Synonyms for wrench
rɛntʃwrench

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1. wrenchnoun

   a hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes.

   Synonyms:
   spanner

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1. wrench

   Synonyms:
   wrest, twist, distort, strain, extort, wring

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1. wrench, twist, pullnoun

   a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments

   "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull"

   Synonyms:
   turn, turn of events, spanner, drag, construction, device, gimmick, spin, twist, bend, clout, twisting, winding, wind, eddy, whirl, pulling, twirl, pull, braid, puff, tress, kink, crook, plait

2. twist, wrenchnoun

   a jerky pulling movement

   Synonyms:
   turn, turn of events, tress, construction, device, gimmick, spin, twist, bend, twisting, winding, wind, eddy, whirl, twirl, pull, braid, kink, crook, plait, spanner

3. wrench, spannerverb

   a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt

   Synonyms:
   pull, twist, spanner

4. wrench, twistverb

   twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates

   "wrench a window off its hinges"; "wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"; "a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest"

   Synonyms:
   turn, sophisticate, squirm, curve, wring, wrestle, rick, twist, bend, wrick, wind, convolute, pervert, distort, sprain, deform, twine, worm, twist around, flex, wriggle, writhe

5. wrenchverb

   make a sudden twisting motion

   Synonyms:
   sprain, wring, twist, rick, wrick, turn

6. wring, wrenchverb

   twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish

   "Wring one's hand"

   Synonyms:
   deform, gouge, squeeze, wring, extort, rack, twist, sprain, contort, wrick, turn, rick, distort

7. twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rickverb

   twist suddenly so as to sprain

   "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"

   Synonyms:
   bend, wriggle, wrick, wind, deform, change state, twist, release, rick, wring, call on, worm, flex, convolute, writhe, move around, become, grow, turn, sour, sophisticate, work, sprain, curve, twist around, change by reversal, twine, distort, wrestle, turn over, reverse, plow, ferment, squirm, pervert, plough

Matched Categories

1. • Injury
   • Movement
   • Pull
   • Twist

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wrenchverb

   Synonyms:
   wrest, wring, twist

2. wrenchverb

   Synonyms:
   sprain, strain, distort

3. wrenchnoun

   Synonyms:
   twist

4. wrenchnoun

   Synonyms:
   sprain, strain

5. wrenchnoun

   Synonyms:
   screw-key

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1. List of paraphrases for "wrench":

   dongle, spanner, key, curly, brace, switch, ratchet, stopcock

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How to use wrench in a sentence?

1. Brandon Hayes-Lattin:

   Cancer can throw a wrench in that to a substantial degree, what makes it challenging for adolescent and young adult patients that's different from younger patients and older patients is that there are some really unique things that face this group.

2. Andre Bakhos:

   This is going to throw a wrench into the argument that the economy is slowing down, companies don't hire if the economy is slowing down. Companies go the other way.

3. Steve Chiavarone:

   A few weeks ago the market was ready for it, and then the China volatility threw a wrench in that. They are trying to get the market back to pricing in an increase so that it's not a kick in the gut.

4. Jeff Timmer:

   Their plan is to be a wrench in the gears of democracy, that's their motive. Whatever lipstick or qualifying words they put on this pig, that's what they intend to do, to cause chaos as the 2022 election unfolds, as a dress rehearsal for the even bigger election in 2024.

5. Kyle Quinn:

   You have celebrities and hundreds of people doing no research online, not checking facts, i’ve dedicated my life to helping all people, trying to improve health care and train the next generation of scientists, and this is potentially throwing a wrench in that.