Synonyms of the word

grip

• v. (transitive) To take hold of, particularly with the hand.
• v. (transitive) To help or assist, particularly in an emotional sense.
• v. (intransitive) To do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief.
• v. To trench; to drain.
• n. A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
• n. A handle or other place to grip.
• n. (computing, graphical user interface) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or…
• n. (film production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
• n. A channel cut through a grass verge (especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway).
• n. (chiefly Southern California slang) A lot of something.
• n. Archaic spelling of grippe: Influenza, flu.
• n. (archaic) A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
• n. An apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
• n. Assistance; help or encouragement.
• n. A helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring person.
• n. (slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
• n. (figuratively) A tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
• n. A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
• n. (dialectal) A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
• n. (obsolete) The griffin.

appendage

• n. an external body part that projects from the body.
• n. a natural prolongation or projection from a part of any organism.
• n. a part that is joined to something larger.

bag

• n. A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.
• n. (informal) A handbag.
• n. A suitcase.
• n. A schoolbag, especially a backpack.
• n. One’s preference.
• n. (derogatory) An ugly woman.
• n. (baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
• n. (baseball) First, second, or third base.
• n. (preceded by "the") A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure…
• n. (mathematics) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be…
• n. A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
• n. A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament.
• n. The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
• n. (slang, vulgar) A scrotum.
• n. (Britain) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
• v. To put into a bag.
• v. (informal) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
• v. To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
• v. (transitive) To furnish or load with a bag.
• v. (slang, African American Vernacular) To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
• v. (slang, African American Vernacular) To laugh uncontrollably.
• v. (Australia, slang) To criticise sarcastically.
• v. (medicine) To provide artificial ventilation with a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To swell or hang down like a full bag.
• v. To hang like an empty bag.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To swell with arrogance.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To become pregnant.

baggage

• n. (usually uncountable) Luggage; traveling equipment.
• n. (uncountable, informal) Factors, especially psychological ones, which interfere with a person's ability…
• n. (obsolete, countable, pejorative) A woman.
• n. (military, countable and uncountable) An army's portable equipment; its baggage train.

clasp

• n. A fastener or holder, particularly one that clasps.
• n. (in the singular) An embrace, a grasp, or handshake.
• v. (transitive) To take hold of; to grasp; to grab tightly.
• v. To shut or fasten together with, or as if with, a clasp.

clench

• n. Tight grip.
• n. (engineering) A seal that is applied to formed thin-wall bushings.
• n. A local chapter of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion.
• v. To squeeze; to grip or hold tightly.
• v. To move two parts of something against each other.

clutch

• v. To seize, as though with claws.
• v. To grip or grasp tightly.
• n. The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
• n. (by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
• n. A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used between engine and gearbox in a car.
• n. The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission.
• n. Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
• n. A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
• n. (US) An important or critical situation.
• adj. (US, Canada) Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.
• n. A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs.
• n. A group or bunch (of people or things).

clutches

• n. plural of clutch.
• n. (usually in the plural) Grasp; possession; control.
• v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clutch.

fascinate

• v. To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone.
• v. To make someone hold motionless; to spellbind.
• v. To be irresistibly charming or attractive to.

friction

• n. The rubbing of one object or surface against another.
• n. Conflict, as between persons having dissimilar ideas or interests; clash.
• n. (physics) A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact.

grapple

• v. (transitive) To seize something and hold it firmly.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) Normally used with with: to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem.
• v. (transitive) To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly.
• v. (intransitive) To use a grapple.
• v. (intransitive) To wrestle or tussle.
• n. A tool with claws or hooks which is used to catch or hold something.
• n. A close hand-to-hand struggle.
• n. (uncountable) The act of grappling.

grasp

• v. To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
• v. To understand.
• v. To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.
• n. Grip.
• n. Understanding.
• n. That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability.

grasping

• adj. Greedy, eager for wealth.
• v. present participle of grasp.
• n. The act of one who grasps or covets.

hairgrip

• n. A flat hairpin having two prongs that hold bobbed hair together.

