Synonyms for gauntlet
ˈgɔnt lɪt, ˈgɑnt-gaunt·let

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1. gauntlet, gantletnoun

   to offer or accept a challenge

   "threw down the gauntlet"; "took up the gauntlet"

   Synonyms:
   metal glove, gantlet

2. gauntlet, gantlet, metal glovenoun

   a glove of armored leather; protects the hand

   Synonyms:
   metal glove, gantlet

3. gauntlet, gantletnoun

   a glove with long sleeve

   Synonyms:
   metal glove, gantlet

4. gauntlet, gantletnoun

   a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim

   Synonyms:
   metal glove, gantlet

Matched Categories

1. • Challenge
   • Corporal Punishment
   • Glove

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1. List of paraphrases for "gauntlet":

   glove, challenge

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gauntlet

   Synonyms:
   Gauntlet bandage
   

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How to use gauntlet in a sentence?

1. Chester Spatt:

   The SEC has thrown the gauntlet down.

2. Jessica Grayless:

   It’s been very helpful and comforting to us that what made her special, everyone else is taking up the gauntlet for her and spreading the same kind of kindness that she would have had she been able to live longer.

3. Mateusz Morawiecki:

   We threw down the gauntlet to all the neoliberals who said that economic policy can only be based on their notes from the 1990s.

4. Elizabeth Barrett Browning:

   God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers and thrust the thing we have prayed for in our face, like a gauntlet with a gift in it.

5. Robert G. Ingersoll:

   When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death -- that is heroism.