Synonyms for harness
ˈhɑr nɪshar·ness

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1. harness

   Arms are implements of attack; armor is a defensive covering. The knight put on his armor; he grasped his arms. With the disuse of defensive armor the word has practically gone out of military use, but it is still employed in the navy, where the distinction is clearly preserved; any vessel provided with cannon is an armed vessel; an armored ship is an ironclad. Anything that can be wielded in fight may become a weapon, as a pitchfork or a paving-stone; arms are especially made and designed for conflict.

   Synonyms:
   accouterments, armor, arms, mail, weapons

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1. harnessnoun

   a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute)

   Antonyms:
   unharness

2. harnessverb

   stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart

   Antonyms:
   unharness

3. harness, tackleverb

   put a harness

   "harness the horse"

   Synonyms:
   rein in, rule, undertake, take on, draw rein, rein, tackle

   Antonyms:
   unharness

4. harnessverb

   exploit the power of

   "harness natural forces and resources"

   Synonyms:
   tackle, draw rein, rein in, rule, rein

   Antonyms:
   unharness

5. harness, rein in, draw rein, reinverb

   control and direct with or as if by reins

   "rein a horse"

   Synonyms:
   tackle, draw rein, rein in, rule, rein

   Antonyms:
   unharness

6. rule, harness, reinverb

   keep in check

   "rule one's temper"

   Synonyms:
   rein in, find, predominate, tackle, dominate, rule, draw rein, prevail, govern, decree, reign, rein

   Antonyms:
   unharness

Matched Categories

1. • Exploit
   • Keep
   • Support

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1. harnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   tackling

2. harnessverb

   Synonyms:
   tackle, put in harness

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1. harnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   saddlery, accouterments, armor, array, gearing, equipment, tackling, gear, caparison, trappings

   Associated words:
   saddler, saddlery

2. harnessverb

   Synonyms:
   equip, array, caparison, tackle

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1. List of paraphrases for "harness":

   mazo, wireharness, harnesses, mallet, subharness, small, gavel, exploit, leverage, sledgehammer, harnessing

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1. Will Welch:

   On one hand we can't do traditional photo shoots or in-person reporting during social distancing and self-quarantine, on the other, there is so much powerful technology at our disposal that we get to harness in new ways. So we're doing meetings on Zoom, asking subjects to photograph themselves, going live on Instagram, asking artists and other creative people in our community to make stuff for us, and doing our reporting over the phone.

2. Brian Avery:

   If you have a gap, obviously the larger the gap, the more of an opportunity you have for someone to be ejected in a space that is created between the harness and the seat pan.

3. Pfizer Inc:

   The fundamental understanding of the biology of hereditary rare diseases, coupled with advances in the technology to harness disarmed viruses as gene delivery vehicles, provide a ripe opportunity to investigate the next wave of potential life-changing therapies for patients.

4. Robert Cecil:

   A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness.

5. Emerson Perin:

   We’ve made an enormous step to be able to harness the real power of adult stem cells to treating the heart, this trial really is a signal of a new era.