Synonyms for crunch
krʌntʃcrunch

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1. crunchnoun

   the sound of something crunching

   "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path"

   Synonyms:
   compaction, crush

2. crunchnoun

   a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)

   "an end-of-the year crunch"; "a financial crunch"

   Synonyms:
   compaction, crush

3. crush, crunch, compactionverb

   the act of crushing

   Synonyms:
   densification, puppy love, crushed leather, jam, crush, compression, calf love, concretion, press, compaction, infatuation

4. crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackleverb

   make a crushing noise

   "his shoes were crunching on the gravel"

   Synonyms:
   munch, bray, craunch, grind, mash, cranch, crepitate, scraunch, scranch, crackle, comminute

5. crunch, cranch, craunch, grindverb

   press or grind with a crushing noise

   Synonyms:
   dig, craunch, scranch, travail, cranch, labour, grind, comminute, munch, crackle, grate, toil, bray, labor, mash, moil, scraunch, drudge

6. crunch, munchverb

   chew noisily

   "The children crunched the celery sticks"

   Synonyms:
   munch, bray, craunch, grind, mash, cranch, scraunch, scranch, crackle, comminute

7. grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminuteverb

   reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

   "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"

   Synonyms:
   flirt, craunch, crackle, dig, travail, squelch, cranch, dally, labour, coquet, chat up, romance, comminute, crush, coquette, scraunch, butterfly, scranch, squeeze, munch, grind, grate, toil, bray, labor, hee-haw, mash, squash, moil, philander, drudge

Matched Categories

1. • Chew
   • Noise
   • Press
   • Situation

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1. List of paraphrases for "crunch":

   crisis, strangulation, contraction

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1. Joseph Lewnard:

   We thought it was important to crunch the numbers and see whether the threat warranted the calls being made.

2. Daniss Jenkins:

   I felt like we had it. It was right there for us, obviously we came up short. We had a couple turnovers in crunch time. Little mistakes like that.

3. Chris Reynolds:

   When times are tough and it's crunch time, you go back to your training, when I looked into the guys' eyes (in the huddle) there was a sharp glare and you felt that energy.

4. Xavier Becerra:

   The American people don't have a lot of time to try to do the science and crunch the numbers, the American people expect the experts to give them the answer.

5. Cooper Hakim:

   During any kind of crunch period, step back and take one for the team.