Synonyms for zip
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1. nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zipponoun

   a quantity of no importance

   "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"

   Synonyms:
   postal code, nought, zipper, zero, vigour, energy, goose egg, postcode, naught, aught, cipher, nix, zippo, nil, zero point, nobody, secret code, slide fastener, nonentity, vigor, zip fastener, cryptograph, cypher, zilch, nothing, nada, null

2. ZIP code, ZIP, postcode, postal codenoun

   a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail

   Synonyms:
   postal code, vigor, zero, energy, goose egg, postcode, naught, aught, cipher, nix, zippo, nil, vigour, slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper, cypher, zilch, nothing, nada, null

3. energy, vigor, vigour, zipnoun

   forceful exertion

   "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip"

   Synonyms:
   postal code, vigor, muscularity, energy, vitality, goose egg, dynamism, postcode, naught, aught, zero, cipher, nix, cypher, nil, vigour, get-up-and-go, slide fastener, null, zip fastener, zipper, heartiness, vim, zilch, zippo, nothing, nada, push, free energy

4. slide fastener, zip, zipper, zip fastenerverb

   a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab

   Synonyms:
   postal code, vigor, zero, energy, goose egg, postcode, naught, aught, cipher, slide fastener, cypher, nil, vigour, zip fastener, nix, zipper, zilch, zippo, nothing, nada, null

5. zip up, zipper, zipverb

   close with a zipper

   "Zip up your jacket--it's cold"

   Synonyms:
   speed, zip up, travel rapidly, zipper, hurry

6. travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zipverb

   move very fast

   "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"

   Synonyms:
   zipper, hotfoot, travel rapidly, cannonball along, zip up, bucket along, race, hurry, rush along, hie, hasten, belt along, speed, accelerate, look sharp, pelt along, quicken, festinate, speed up, step on it, rush

Matched Categories

1. • Code
   • Fasten
   • Relative Quantity
   • Travel

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. zipnoun

   Synonyms:
   hissing, sibilance, sibilation

2. zipverb

   Synonyms:
   hiss, sibilate

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

1. List of paraphrases for "zip":

   zipper, postal, compressed, zipped, kb, compress, postcode, zero

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How to use zip in a sentence?

1. Townes Van Zandt:

   There are only two kinds of songs; there's the blues, and there's zip-a-dee-doo-dah.

2. Charles Miller:

   You can work beyond what you thought were your capabilities, if you have the drive and determination to do so, to be honest, I’m intimidated by the idea of zip lining…but I hope I’ll have the opportunity to try it one day.

3. Martin Mull:

   The town where I grew up has a zip code of E-I-E-I-O.

4. Alexander Freeman:

   They zip-tied our hands, they didn't read us our rights, and they searched the car.

5. Liz Heatherly:

   We were horrified. I couldn’t believe that someone could be such a monster, the zip tie had been put around his mouth so tightly, his mouth was all bloody and scabbed. They believed he had been zip tied for between three and four days.