Synonyms of the word

net

• n. A mesh of string, cord or rope.
• n. A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
• n. A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
• n. Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
• n. (by extension) A trap.
• n. (geometry) Of a polyhedron, any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges…
• n. A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between…
• n. (sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
• n. (sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
• n. (tennis, by extension) The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).
• v. (transitive) To catch by means of a net.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
• v. To enclose or cover with a net.
• v. (transitive, soccer) To score (a goal).
• v. (tennis) To hit the ball into the net.
• v. To form network or netting; to knit.
• adj. (obsolete) Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
• adj. Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.
• adj. Remaining after expenses or deductions.
• adj. Final; end.
• adv. After expenses or deductions.
• n. The amount remaining after expenses are deducted; profit.
• v. (transitive) To receive as profit.
• v. (transitive) To yield as profit for.
• v. To fully hedge a position.

bear

• n. A large omnivorous mammal, related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and…
• n. (figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
• n. (finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
• n. (slang, US) A state policeman (short for smokey bear).
• n. (slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
• n. (engineering) A portable punching machine.
• n. (nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
• v. (finance, transitive) To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
• adj. (finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices…
• v. (transitive) To support or sustain; to hold up.
• v. (transitive) To carry something.
• v. (transitive) To be equipped with (something).
• v. (transitive) To wear or display.
• v. (transitive, with witness) To declare as testimony.
• v. (transitive) To put up with something.
• v. (transitive) To give birth to someone or something (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
• v. (intransitive) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
• v. (intransitive) To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
• v. (intransitive) To endure with patience; to be patient.
• v. (intransitive, usually with on, upon, or against) To press.
• v. (trasitive, intransitive) To take effect; to have influence or force.
• v. (intransitive, usually with on or upon) To relate or refer.
• v. (transitive) To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To conduct; to bring (a person).
• v. (transitive) To possess and use (power, etc.); to exercise.
• v. (transitive) To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbour.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To gain or win.
• v. (transitive) To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To carry on, or maintain; to have.
• v. (transitive) To admit or be capable of; to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
• v. (transitive) To manage, wield, or direct; to behave or conduct (oneself).
• v. (transitive) To afford; to be (something) to; to supply with.
• n. (colloquial) Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
• n. Alternative spelling of bere (“barley”).

benefit

• n. An advantage, help, sake or aid from something.
• n. A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
• n. An event such as a performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
• n. (obsolete) beneficence; liberality.
• v. (transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.
• v. (intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.

catch

• n. (countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
• n. (countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
• n. (countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
• n. (uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
• n. (countable) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
• n. (countable) Something which is captured or caught.
• n. (countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
• n. (countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
• n. (countable, sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
• n. (countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
• n. (countable) A fragment of music or poetry.
• n. (obsolete) A state of readiness to capture or seize; an ambush.
• n. (countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
• n. (obsolete) A type of strong boat, usually having two masts; a ketch.
• n. (countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually…
• n. (countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
• n. (countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting…
• n. (countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
• n. (countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
• n. (countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
• n. Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
• n. A slight remembrance; a trace.
• v. (heading) To capture, overtake.
• v. (heading) To seize hold of.
• v. (heading) To intercept.
• v. (heading) To receive (by being in the way).
• v. (heading) To take in with one's senses or intellect.
• v. (heading) To seize attention, interest.
• v. (heading) To obtain or experience.

