Synonyms for snatch
snætʃsnatch

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1. snatchverb

   Synonyms:
   grab

2. snatchverb

   To grasp quickly.

   He snatched up the phone.

   Synonyms:
   grab

3. snatchverb

   To grasp and remove quickly.

   He snatched the letter out of the secretary's hand.

   Synonyms:
   grab

4. snatchverb

   To steal.

   Someone has just snatched my purse!

   Synonyms:
   grab

5. snatchverb

   (by extension) To take a victory at the last moment.

   Synonyms:
   grab

6. snatchnoun

   To do something quickly due to limited time available.

   Synonyms:
   grab

7. snatchnoun

   Synonyms:
   cunt, twat

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1. snatch

   To catch is to come up with or take possession of something departing, fugitive, or illusive. We catch a runaway horse, a flying ball, a mouse in a trap. We clutch with a swift, tenacious movement of the fingers; we grasp with a firm but moderate closure of the whole hand; we grip or gripe with the strongest muscular closure of the whole hand possible to exert. We clasp in the arms. We snatch with a quick, sudden, and usually a surprising motion. In the figurative sense, catch is used of any act that brings a person or thing into our power or possession; as, to catch a criminal in the act; to catch an idea, in the sense of apprehend or comprehend. Compare ARREST.

   Synonyms:
   apprehend, capture, catch, clasp, clutch, comprehend, discover, ensnare, entrap, grasp, grip, gripe, lay hold of (on, upon), overtake, secure, seize, take, take hold of

   Antonyms:
   fail of, fall short of, give up, let go, lose, miss, release, restore, throw aside, throw away

   Preposition:
   To catch at a straw; to catch a fugitive by the collar; to catch a ball with the left hand; he caught the disease from the patient; the thief was caught in the act; the bird in the snare.

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1. snatch

   Synonyms:
   twitch, pluck, pull, catch, grasp, gripe, clutch

   Antonyms:
   unclutch, restore, unhand, release

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1. snatch, bitnoun

   a small fragment

   "overheard snatches of their conversation"

   Synonyms:
   chip, second, act, routine, puss, fleck, cunt, moment, morsel, flake, mo, spot, catch, twat, snap, grab, scrap, piece, pussy, slit, bite, number, kidnapping, turn, bit, minute

2. cunt, puss, pussy, slit, snatch, twatnoun

   obscene terms for female genitals

   Synonyms:
   bitch, kitty-cat, zany, fathead, puss, cunt, prick, pussycat, dent, jackass, goose, incision, catch, twat, scratch, snap, kitty, bozo, grab, cuckoo, pussy, slit, goof, kidnapping, bit, goofball

3. kidnapping, snatchnoun

   (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment

   Synonyms:
   puss, bit, slit, pussy, grab, snap, twat, cunt, catch, kidnapping

4. snatchnoun

   a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion

   Synonyms:
   puss, bit, slit, pussy, grab, snap, twat, cunt, catch, kidnapping

5. catch, grab, snatch, snapverb

   the act of catching an object with the hands

   "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate"; "he made a grab for the ball before it landed"; "Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away"; "the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion"

   Synonyms:
   snapshot, apprehension, crack, cunt, piece of cake, bit, arrest, twat, elasticity, duck soup, picnic, match, slit, pussy, ginger snap, ginger nut, taking into custody, centering, kidnapping, cinch, stop, collar, gingersnap, pushover, walkover, pinch, snap, snap bean, puss, child's play, press stud, catch, breeze, gimmick, grab, snap fastener, cracking, haul, shot

6. snatch, snatch up, snapverb

   to grasp hastily or eagerly

   "Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone"

   Synonyms:
   snatch up, click, shoot, tear, abduct, break down, snarl, photograph, nobble, kidnap, lose it, snap, crack, bust, flick, rupture

7. snatchverb

   to make grasping motions

   "the cat snatched at the butterflies"

   Synonyms:
   kidnap, abduct, snap, nobble, snatch up

8. kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatchverb

   take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

   "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"

   Synonyms:
   scam, hornswoggle, snatch up, cabbage, filch, con, kidnap, rook, abduct, swindle, bunco, snarf, purloin, pinch, nobble, gyp, goldbrick, victimize, mulct, hook, lift, diddle, gip, short-change, swipe, defraud, pilfer, sneak, snap, abstract

Matched Categories

1. • Capture
   • Female Genitalia
   • Fragment
   • Law
   • Weightlifting

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1. snatchverb

   Synonyms:
   grasp, clutch, gripe, wring, wrest, twitch, pluck, NAB, seize suddenly

2. snatchnoun

   Synonyms:
   bit, fragment, portion, small part

3. snatchnoun

   Synonyms:
   catch, short effort

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1. snatchverb

   Synonyms:
   seize, grasp, gripe, wrest, pluck, grab, twitch

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1. List of paraphrases for "snatch":

   pussy, kidnapping, kidnap, cunt

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How to use snatch in a sentence?

1. Dan Holler:

   We feel that it's a huge win that the charter's going to expire, now we need to make sure that Republican leadership in both the House and the Senate don't snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

2. Lord Chesterfield:

   Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

3. Earl of Chesterfield:

   Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no delay, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

4. Horace:

   Let us my friends snatch our opportunity from the passing day.

5. Chicago Teachers Union:

   This is a betrayal of the Board's promise to not allow charters to snatch up closed schools.