyms:
   dog collar, apprehension, leash, pinch, shoe collar, arrest, taking into custody, catch, neckband, choker

2. collar(noun)

   (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal

   Synonyms:
   dog collar, apprehension, leash, pinch, shoe collar, arrest, taking into custody, catch, neckband, choker

3. collar(noun)

   anything worn or placed about the neck

   "the thief was forced to wear a heavy wooden collar"; "a collar of flowers was placed about the neck of the winning horse"

   Synonyms:
   dog collar, apprehension, leash, pinch, shoe collar, arrest, taking into custody, catch, neckband, choker

4. collar(noun)

   a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part

   Synonyms:
   dog collar, apprehension, leash, pinch, shoe collar, arrest, taking into custody, catch, neckband, choker

5. collar, shoe collar(noun)

   the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot

   Synonyms:
   dog collar, apprehension, leash, pinch, shoe collar, arrest, taking into custody, catch, neckband, choker

6. collar(noun)

   a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it

   Synonyms:
   dog collar, apprehension, leash, pinch, shoe collar, arrest, taking into custody, catch, neckband, choker

7. choker, collar, dog collar, neckband(noun)

   necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck

   Synonyms:
   throttler, apprehension, dog collar, shoe collar, clerical collar, ruff, garrotter, catch, neckband, pinch, choker, leash, garroter, ruffle, taking into custody, arrest, strangler, neck ruff

8. collar, leash(noun)

   a figurative restraint

   "asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market"; "kept a tight leash on his emotions"; "he's always gotten a long leash"

   Synonyms:
   lead, dog collar, shoe collar, trey, trio, troika, ternary, terzetto, ternion, tierce, trinity, triplet, catch, neckband, threesome, pinch, trine, choker, tether, deuce-ace, leash, three, apprehension, triad, taking into custody, arrest, tercet

9. apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody(verb)

   the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

   "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"

   Synonyms:
   hitch, hint, touch, understanding, mite, jot, stoppage, apprehension, catch, halt, shoe collar, dog collar, snap, match, snatch, tinge, soupcon, exigency, speck, neckband, taking into custody, leash, stop, discernment, misgiving, emergency, arrest, tweak, pinch, stay, apprehensiveness, dread, savvy, gimmick, grab, haul, choker, check

10. collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop(verb)

    take into custody

    "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

    Synonyms:
    quail at, cop, uplift, peck, hook, savvy, hear, complete, get, dig, percolate, hold back, nail, glom, nail down, pass with flying colors, perk up, smash, arrest, gather up, get word, nab, snitch, boom, call for, see, find out, turn back, grasp, perk, halt, gain vigor, knock off, ace, compass, receive, sweep through, stop, sail through, get the picture, pinpoint, turn around, apprehend, get a line, comprehend, lift up, peg, intoxicate, pick up, breeze through, contain, elate, catch, thieve, blast, grok, learn, get wind, hold, collect, discover, check

11. collar(verb)

    seize by the neck or collar

    Synonyms:
    arrest, pick up, nail, apprehend, cop, nab

12. collar(verb)

    furnish with a collar

    "collar the dog"

    Synonyms:
    arrest, pick up, nail, apprehend, cop, nab

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1. collar(n.)

   Synonyms:
   neck-band

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1. collar(n)

   Synonyms:
   neckband, carcanet, ruff, ruche, collet, rabat, piccadilly, dickey, collarette

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1. List of paraphrases:

   necklace, collier, collet, col, bushing, neck, cols, cervix, pendant, pass, locket, snare, passes, stts

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How to use collar in a sentence?

1. Chris Borick:

   If you were to design the perfect Trump location, the Lehigh Valley was that 25 years ago, it is a different place now. Some of the blue collar appeal that Trump may be having in other areas of the country or the state may have less of a target here.

2. Steve Vladeck:

   Once again, The Supreme Court has thrown out federal criminal convictions of public officials who, by their own admission, abused their power for corrupt and illegitimate purposes, the harder question is whether Congress will respond to rulings like this one by expanding the scope of these laws, or whether we're going to end up with a world in which criminal liability for such nefarious conduct depends upon the color of one's collar.

3. Kim Heung-kwang:

   They are handpicked, it is a great honour for them. It is a white-collar job there and people have fantasies about it.

4. Former President Bill Clinton:

   The truth is, the hubbub was I got hot under the collar because of the way the questions were asked. And I think what was lost were the two points that I made that are important to me, the suggestion was that I never apologized for what caused all the trouble for me 20 years ago.

5. John Prine:

   I thought I was grounded. I thought from my kinda blue-collar outlook on life that I would call myself a grounded person. I was not. I was like a balloon flying around in the air. And as soon as our first child was born, boom - my feet came right down to the ground.

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