Synonyms for knit
nɪtknit

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1. knitnoun

   a fabric made by knitting

   Synonyms:
   knit stitch, knitwork, knitting, plain, plain stitch

2. knit, knit stitch, plain, plain stitchnoun

   a basic knitting stitch

   Synonyms:
   plain stitch, plain, champaign, field, knitting, knit stitch, knitwork

3. knit, knitting, knitworkverb

   needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine

   Synonyms:
   knit stitch, knitwork, knitting, plain, plain stitch

4. knitverb

   make (textiles) by knitting

   "knit a scarf"

   Synonyms:
   pucker, entwine, rumple, crumple, cockle

5. knit, entwineverb

   tie or link together

   Synonyms:
   pucker, enlace, crumple, intertwine, twine, entwine, interlace, rumple, lace, cockle

6. pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knitverb

   to gather something into small wrinkles or folds

   "She puckered her lips"

   Synonyms:
   ripple, ruffle up, entwine, tumble, rumple, pucker, break down, crease, riffle, wrinkle, collapse, ruck up, gather, crumble, buckle, ruck, tuck, ruffle, mess up, crinkle, cockle, crumple, undulate

Matched Categories

1. • Create From Raw Material
   • Fabric
   • Handicraft
   • Wrinkle

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. knitverb

   Synonyms:
   join, unite, connect

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

1. List of paraphrases for "knit":

   knitting, knitted, weaving

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1. Charles Boustany:

   Lafayette, my hometown, is known for its joie de vivre, we work together. We play hard together. It’s a great community. Close-knit. And it has been recognized as the happiest city in America.

2. Pete Buttigieg:

   We know that there needs to be common sense gun safety reform in this country and we know there's a lot of things we can do at the civic level to knit back together the social fabric that is so frayed in this country.

3. Aun Koh:

   Ever since 28 Hong Kong Street opened in 2011 and Michael Callahan and other people like him who are world class mixologists moved here, they've created this very close knit community where they're supporting each other and not competing with each other. australia has the showmanship, because they're just natural storytellers. But the taste of the cocktail and way they're made is much better here in this country.

4. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

   Even expressions that are offensive, that are distasteful, and intended to sow divisions in an otherwise tight-knit, diverse community in Phoenix cannot be used as a justification to carry out an act of violence.

5. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

   Even expressions that are offensive, that are distasteful, and intended to sow divisions in an otherwise tight-knit, diverse community like Phoenix, cannot be used as a justification to carry out an act of violence, and certainly can't be used as a justification to carry out an act of terrorism.