Synonyms for anchor
ˈæŋ kəran·chor

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1. anchor, ground tacklenoun

   a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving

   Synonyms:
   ground tackle, backbone, lynchpin, linchpin, anchorperson, anchorman, keystone, mainstay

2. anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpinnoun

   a central cohesive source of support and stability

   "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm"

   Synonyms:
   anchorman, key, linchpin, ground tackle, lynchpin, rachis, headstone, grit, sand, anchorperson, spinal column, keystone, guts, back, backbone, pillar, spine, mainstay, moxie, gumption, vertebral column

3. anchor, anchorman, anchorpersonverb

   a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute

   Synonyms:
   ground tackle, backbone, lynchpin, linchpin, anchorperson, anchorman, keystone, mainstay

4. anchor, groundverb

   fix firmly and stably

   "anchor the lamppost in concrete"

   Synonyms:
   prime, base, run aground, cast anchor, strand, undercoat, drop anchor, found, establish, ground

5. anchor, cast anchor, drop anchorverb

   secure a vessel with an anchor

   "We anchored at Baltimore"

   Synonyms:
   ground, cast anchor, drop anchor

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1. anchornoun

   Synonyms:
   (small) kedge, grapnel, grapline, killock

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1. List of paraphrases for "anchor":

   cribbing, anchorage, anchoring, anker, crib, tether, anchors, delimiter, wetting, presenter, berthage, announcer, anchorages, entrench, enshrine

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1. Frederick Douglass:

   I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored mans political hopes and the ark of his safety.

2. Stephen Breyer:

   (CNN anchor) Bernard Shaw -- we saw him on television -- said, 'They're going to nominate Judge Breyer.' Then I heard nothing for three hours, they're saying this on television, but no one's told me.

3. Elizabeth Wagmeister:

   Fox Business Network anchor Melissa Francis said a friend of hers had been sexually assaulted by an NBC executive when she was at the network. NBC has not contacted the Variety reporters about any internal investigation that the network may, or may not, be launching into the situation, despite the fact that the duo has built up, arguably, the largest collection of damaging information from Lauer’s accusers. People are really shocked right now.

4. Roberto Gualtieri:

   What the government has done and will continue to do is to provide liquidity in order to anchor FCA in Italy.

5. Chris Christie:

   The entire conversation about 'anchor babies' is a distraction that makes us sound like we're anti-immigrant, and we're not, our party is not that way. We want people to do it legally. Do it the right way.