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Synonyms for cramp
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  1. cramp

    Synonyms:
    bind, narrow, restrict, confine, clog, hamper, fetter, cripple

    Antonyms:
    free, liberate, loose, relieve, extricate, enlarge, widen, expand, ease, unfetter

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  1. spasm, cramp, muscle spasmnoun

    a painful and involuntary muscular contraction

    Synonyms:
    spasm, muscle spasm, cramp iron

  2. crampnoun

    a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued

    Synonyms:
    spasm, muscle spasm, cramp iron

  3. cramp, cramp ironverb

    a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together

    Synonyms:
    spasm, muscle spasm, cramp iron

  4. crampverb

    secure with a cramp

    "cramp the wood"

    Synonyms:
    strangle, hamper, halter

  5. hamper, halter, cramp, strangleverb

    prevent the progress or free movement of

    "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"

    Synonyms:
    halter, smother, suffocate, choke, gag, stifle, hamper, strangle, throttle, repress, handicap, hinder, strangulate, muffle

  6. crampverb

    affect with or as if with a cramp

    Synonyms:
    strangle, hamper, halter

  7. crampverb

    suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle

    Synonyms:
    strangle, hamper, halter

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  1. muscle pain

    Submitted by anonymous on December 28, 2020  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. crampnoun

    Synonyms:
    spasm, crick, convulsion

  2. crampnoun

    Synonyms:
    [Rare.] check, restriction, restraint, obstruction

  3. crampnoun

    Synonyms:
    cramp-iron

  4. crampverb

    Synonyms:
    affect with spasms

  5. crampverb

    Synonyms:
    restrain, obstruct, hinder, check, confine

  6. crampverb

    Synonyms:
    fasten with a cramp

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. crampverb

    Synonyms:
    restrain, confine, hinder, restrict, obstruct

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "cramp":

    crick

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How to use cramp in a sentence?

  1. Haraldur Thorleifsson:

    I’m not able to do manual work (which in this case means typing or using a mouse) for extended periods of time without my hands starting to cramp, i can however write for an hour or two at a time. This wasn’t a problem in Twitter 1.0 since I was a senior director and my job was mostly to help teams move forward, give them strategic and tactical advice.

  2. Micah Herndon:

    I feel like if I am not running, then I am doing something wrong with my life, if I get a heat cramp while running or my feet hurt or I am getting exhausted, I just keep saying their names out loud to Micah Herndon. They went through much worse, so I run for them and their families.

  3. Søren Kierkegaard, Journal, july 6., 1838:

    Fixed ideas are like a cramp in the foot - the best remedy against it is to tread on it.

  4. Terry Francona:

    The last thing we want to do is let somebody take a big swing and it’s more than a cramp.

  5. Daniil Medvedev:

    Every muscle just went ‘cramp, cramp, cramp, cramp,'.


Translations for cramp

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  • спазъм, преча, схващам се, скоба, схващане, хващам със скоба, спъвам, парализирам, закопчалкаBulgarian
  • křečCzech
  • Krampf, krampfen, KlammerGerman
  • μέγγενηGreek
  • kramfoEsperanto
  • sargento, acalambrarse, inmovilizar, calambreSpanish
  • vetää suonta, kramppi, lihaskramppi, kouristus, lukita, puristin, rajoittaa, kouristaa, suonenveto, krampataFinnish
  • crampeFrench
  • görcsöl, görcs, gátol, bénítHungarian
  • kuiki, kaurapa, hakoko, uauawhitiMāori
  • mengejang, kejanganMalay
  • krampeNorwegian
  • krampDutch
  • krampeNorwegian Nynorsk
  • krampeNorwegian
  • cãibraPortuguese
  • зажим, судорога, сводить, фиксировать, ограничивать, стеснять, спазмRussian
  • ukočiti, grčiti se, grč, spazamSerbo-Croatian
  • kŕčSlovak
  • krampSwedish

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