clear

• adj. Transparent in colour.
• adj. Bright, not dark or obscured.
• adj. Free of obstacles.
• adj. Without clouds.
• adj. (meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
• adj. Free of ambiguity or doubt.
• adj. Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
• adj. (figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
• adj. (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
• adj. Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
• adj. (Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
• adj. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
• adj. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
• adj. Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
• adj. Unmixed; entirely pure.
• adj. Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
• adj. Without diminution; in full; net.
• adv. All the way; entirely.
• adv. Not near something or touching it.
• adv. free (or separate) from others.
• adv. (obsolete) In a clear manner; plainly.
• v. (transitive) To remove obstructions or impediments from.
• v. (ergative) To become freed from obstructions.
• v. (transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up.
• v. (transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
• v. (transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
• v. (intransitive) To become clear.
• v. (intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that…
• v. (transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
• v. (transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
• v. To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
• v. To obtain a clearance.
• v. (sports) To defend by hitting (or kicking, throwing, heading etc.) the ball (or puck) from the defending…
• v. To fell all trees of a forest.
• v. (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
• v. (computing, transitive) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at…
• n. (carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest…
• n. (cryptology) State of being unenciphered. (In the clear: Not enciphered.).

cloth

• n. (uncountable) A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.
• n. (countable) A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.
• n. (Can we verify^{([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English?? +])} this sense?) A form of attire…
• n. (in idioms) Priesthood, clergy.

cyberspace

• n. A world of information through the Internet.
• n. (by extension) The internet as a whole.
• n. (science fiction) A three-dimensional representation of virtual space in a computer network.

earnings

• n. wages, money earned, income.
• n. (finance) business profits.
• n. (finance) gains on investments; returns.

fabric

• n. (archaic) structure, building.
• n. (archaic) The act of constructing; construction; fabrication.
• n. (archaic) The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship;…
• n. The framework underlying a structure.
• n. A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
• n. (petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.
• n. (computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile 'fabric' when viewed collectively from a distance.

final

• n. (Canada, US) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test…
• n. (sports) The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
• n. A contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places…
• n. (phonology) The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
• n. (music) The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody…
• adj. Last; ultimate.
• adj. Conclusive; decisive.
• adj. Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.
• adj. (grammar) Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause.
• adj. (linguistics) Word-final, occurring at the end of a word.

gain

• prep. (obsolete) Against.
• adj. (obsolete) Straight, direct; near; short.
• adj. (obsolete) Suitable; convenient; ready.
• adj. (dialectal) Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
• adj. (dialectal) Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.
• adv. (obsolete) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
• adv. (dialectal) Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
• adv. (dialectal) Tolerably; fairly.
• n. The act of gaining; acquisition.
• n. What is gained.
• n. (electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
• v. (transitive) To acquire possession of.
• v. (intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest,…
• v. (transitive, dated) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
• v. (transitive) To increase.
• v. (intransitive) To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
• v. (transitive) To reach.
• v. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
• v. (intransitive) To put on weight.
• v. (of a clock or watch) To run fast.
• n. (architecture) A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports…

goal

• n. A result that one is attempting to achieve.
• n. In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
• n. The act of placing the object into the goal.
• n. A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
• n. A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct…
• v. (Gaelic football, Australian rules) To score a goal.

grab

• v. (transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
• v. (intransitive) To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
• v. To restrain someone; to arrest.
• v. To grip the attention; to enthrall.
• v. (informal) To quickly collect or retrieve.
• v. (informal) To consume something quickly.
• v. To take the opportunity of.
• n. a sudden snatch (for something).
• n. a mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
• n. (media) a soundbite.
• n. A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.

income

• n. Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.
• n. (obsolete) A coming in; arrival; entrance; introduction.
• n. (archaic or dialectal, Scotland) A newcomer or arrival; an incomer.
• n. (obsolete) An entrance-fee.
• n. (archaic) A coming in as by influx or inspiration, hence, an inspired quality or characteristic, as courage…
• n. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A disease or ailment without known or apparent cause, as distinguished from…
• n. That which is taken into the body as food; the ingesta; sometimes restricted to the nutritive, or digestible,…

internet

• n. (countable) Any set of computer networks that communicate using the Internet Protocol. (An intranet.).
• n. (uncountable) The Internet, the largest global internet.
• n. (countable) An internet connection, internet connectivity, access to the internet.
• n. (countable, Internet slang, humorous) A fictitious unit of scoring, awarded for making outstanding posts.
• v. (computing, informal) to use Internet; to search for something using Internet; to surf Internet.

