We had to run the gauntlet of entrenched defenders.
Source: tatoeba (2027622)
Gauntlet
//ˈɡɔːnt.lət//
Synonyms for "gauntlet" (49 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (24)
Related word relations
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More general
3 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
7 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
4 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
45 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- бронирана ръкавица noun (protective armor for the hands)
Catalan
1 entries- guantellet noun (protective armor for the hands)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 鐵手套 /铁手套 noun (protective armor for the hands)
Czech
1 entries- ochranná rukavice noun (protective armor for the hands)
Danish
1 entries- spidsrod noun (two parallel rows of attackers who strike at a criminal)
Dutch
3 entries- kaphandschoen noun (protective armor for the hands)
- pantserhandschoen noun (protective armor for the hands)
- spitsroeden noun (two parallel rows of attackers who strike at a criminal)
Finnish
4 entries- kujanjuoksu noun (two parallel rows of attackers who strike at a criminal)
- kujanjuoksu noun (simultaneous attack from two or more sides)
- kujanjuoksu noun (any challenging, difficult, or painful ordeal)
- taisteluhansikas noun (protective armor for the hands)
French
2 entries- gantelet noun (protective armor for the hands)
- parcours du combattant noun (any challenging, difficult, or painful ordeal)
Galician
1 entries- manípulo noun (protective armor for the hands)
Georgian
4 entries- გამოსაცდელი noun (any challenging, difficult, or painful ordeal)
- განსაცდელი noun (any challenging, difficult, or painful ordeal)
- თათმანი noun (protective armor for the hands)
- ორდალი noun (any challenging, difficult, or painful ordeal)
German
4 entries- Fehdehandschuh noun (protective armor for the hands)
- Kampfhandschuh noun (protective armor for the hands)
- Panzerhandschuh noun (protective armor for the hands)
- Spießrutenlauf noun (two parallel rows of attackers who strike at a criminal)
Irish
2 entries- iarndóid noun (protective armor for the hands)
- lámhainn fhada noun (protective armor for the hands)
Italian
1 entries- guanto di armatura noun (protective armor for the hands)
Japanese
1 entries- 籠手 noun (protective armor for the hands)
Macedonian
1 entries- рака́вица noun (protective armor for the hands)
Middle High German
1 entries- Hentze noun (protective armor for the hands)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قولچاق noun (protective armor for the hands)
Polish
1 entries- rękawica noun (protective armor for the hands)
Portuguese
1 entries- manopla noun (protective armor for the hands)
Russian
3 entries- ла́тная рукави́ца noun (protective armor for the hands)
- перча́тка noun (protective armor for the hands)
- рукави́ца noun (protective armor for the hands)
Spanish
1 entries- guantelete noun (protective armor for the hands)
Swedish
4 entries- gatlopp noun (two parallel rows of attackers who strike at a criminal)
- gatlopp noun (any challenging, difficult, or painful ordeal)
- kraghandske noun (glove covering the wrist)
- stridshandske noun (protective armor for the hands)
Tagalog
1 entries- guwantelete noun (protective armor for the hands)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Will she be able to pick up the gauntlet?
Source: tatoeba (3626600)
Will you be able to pick up the gauntlet?
Source: tatoeba (3626601)
Tom threw down the gauntlet. He was ready to fight.
Source: tatoeba (10763893)
Showing 4 of 9 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.