Synonyms for collar
ˈkɒl ərcol·lar

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1. collar, neckbandnoun

   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. collarnoun

   (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. collarnoun

   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. collarnoun

   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 collarnoun

   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. collarnoun

   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, neckbandnoun

   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, leashnoun

   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 custodyverb

   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, copverb

    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. collarverb

    seize by the neck or collar

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

12. collarverb

    furnish with a collar

    "collar the dog"

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

Matched Categories

1. • Band
   • Brim
   • Equip
   • Neckpiece
   • Restraint
   • Ring
   • Seize
   • Zoology

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. collarnoun

   Synonyms:
   neck-band

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. collarnoun

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "collar":

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

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1. Bryan Vaclavik:

   The abuse of trust in this case was unparalleled in the 24 years I’ve been investigating white-collar crimes.

2. John Green:

   While Trump might pick up blue collar Democrats, and older folks who are disillusioned with the political process, the flip side is he could lose more upper-status voters in Ohio, republican Party leaders in Ohio are wringing their hands. There is a perception that Trump helps among blue collar voters - but could alienate white collar voters.

3. Stuart Scheller:

   I don’t need a single dollar. I just need every single person that’s willing to go back outside the wire every single day to wear a blue-collar and just go into work every single day and feed their families. Those are the people that I need, follow me and we will bring the whole f***ing system down. I am honorable and you can ask any Marine who served with me for 17 years. I dare you to ask them all and find out what I’m made of. We’re just getting started.

4. Toby Rose:

   It is the foremost and paw-most awards for dogs on the big screen... it has only got bigger and bigger, and when last year Quentin Tarantino sashayed into the room and took the collar with great pride and enthusiasm, then I thought that says that Palm Dog is on the map.

5. Lou Shapiro:

   Today, the news is fresh and society's anger and disgust is at a high, over the course of the next several months, after tempers cool, I expect that the public will view this case more analytically than emotionally, and realize that a federal state prison sentence on a first-time white-collar offense, under these facts, with these parents, might be a bit too punitive.