last

• adj. Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.
• adj. Most recent, latest, last so far.
• adj. Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable.
• adj. Being the only one remaining of its class.
• adj. Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.
• adj. Lowest in rank or degree.
• adv. Most recently.
• adv. (sequence) after everything else; finally.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To perform, carry out.
• v. (intransitive) To endure, continue over time.
• v. (intransitive) To hold out, continue undefeated or entire.
• n. A tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes.
• v. To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last.
• n. (obsolete) A burden; load; a cargo; freight.
• n. (obsolete) A measure of weight or quantity, varying in designation depending on the goods concerned.
• n. (obsolete) An old English (and Dutch) measure of the carrying capacity of a ship, equal to two tons.
• n. A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value.

lucre

• n. Gain in money or goods; profit; riches. Often in a negative sense.

material

• adj. Having to do with matter; consisting of matter.
• adj. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual.
• adj. (law, accounting) Significant.
• n. Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.
• n. Text written for a specific purpose.
• n. A sample or specimens for study.
• n. Cloth to be made into a garment.
• n. A person who is qualified for a certain position or activity.
• n. Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book.
• n. The substance that something is made or composed of.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To form from matter; to materialize.

mesh

• n. A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly…
• n. The opening or space enclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads enclosing…
• n. The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.
• n. A measure of fineness (particle size) of ground material. A powder that passes through a sieve having…
• n. (computer graphics) A polygon mesh.
• v. To fit in, to come together.
• v. To catch in a mesh.

meshing

• v. present participle of mesh.
• n. The act by which something meshes or interlocks.

meshwork

• n. A net; an assembly of meshes.

nett

• adj. (dated) Alternative spelling of net (remaining after expenses or deductions).
• n. Obsolete form of net.

network

• n. A fabric or structure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals.
• n. Any interconnected group or system.
• n. A directory of people maintained for their advancement.
• n. (broadcasting) A group of affiliated television stations that broadcast common programs from a parent…
• n. (computing, Internet) Multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information.
• v. (intransitive) To interact socially for the purpose of getting connections or personal advancement.
• v. (transitive) To connect two or more computers or other computerized devices.
• v. (transitive) To interconnect a group or system.

pay

• v. (transitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due…
• v. (transitive) To be profitable for.
• v. (transitive) To give (something else than money).
• v. (intransitive) To be profitable or worth the effort.
• v. (intransitive) To discharge an obligation or debt.
• v. (intransitive) To suffer consequences.
• n. Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
• adj. Operable or accessible on deposit of coins.
• adj. Pertaining to or requiring payment.
• v. (nautical, transitive) To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a…

profit

• n. Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization…
• n. (dated, literary) Benefit, positive result obtained.
• n. (law) In property law, a nonpossessory interest in land whereby a party is entitled to enter the land…
• v. (transitive) To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody).
• v. (intransitive, construed with from) To benefit, gain.
• v. (intransitive, construed with from) To take advantage of, exploit, use.

profits

• n. plural of profit.
• v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of profit.

sack

• n. A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities,…
• n. The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity…
• n. (uncountable) The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.
• n. (uncountable) Loot or booty obtained by pillage.
• n. (American football) A successful tackle of the quarterback. See verb sense⁴ below.
• n. (baseball) One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.
• n. (informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack…
• n. (colloquial, US) Bed; usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.
• n. (dated) (also sacque) A kind of loose-fitting gown or dress with sleeves which hangs from the shoulders,…
• n. (dated) A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
• n. (vulgar, slang) The scrotum.
• v. To put in a sack or sacks.
• v. To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
• v. To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.
• v. (American football) To tackle, usually to tackle the offensive quarterback behind the line of scrimmage…
• v. (informal) To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
• v. (colloquial) In the phrase sack out, to fall asleep. See also hit the sack.
• n. (dated) A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine…
• v. Alternative spelling of sac.
• n. Alternative spelling of sac.

