Synonyms for lurch
lɜrtʃlurch

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.6 / 5 votes

1. lurch, stumble, staggernoun

   an unsteady uneven gait

   Synonyms:
   stagger, misstep, stumble, lunge, pitch, trip-up, trip, pitching

2. lurchnoun

   a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)

   Synonyms:
   lunge, pitch, stumble, stagger, pitching

3. lurch, pitch, pitchingnoun

   abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)

   "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"

   Synonyms:
   stagger, tar, pitch shot, lunge, stumble, delivery, pitch, slant, pitching, auction pitch, sales pitch, sales talk, rake

4. lurch, lungeverb

   the act of moving forward suddenly

   Synonyms:
   stagger, stumble, lunge, pitch, pitching, passado, straight thrust

5. stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careenverb

   walk as if unable to control one's movements

   "The drunken man staggered into the room"

   Synonyms:
   stagger, pitch, spin around, keel, careen, gyrate, spin, droop, swag, tilt, shift, skunk, wobble, whirl, distribute, flag, prowl, sag, flounder, reel

6. lurch, pitch, shiftverb

   move abruptly

   "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"

   Synonyms:
   cant, gear, transfer, huckster, set up, cant over, flip, tilt, agitate, deliver, peddle, hawk, stir, change, prowl, switch, reel, reposition, sky, keel, swag, budge, pitch, toss, change over, careen, shift, wobble, dislodge, incline, monger, slope, skunk, vend, stagger, slant

7. lurchverb

   move slowly and unsteadily

   "The truck lurched down the road"

   Synonyms:
   stagger, reel, shift, pitch, swag, careen, keel, prowl, skunk

8. prowl, lurchverb

   loiter about, with no apparent aim

   Synonyms:
   stagger, reel, pitch, prowl, swag, careen, keel, shift, skunk

9. lurch, skunkverb

   defeat by a lurch

   Synonyms:
   stagger, reel, shift, pitch, swag, careen, keel, prowl, skunk

Matched Categories

1. • Cards
   • Defeat
   • Gait
   • Loiter
   • Motion
   • Move
   • Ship

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. crowelladverb

   to linger heavily in a dark manner

   the tall butler would crowell about the mansion

   Submitted by jrander9343 on July 9, 2023  

2. flailing

   because it is a sudden movement.

   the boy was flailing on the ice.

   Submitted by rinat on November 4, 2015  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lurchnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Naut.) sudden roll

2. lurchverb

   Synonyms:
   (Naut.) roll suddenly

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. lurchverb

   Synonyms:
   sway, stagger, roll, dodge, shift, evade, bilk

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "lurch":

   porridge

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How to use lurch in a sentence?

1. Shannon Liss-Riordan:

   Yesterday was the official separation date for thousands of Twitter employees, and after months of chaos and uncertainty created by Elon Musk, these workers remain in the lurch.

2. Diane Derzis:

   This was always a very busy clinic. So we realize the numbers of women who are going to be left in the lurch and will have to travel out of state, or continue a pregnancy, or do something themselves. It's the latter that worries you more than anything else. Because there's definitely desperation.

3. Faiza:

   A fair weather friend always leave you in a lurch.

4. Comptroller Scott Stringer:

   New York City Bike Share's management of Citi Bike left too many New Yorkers in the lurch, while Citi Bike has become part of our urban landscape, auditors found that the bike sharing program's spotty maintenance, poorly-cleaned bikes and substandard docking stations inconvenienced riders and discouraged growth in the system.

5. Ross Gerber:

   Tesla's biggest issue is poor communication. They continue to lurch from announcement to announcement with lot of uncertainty.