Synonyms for tack
tæktack

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1. tackverb

   Synonyms:
   coming about

2. tackverb

   Synonyms:
   change

   Antonyms:
   wear

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. tacknoun

   the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails

   Synonyms:
   sheet, tacking, saddlery, stable gear, shroud, weather sheet, mainsheet

2. tacknoun

   a short nail with a sharp point and a large head

   Synonyms:
   sheet, tacking, saddlery, stable gear, shroud, weather sheet, mainsheet

3. stable gear, saddlery, tacknoun

   gear for a horse

   Synonyms:
   saddlery, weather sheet, tacking, stable gear, shroud, mainsheet, sheet

4. sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroudnoun

   (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind

   Synonyms:
   plane, bed sheet, weather sheet, canvas, pall, sheet, flat solid, winding-sheet, sheet of paper, sail, canvass, shroud, tabloid, winding-clothes, saddlery, mainsheet, stable gear, cerement, piece of paper, rag, tacking

5. tack, tackingnoun

   (nautical) the act of changing tack

   Synonyms:
   saddlery, basting, weather sheet, tacking, basting stitch, baste, stable gear, shroud, mainsheet, sheet

6. tackverb

   sailing a zigzag course

   Synonyms:
   sheet, tacking, saddlery, stable gear, shroud, weather sheet, mainsheet

7. tackverb

   fasten with tacks

   "tack the notice on the board"

   Synonyms:
   switch, append, tack together, hang on, tag on, flip, assemble, wear round, baste, set up, put together, flip-flop, tack on, alternate, interchange, piece

8. tack, wear roundverb

   turn into the wind

   "The sailors decided to tack the boat"; "The boat tacked"

   Synonyms:
   tack together, hang on, assemble, interchange, put together, set up, tag on, switch, append, flip-flop, tack on, flip, baste, piece, alternate, wear round

9. assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack togetherverb

   create by putting components or members together

   "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"

   Synonyms:
   tack on, tack together, wear round, put together, found, prepare, foregather, instal, piece, hang on, fix, establish, put in, pick, gear up, put up, meet, frame, entrap, alternate, switch, baste, arrange, tag on, set up, forgather, get together, order, erect, ensnare, raise, lay out, launch, pitch, flip-flop, append, ready, nibble, interchange, put, effect, flip, effectuate, install, rear, assemble, set, gather, rig, patch

10. baste, tackverb

    sew together loosely, with large stitches

    "baste a hem"

    Synonyms:
    tack together, hang on, assemble, interchange, put together, set up, alternate, batter, clobber, tag on, append, flip-flop, tack on, flip, baste, piece, switch, wear round

11. append, tag on, tack on, tack, hang onverb

    fix to; attach

    "append a charm to the necklace"

    Synonyms:
    tack together, hang on, assemble, interchange, supply, put together, hang in, set up, alternate, persist, add, tag on, affix, append, flip-flop, supplement, tack on, flip, baste, piece, switch, hold on, hold the line, add on, persevere, wear round

12. interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flopverb

    reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

    Synonyms:
    tack together, put together, flip over, swop, transpose, exchange, piece, flip, append, hang on, tack on, twitch, flick, understudy, thumb, change, alternate, switch, counterchange, throw, leaf, pitch, trade, sky, riffle, riff, flip out, switch over, baste, wear round, substitute, toss, flip-flop, change over, set up, shift, turn over, jump, swap, replace, assemble, take turns, tag on, interchange

Matched Categories

1. • Attach
   • Change Of Course
   • Create
   • Fasten
   • Gear
   • Heading
   • Join
   • Nail
   • Navigation
   • Sew

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. tackverb

   Synonyms:
   fasten (slightly), attach, append, affix, tag

2. tackverb

   Synonyms:
   nail (with tacks)

3. tackverb

   Synonyms:
   (Naut.) put about, change the course of

4. tackverb

   Synonyms:
   (Naut.) go about, tack ship

5. tacknoun

   Synonyms:
   small nail

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

1. List of paraphrases for "tack":

   tactic, razor

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How to use tack in a sentence?

1. Chet Thompson:

   We hope to be able to convince the president to change tack ... He is being misinformed, he is being misguided by some of his closest advisers.

2. Manuel Valls:

   There is no question of changing tack, even if adjustments are always possible.

3. Andrew Lerman:

   She knows where she is, who she is -- she's as sharp as a tack, usually, when somebody comes out of a coma like that, they say that the patients have delirium where they're very confused. From day one, she hasn't experienced any of that.

4. Tom Pennington/Getty Images:

   Expected those penalties. Just to show you what I read right before we kick off, what I read was ‘major concern: this group calls a lot of ticky-tack, they call a lot of penalties, and that's gonna be a concern for us today,’.

5. Austin Nunn:

   That's the good news. The bad news is every single time( Milos Raonic steps) it literally feels like Milos Raonic's stepping on a tack or jellyfish, is the equivalent, milos Raonic is trying to get ready to play the French Open.