take-home

• n. Anything that one is given to bring home from an institutional setting.
• n. Take-home pay.
• n. An examination or assignment to be completed outside the classroom.
• n. A supply of methadone that someone under treatment is allowed to take home instead of coming in to a treatment…

textile

• n. (usually in the plural) Cloth produced from a fabric.
• n. (naturism) A non-nudist.
• adj. (naturism) Clothing compulsive.

tissue

• n. Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric.
• n. A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver…
• n. A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a…
• n. Absorbent paper as material.
• n. (biology) A group of similar cells that function together to do a specific job.
• n. Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series.
• v. To form tissue of; to interweave.

trap

• n. A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a…
• n. A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
• n. A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
• n. A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball.
• n. The game of trapball itself.
• n. Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
• n. A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents…
• n. A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet.
• n. (historical) A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
• n. (slang) A person's mouth.
• n. (in the plural) Belongings.
• n. (slang) A cubicle (in a public toilet).
• n. (sports) Trapshooting.
• n. (computing) An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
• n. (Australia, slang, historical) A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
• n. (US, slang, informal, African American Vernacular) A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner…
• n. (slang, informal, chiefly derogatory, offensive) A non-op trans woman or (femininely dressed) transvestite.
• n. A kind of movable stepladder.
• n. (music) A fusion genre of hip-hop and electronic music.
• v. (transitive) To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
• v. (transitive) To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
• v. (transitive) To provide with a trap.
• v. (intransitive) To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game.
• v. (intransitive) To leave suddenly, to flee.
• v. (US, slang, informal, African American Vernacular, intransitive) To sell narcotics, especially in a public…
• v. (computing, intransitive) To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
• n. A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-volcanic, non-granitic igneous rock; trap…
• v. To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).
• n. (slang, bodybuilding) The trapezius muscle.

ultimate

• adj. Final; last in a series.
• adj. (of a syllable) Last in a word or other utterance.
• adj. Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.
• adj. Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.
• adj. That will happen at some time; eventual.
• adj. Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the…
• adj. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental.
• n. The most basic or fundamental of a set of things.
• n. The final or most distant point; the conclusion.
• n. The greatest extremity; the maximum.
• n. (uncountable) A non-contact competitive team sport played with a 175 gram flying disc, the object of which…
• v. (transitive, archaic) To finish; to complete.

weave

• v. To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
• v. To spin a cocoon or a web.
• v. To unite by close connection or intermixture.
• v. To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.
• n. A type or way of weaving.
• n. Human or artificial hair worn to alter one's appearance, either to supplement or to cover the natural…
• v. (intransitive) To move by turning and twisting.
• v. (transitive) To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.

web

• n. The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of…
• n. Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which when diagrammed resembles a spider's web.
• n. Specifically, the World Wide Web (often capitalized Web).
• n. (baseball) The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.
• n. A latticed or woven structure.
• n. The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the…
• n. (rail transport) The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot)…
• n. A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals.
• n. The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together…
• n. (manufacturing) A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
• n. (lithography) A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual…
• n. (dated) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood of a carriage.
• n. A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
• p.n. Alternative letter-case form of Web: the World Wide Web.
• v. (intransitive) to construct or form a web.
• v. (transitive) to cover with a web or network.
• v. (transitive) to ensnare or entangle.
• v. (transitive) to provide with a web.

yield

• v. (obsolete) To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
• v. To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
• v. To give way; to allow another to pass first.
• v. To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.
• v. (intransitive) To give way; to succumb to a force.
• v. To produce as return, as from an investment.
• v. (mathematics) To produce as a result.
• v. (linguistics) To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.
• v. (engineering, materials science, of a material specimen) To pass the material's yield point and undergo…
• v. (rare) To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
• n. (obsolete) Payment; tribute.
• n. A product; the quantity of something produced.
• n. (law) The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.