hairpin

• n. A pin or fastener for the hair.
• n. (biology) A kind of ribozyme; hairpin ribozyme.
• n. (chiefly attributive) A very tight bend in a road.

handgrip

• n. A handle.
• n. A covering (often rubber or foam) on a handle, designed to allow the user a more comfortable or more secure…
• n. A handshake; a way of gripping hands with another person.
• n. The ability of a person (or other animal with hands) to grip something with a hand.

handle

• n. The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
• n. An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool.
• n. (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more…
• n. (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience,…
• n. (slang) A name, nickname or pseudonym.
• n. (computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
• n. (Australia, New Zealand) A 10 fl oz (285 ml) glass of beer in the Northern Territory. (See also pot and…
• n. (US) A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol. (Called a sixty in Canada.).
• n. (geography, Newfoundland and Labrador, rare) A point, an extremity of land.
• n. (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional…
• n. (algebraic geometry) The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components…
• v. (transitive) To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
• v. (transitive, rare) To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
• v. (transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
• v. (transitive) To manage, control, or direct.
• v. (transitive) To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
• v. (transitive) To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
• v. (transitive) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
• v. (transitive, rare) To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
• v. (transitive) To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
• v. (intransitive) To use the hands.
• v. (intransitive) To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).

hold

• adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
• v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
• v. (transitive) To contain or store.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
• v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
• v. To take place, to occur.
• v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
• v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
• n. A grasp or grip.
• n. A place where animals are held for safety.
• n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
• n. Something reserved or kept.
• n. Power over someone or something.
• n. The ability to persist.
• n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
• n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
• n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
• n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
• n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
• n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
• n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
• n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
• n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
• n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
• n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).

influence

• n. The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development…
• n. An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.
• n. A person or thing exerting such power or action.
• n. (astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the…
• n. (obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.
• n. (electricity) Electrostatic induction.
• v. (transitive) To have an affect on using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify,…
• v. (intransitive) To exert, make use of one's influence.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.

interest

• n. (uncountable, finance) The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in…
• n. (uncountable) A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.
• n. (uncountable) Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.
• n. (countable) An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other…
• n. (countable) Something one is interested in.
• n. (obsolete, rare) Injury, or compensation for injury; damages.
• n. (usually in the plural) The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively.
• v. To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person…
• v. (obsolete, often impersonal) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.
• v. (obsolete) To cause or permit to share.

luggage

• n. (uncountable) The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings.
• n. (uncountable) The contents of such containers.
• n. (countable, nonstandard or obsolete) A specific bag or container holding a traveller's belongings.

prehend

• v. (obsolete) To lay hold of; to seize.

prehension

• n. the act of grasping or gripping something, especially with the hands.

rubbing

• n. An impression of an embossed or incised surface made by placing a piece of paper over it and rubbing with…
• v. present participle of rub.

seize

• v. (transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
• v. (transitive) To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
• v. (transitive) To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
• v. (transitive) To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To fasten, fix.
• v. (intransitive) To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).
• v. (intransitive) To have a seizure.
• v. (intransitive) To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.
• v. (Britain, intransitive) To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.

seizing

• v. present participle of seize.
• n. A type of lashing or binding by a small cord.
• adj. That seizes the attention; impressive.

spellbind

• v. (transitive) To captivate, or hold the attention of, as if by a magic spell; to entrance.

suitcase

• n. A large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling.
• v. To trade using samples in a suitcase.

traction

• n. The act of pulling something along a surface using motive power.
• n. the condition of being so pulled.
• n. Grip.
• n. The pulling power of an engine or animal.
• n. The adhesive friction of a wheel etc on a surface.
• n. (medicine) A mechanically applied sustained pull, especially to a limb.
• n. (transport) Collectively, the locomotives of a railroad, especially electric locomotives.
• n. (usually after forms of get or have) Progress in or momentum toward achieving a goal.
• v. (medicine, transitive) To apply a sustained pull to (a limb, etc.).

transfix

• v. (transitive) To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.
• v. (transitive) To pierce with a sharp pointed weapon.
• v. (transitive) To fix or impale.
• n. (linguistics) A discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word, typical of Semitic…