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Wiktionary
threadnoun
Synonyms:
topicthreadnoun
To put thread through.
thread a needle
Synonyms:
topicthreadnoun
A theme or idea.
I think I can thread my way through here, but it’s going to be tight.
Synonyms:
topicthreadnoun
A screw thread.
Synonyms:
topicthreadnoun
A sequence of connections.
Synonyms:
topicthreadnoun
The line midway between the banks of a stream.
Synonyms:
topicthreadnoun
A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, generally expected to share memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
Synonyms:
topicthreadnoun
A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, all but the first replies to previous messages in the thread.
Synonyms:
topic
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
thread
Synonyms:
line, course, tenor, continuityAntonyms:
deviation, divergence, aberration, solution, intermission, interruption
Princeton's WordNet
thread, yarnnoun
a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
Synonyms:
recital, yarn, narration, screw thread, train of thought, ribbonribbon, threadnoun
any long object resembling a thin line
"a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward"
Synonyms:
laurel wreath, screw thread, yarn, medal, decoration, palm, typewriter ribbon, ribbon, medallion, train of thoughttrain of thought, threadnoun
the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together
"I couldn't follow his train of thought"; "he lost the thread of his argument"
Synonyms:
yarn, screw thread, train of thought, ribbonscrew thread, threadverb
the raised helical rib going around a screw
Synonyms:
yarn, screw thread, train of thought, ribbonweave, wind, thread, meander, wanderverb
to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
"the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
Synonyms:
rove, vagabond, wind, meander, nose, hoist, wrap, twist, range, stray, string, roll, lift, twine, scent, cast, cheat, wreathe, wander, tissue, divagate, curve, digress, swan, wind up, tramp, cheat on, interweave, draw, betray, ramble, cuckold, drift, waver, weave, roamthreadverb
pass a thread through
"thread a needle"
threadverb
remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string
"She had her eyebrows threaded"
threadverb
pass through or into
"thread tape"; "thread film"
string, thread, drawverb
thread on or as if on a string
"string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
Synonyms:
tie, take in, string up, suck up, wind, meander, attract, get, quarter, pass, withdraw, depict, guide, describe, string, draw in, suck, pull in, delineate, make, soak up, cast, pull, get out, take out, wander, disembowel, sop up, puff, reap, string along, imbibe, draw and quarter, drag, pull out, draw, draw off, line, run, force, trace, absorb, weave, pull back, take up, eviscerate
Dictionary of English Synonymes
threadnoun
Synonyms:
filament, fibre, staple, pile, small stringthreadnoun
threadverb
Synonyms:
thrid, go through, pass through
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#77 | get | |
#132 | make | |
#228 | line | |
#342 | guide | |
#428 | course | |
#457 | thread | |
#524 | topic | |
#605 | range | |
#672 | run | |
#1022 | force | |
#1417 | son | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1567 | string | |
#1899 | wind | |
#1917 | palm | |
#2229 | quarter | |
#2394 | cast | |
#2558 | wire | |
#2595 | roll | |
#3114 | describe | |
#3350 | draw | |
#3373 | suck | |
#3422 | threads | |
#3810 | pull | |
#4466 | tissue | |
#4499 | lift | |
#4607 | tie | |
#5452 | wrap | |
#5503 | trace | |
#5619 | cord | |
#5714 | curve | |
#5959 | nose | |
#6230 | cheat | |
#6426 | threaded | |
#6613 | drag | |
#7334 | ribbon | |
#7462 | medal | |
#7554 | attract | |
#7835 | twist | |
#8645 | sewing | |
#8862 | continuity | |
#9931 | yarn | |
#10368 | swan | |
#10470 | decoration | |
#10524 | withdraw | |
#11779 | drift | |
#13121 | scent | |
#15816 | absorb | |
#15883 | tenor | |
#17234 | rove | |
#17542 | wander | |
#17716 | weave | |
#18108 | puff | |
#18651 | stray | |
#18739 | reap | |
#20732 | depict | |
#20880 | recital | |
#21860 | cuckold | |
#22207 | threading | |
#22855 | hilo | |
#23897 | fil | |
#24271 | denominator | |
#25040 | tramp | |
#25519 | roam | |
#25539 | medallion | |
#27597 | narration | |
#27830 | hoist | |
#29845 | nit | |
#32578 | fillet | |
#37100 | betray | |
#38590 | ramble | |
#39493 | vagabond | |
#43626 | digress | |
#43763 | delineate | |
#43915 | twine | |
#52352 | meander | |
#64040 | waver | |
#85735 | subprocess | |
#95701 | interweave | |
#127434 | imbibe | |
#159015 | eviscerate | |
#168877 | filleting | |
#303626 | disembowel |
How to use thread in a sentence?
Were it not Folly, Spider-like to spin The Thread of present Life away to win - What? for ourselves, who know not if we shall Breathe out the very Breath we now breathe in.
We’re thinking about how to thread the needle in terms of essential conversations and information that people might have.
The American people can't afford to wait, and so many are hanging by a thread. They need help, and we are committed to doing everything we can to provide that help as quickly as possible.
I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives.
When you get your own thread on Kiwi Farms it means there are enough people who are interested in engaging in a long-term harassment campaign against you, the first thing that Kiwi Farms users did when my thread opened was find the obituary for my dead father and use it to find his memorialized Facebook page.
Translations for thread
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- خيط, موضوعArabic
- тѐма, нѝшка, конѐц, промушвам, промъкна, промуша, вдявам, вдяна, промъквамBulgarian
- tema, fil conductor, filCatalan, Valencian
- vlákno, nitCzech
- trådDanish
- Thread, Garn, Diskussionsfaden, Zwirn, roter Faden, Faden, Thema, durchkommen, einfädeln, passierenGerman
- νήμα, θέμα, κλωστήGreek
- fadenoEsperanto
- tópico, rosca, filete, hilo, subproceso, proceso ligero, tema, argumento, enhebrar, pasarSpanish
- نخPersian
- kuitu, säie, rihma, viestiketju, ketju, juoni, lanka, pujotella, pujottaaFinnish
- tráðurFaroese
- processus léger, fil, filerFrench
- stìomScottish Gaelic
- fíoGalician
- חוט, יישומון, שרשורHebrew
- धागाHindi
- cérnaHungarian
- թելArmenian
- ꑟNuosu
- spjallþráður, þráður, þræðaIcelandic
- filo, filo conduttore, forumItalian
- スレッド, スレ, 糸, ライトウェイトプロセスJapanese
- ძაფიGeorgian
- 실Korean
- پهتKurdish
- filumLatin
- siūlasLithuanian
- diegsLatvian
- tautau, kauīMāori
- утасMongolian
- gjengeNorwegian
- rode draad, thread, draad, topic, onderwerp, garen, bedradenDutch
- gjengeNorwegian Nynorsk
- trådNorwegian
- wątek, nić, nitka, tematPolish
- fio, tópicoPortuguese
- tort, ață, firRomanian
- нить, те́ма, ни́тка, диску́ссия, пото́к, тред, ве́ткаRussian
- нит, nit, dretvaSerbo-Croatian
- vlákno, niť, nitkaSlovak
- nitSlovene
- fill, peAlbanian
- tråd, tema, gänga, trä, träda, passeraSwedish
- దారముTelugu
- เชือก, ด้ายThai
- filTagalog
- tireTurkish
- ни́ткаUkrainian
- 线Chinese
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