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- DictionaryAn·chor/ˈaNGkər/
noun
- 1. a heavy object attached to a rope or chain and used to moor a vessel to the sea bottom, typically one having a metal shank with a ring at one end for the rope and a pair of curved and/or barbed flukes at the other: "the boat, no longer held fast by its anchor, swung wildly"
- 2. an anchorman or anchorwoman, especially in broadcasting or athletics: North American "he signed off after nineteen years as CBS news anchor"
verb
- 1. moor (a ship) to the sea bottom with an anchor: "the ship was anchored in the lee of the island"
- 2. act as an anchor for (a television program or sporting event): North American "she anchored a television documentary series in the early 1980s"
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Synonyms for ANCHOR: newscaster, broadcaster, reporter, announcer, anchorperson, correspondent, commentator, newsreader; Antonyms of ANCHOR: loosen, loose, pull, unfasten, extract, unloose, prize, yank.
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noun. These are words and phrases related to anchor. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of anchor. Drop the anchor when the boat passes the sandbar. Synonyms. hook. Informal. ground tackle. mooring. The Bible is the anchor of our faith. Synonyms. mainstay. support. bulwark. strong point. basis.
talking head. n. anchorage. n. Another way to say Anchor? Synonyms for Anchor (other words and phrases for Anchor).
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Synonyms for ANCHORS: newscasters, broadcasters, reporters, announcers, anchorpeople, newsreaders, correspondents, commentators; Antonyms of ANCHORS: loosens, unfastens, pulls, looses, extracts, tears (out), roots (out), unfixes.
a hooked device attached to a boat by a cable and dropped overboard to fasten the boat to the sea bottom. We lost our anchor, which caused the boat to drift. Synonyms. mooring. hook (nautical) bower (nautical) kedge. drogue. sheet anchor.
Synonyms for ANCHOR: grapnel, killick, kedge, hook, stay, tie, cramp, bower, mooring, drag anchor, (small) kedge, sea-anchor; Antonyms for ANCHOR: loosen, unfasten, detach, let-go, sail, weigh-anchor, set out for sea.
Antonyms: propeller, sail. Sense: Noun: anything that holds. Synonyms: support, mainstay, ballast, safeguard, security, protection, hold, tie, clamp, fastener, hook, grip, clasp, chain, shackle, irons, pillar, lock, backbone, foothold, defense, defence (UK), cinch, lynchpin. Sense: Verb: make secure. Synonyms:
