Anchor

//ˈæŋ.kɚ//

Synonyms for "anchor" (192 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (39)

affix drop anchor support anchorage anchorman annex announcer attach baldt anchor base batten batten down belay berth billet billet at bind bivouac bog down bower

Show 9 more words

bridle burrow button camp cast anchor catch cease cement chain

Verb(5 words)

drop anchor affix bog down cast anchor cease

Noun(5 words)

anchor tenant anchorite anchorman anchorperson backbone

Strong matches (57)

cinch clamp clinch colonize come to anchor connect cramp dinghy anchor disembark dock domesticate dowel drag anchor drogue drop the hook enchain engraft ensconce entrammel establish residence

Show 29 more words

fasten fasten down fastener fetter fix floating anchor fluke girth glue graft grapnel grapple gyve hamper handcuff hive hobble hog tie hog-tie holdfast hook hopple host imbed inhabit kedge kedge anchor kedge off keep house

Verb(7 words)

embog enmire fix focus ground hold host

Noun(1 words)

ground tackle

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

10 relation types

More general

9 entries

TV reporter claw fasten fix hook secure support television newscaster television reporter

Synonyms

6 entries

affix bog down cease drop anchor host support

at location

1 entries

end of line

derived

68 entries

Blue Anchor anchor baby anchor ball anchor bend anchor buoy anchor hitch anchor ice anchor light anchor line anchor man anchor nut anchor point anchor pylon anchor ring anchor seine anchor shot

Showing 16 of 68 words.

has context

9 entries

archery architecture athletics cartomancy economics heraldiccharge internet nautical television

is a

8 entries

device heavy metal device hook metal news show host newscaster support television reporter

made of

1 entries

iron

manner of

1 entries

fasten

part of

1 entries

vessel

related to

71 entries

anchorman anchorwoman bill bitts boat boat holder boat stopping boats bridge building cable calcareous cast anchor cat chain charge

Showing 16 of 71 words.

Translations

337 translations across 145 languages.

Acehnese

1 entries

saôh noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Afrikaans

1 entries

anker noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Albanian

1 entries

spirancë noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Amharic

1 entries

መልህቅ noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἄγκυρα noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Arabic

4 entries

أَنْجَر noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
مُذِيع noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
مُذِيعَة noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
مِرْسَاة noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Armenian

3 entries

դիկտոր noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
խարիսխ noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
հաղորդավար noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)

Aromanian

1 entries

angurã noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Assamese

1 entries

কাঁকৰা noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Asturian

2 entries

ancla noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
anclar verb (to hold an object to a fixed point)

Avar

1 entries

лангар noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

anker noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
aparıcı noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
diktor noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
guyəndə noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)

Basque

1 entries

aingura noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Belarusian

4 entries

вядо́ўца noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
вяду́чая noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
вяду́чы noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
ды́ктар noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)

Bengali

2 entries

নঙ্গর noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
নোঙ্গর noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

𑂪𑂑𑂹𑂏𑂩 noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Bulgarian

4 entries

ди́ктор noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
ди́кторка noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
ко́тва noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
зако́твям verb (to hold an object to a fixed point)

Burmese

2 entries

ကျောက် noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
ကျောက်ဆူး noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Catalan

4 entries

enllaç noun (link target in a document)
àncora noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
àncora noun (anchoring gear as a whole)
àncora noun (any instrument serving similar purpose to anchor)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎦᎾᎯᏍᏙᏗ noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Chinese

1 entries

碇 noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

錨 /锚 noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

主持人 noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
主播 noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
播音員 /播音员 noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
錨 /锚 noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Chuukese

1 entries

angko noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Comox

1 entries

q̓ɛys noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Corsican

1 entries

ancura noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Czech

4 entries

hlasatel noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
hlasatelka noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
kotva noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
zakotvit verb (to hold an object to a fixed point)

Danish

1 entries

anker noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Dargwa

1 entries

лабар noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Dutch

4 entries

anker noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
ankeren verb (to hold an object to a fixed point)
het anker uitwerpen verb (to hold an object to a fixed point)
houvast bieden verb (to provide emotional stability)

Early Assamese

1 entries

কাঙ্কৰ noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Esperanto

3 entries

ankro noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
ankro noun (link target in a document)
ankri verb (to hold an object to a fixed point)

Estonian

1 entries

ankur noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Faroese

1 entries

akker noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Finnish

4 entries

ankkuri noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
ankkuri noun (any instrument serving similar purpose to anchor)
ankkuri noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
ankkurivarustus noun (anchoring gear as a whole)

French

4 entries

ancre noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
présentateur noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
speaker noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
ancrer verb (to hold an object to a fixed point)

Friulian

1 entries

ancure noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Galician

4 entries

ancra noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
arpeu noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
fatexa noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
ligame noun (link target in a document)

Gallurese

1 entries

pietra màtzara noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Georgian

4 entries

დიქტორი noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
ტელეწამყვანი noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
ღუზა noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
წამყვანი noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)

German

4 entries

Anchorman noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
Anker noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
Chefsprecher noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
Leitgesicht noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)

Greek

4 entries

άγκυρα noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
άγκυρα noun (anchoring gear as a whole)
σύνδεσμος noun (link target in a document)
αγκυροβολώ verb (to hold an object to a fixed point)

Greenlandic

1 entries

kisaq noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Gujarati

3 entries

નાંગર noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
બિલાડી noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
લંગર noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

jete lank noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Hebrew

1 entries

עוגן \ עֹגֶן noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Hindi

2 entries

नंगर noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
लंगर noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Hungarian

2 entries

horgony noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
vasmacska noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Icelandic

1 entries

akkeri noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Ido

2 entries

ankro noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
ankro-agar verb (to hold an object to a fixed point)

Indonesian

1 entries

jangkar noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Interlingua

2 entries

ancora noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
ancorar verb (to hold an object to a fixed point)

Inuktitut

1 entries

kihaut noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

لَنْگَر noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Irish

2 entries

ancaire noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
ancaire noun (anchoring gear as a whole)

Italian

4 entries

ancora noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
ancora noun (link target in a document)
àncora noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
ancorare verb (to hold an object to a fixed point)

Ivatan

1 entries

sajit noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Japanese

4 entries

アナウンサー noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
アンカー noun (link target in a document)
アンカー noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
アンカーマン noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)

Kalmyk

1 entries

җахр noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Kannada

1 entries

ಲಂಗರು noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Kazakh

3 entries

диктор noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
зәкір noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
іліңгір noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Khmer

1 entries

យុថ្កា noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Korean

4 entries

뉴스 캐스터 noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
닻 noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
아나운서 noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
앵커 noun (link target in a document)

Kumyk

1 entries

лабар noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

диктор noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
якорь noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Lao

1 entries

ສະມໍ noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Latgalian

1 entries

ankars noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Latin

2 entries

ancora noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
sto verb (to hold an object to a fixed point)

Latvian

1 entries

enkurs noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Lenakel

1 entries

uus noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Lezgi

1 entries

лабар noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Ligurian

1 entries

áncoa noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Lithuanian

1 entries

inkaras noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Livonian

1 entries

ānkaŗ noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Lombard

1 entries

ancora noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

kokula noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
kótwa noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Lushootseed

3 entries

baʔstəd noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
baʔstəd noun (any instrument serving similar purpose to anchor)
baʔsəd verb (to hold an object to a fixed point)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Anker noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Lü

2 entries

ᦔᦸᧄᧈᦵᦜᧅ noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
ᦟᦴᧅᦎᦲᧂᧈ noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Macedonian

4 entries

водител noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
водителка noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
котва noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
котва noun (link target in a document)

Magahi

1 entries

𑂪𑂑𑂹𑂏𑂩 noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Maguindanao

1 entries

sinipit noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Maithili

2 entries

गिरानी noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
लङ्गर noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Malay

3 entries

anjar noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
jangkar noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
sauh noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Malayalam

4 entries

അവതാരകൻ noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
അവതാരിക noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
നങ്കൂരം noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
അവതരണം ചെയ്യുക verb (to perform as a TV anchorman)

Maltese

1 entries

ankra noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Maranao

1 entries

sinipit noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Marathi

1 entries

नांगर noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Massachusett

1 entries

kenakquap noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Mongolian

3 entries

зангуу noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
хөтлөгч noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
ᠬᠥᠲᠦᠯᠦᠭᠴᠢ noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)

Māori

3 entries

haika noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
punga noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
punga verb (to hold an object to a fixed point)

Norman

1 entries

ancre noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

lenger noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

anker noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
anker noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

anker noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Odia

1 entries

ଲଙ୍ଗର noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Okinawan

1 entries

錨 noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Old English

1 entries

ancor noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

لنگر noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries

котва noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Pashto

1 entries

لنګر noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Persian

1 entries

گوینده noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)

Piedmontese

1 entries

àncora noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Polish

4 entries

kotwica noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
spiker noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
spikerka noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
zakotwiczyć verb (to hold an object to a fixed point)

Portuguese

4 entries

âncora noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
âncora noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
ancorar verb (to hold an object to a fixed point)
apresentar verb (to perform as a TV anchorman)

Rohingya

1 entries

nogol noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Romagnol

1 entries

ancura noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Romanian

4 entries

ancoră noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
ancoră noun (link target in a document)
prezentator noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
reper noun (link target in a document)

Romansch

1 entries

ancra noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Russian

4 entries

веду́щий noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
ди́ктор noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
телеведу́щий noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
я́корь noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Sardinian

1 entries

galu noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

acair noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
acair noun (anchoring gear as a whole)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

kȍtva noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
sȉdro noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
voditèljica noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
vòditelj noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)

Sikkimese

1 entries

གཏིང་རྡོ noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Slovak

3 entries

hlásateľ noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
hlásateľka noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
kotva noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Slovene

2 entries

sidro noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
zasidrati verb (to hold an object to a fixed point)

Spanish

4 entries

ancla noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
anclote noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
jierro noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
presentador noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries

ankra noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Swahili

2 entries

nanga noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
nanga noun (anchoring gear as a whole)

Swedish

4 entries

ankare noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
ankare noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
dykdalb noun ((figuratively) which gives stability or security)
nyhetsankare noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)

Tagalog

4 entries

angkla noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
angkora noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
pasangit noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
sawo noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Tajik

3 entries

гӯянда noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
диктор noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
лангар noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Tamil

1 entries

நங்கூரம் noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Tarifit

1 entries

ařiyzim noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Tatar

1 entries

якорь noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Tausug

1 entries

bōji noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Telugu

1 entries

లంగరు noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Thai

1 entries

สมอ noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Tibetan

3 entries

གཏིང་རྡོ noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
གཙོ་སྐྱོང་བ noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
སྒྲོགས་སྦྱང་བྱེད་མཁན noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)

Tigrinya

1 entries

መልሕቕ noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Tlingit

1 entries

shayéinaa noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Turkish

3 entries

demir noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
sunucu noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
çıpa noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Turkmen

1 entries

labyr noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Ukrainian

4 entries

веду́ча noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
веду́чий noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
ди́ктор noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
ди́кторка noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

kótwica noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Urdu

1 entries

لَن٘گَر noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Uyghur

1 entries

لەڭگەر noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Uzbek

3 entries

diktor noun ((TV) anchorman or anchorwoman)
langar noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
yakor noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Vietnamese

2 entries

mỏ neo noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
neo noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Volapük

2 entries

nak noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
nakön len verb (to hold an object to a fixed point)

Walloon

1 entries

anke noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Welsh

2 entries

angor noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
angorau noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Yakut

1 entries

дьаакыр noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Yiddish

1 entries

אַנקער noun (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)

Yámana

1 entries

tīya verb (to hold an object to a fixed point)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

They usually use an anchor to hold a yacht in place.

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The ship is at anchor in the harbor.

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His mother's letters were an anchor to the boy.

Source: tatoeba (267955)

The ship dropped anchor.

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Anchor

Synonyms for "anchor" (192 found)

Closest matches (39)

Strong matches (57)

Related words (96)

Related word relations

More general

Synonyms

at location

derived

has context

is a

made of

manner of

part of

related to

Translations

Acehnese

Afrikaans

Albanian

Amharic

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Aromanian

Assamese

Asturian

Avar

Azerbaijani

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Bhojpuri

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Cherokee

Chinese

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Chuukese

Comox

Corsican

Czech

Danish

Dargwa

Dutch

Early Assamese

Esperanto

Estonian

Faroese

Finnish

French

Friulian

Galician

Gallurese

Georgian

German

Greek

Greenlandic

Gujarati

Haitian Creole

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Interlingua

Inuktitut

Iranian Persian

Irish

Italian

Ivatan

Japanese

Kalmyk

Kannada

Kazakh

Khmer

Korean