Knit

//nɪt//

Synonyms for "knit" (159 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (32)

pucker abbreviate adhere affix anchor annex applique attach belay bind braid cement cicatrize cinch circumscribe clamp clinch close up coarct cocker

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cockle cohere combine come together communicate compact compress concentrate condense

Verb(3 words)

associate cockle conglutinate

Strong matches (48)

Related words (79)

intertwined intertwist interweave interwoven intort jersey join knot lace laced link loom loop make fast mat meet mend merge mesh moor

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Noun(5 words)

knit stitch knitting knitwork plain plain stitch

Verb(4 words)

pucker ravel rumple screw

Related word relations

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

17 relation types

More general

18 entries

cloth conjoin crease create from raw material create from raw stuff crinkle crisp fabric join knitting stitch material needlecraft needlework ruckle scrunch scrunch up

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Synonyms

1 entries

pucker

Related terms

2 entries

tricot weave

coordinate

1 entries

purl

derived

41 entries

beknit close-knit double knit enknit handknit inknit interknit knit cap knit fog knit one's brow knit one's brows knit one's eyebrows knit together knit up knit yoghurt knitaholic

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entails

1 entries

sew

etymologically related_to

1 entries

knot

has context

1 entries

handicraft

has first_subevent

1 entries

buy yarn

has last_subevent

2 entries

block block item

has prerequisite

25 entries

ask old woman buy knitting needles buy needles buy sheep buy wool buy wool and knitting needles buy yarn buy yarn and needles find knitting needle find knitting needles get head re examined get needles and yarn get yarn get yarn and knitting needles have doctor straighten first have needle

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has subevent

15 entries

buy yarn create blanket dropping stich make clothes make eyebrows come closer together make sweater might make blanket pricking thumb purl putting sticks together string neddle use yarn watch tv wind yarn around needles yarn becomes fabric

is a

3 entries

fabric knitting stitch needlework

manner of

2 entries

create from raw material join

motivated by_goal

21 entries

clothes clothing combinging two things together control result create bedding enjoy knitting enjoy making clothes favourite past time have nothing to do knitted sweater like doing make handmade clothing make sweater make with wool making baby clothes mittens

Showing 16 of 21 words.

related to

13 entries

combine compact fabric fracture garment grow join knot needle thread tricot weave yarn

similar

2 entries

draw jersey

Translations

132 translations across 66 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

aanmekaarbrei verb (to join closely together)
brei verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Albanian

4 entries

ndërthur verb (to join closely together)
ndërthur verb (to combine from various elements)
ngjit verb (to join closely together)
ngjitur verb (intransitive: to become closely joined)

Arabic

1 entries

حَاكَ verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Armenian

1 entries

հյուսել verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries

ܣܵܪܹܓ݂ verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

toxumaq verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Bashkir

2 entries

бәйләү verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)
бәйҙәү verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Belarusian

1 entries

вяза́ць verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Bulgarian

3 entries

плета́ verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)
сплотявам verb (to join closely together)
съединявам verb (to combine from various elements)

Burmese

1 entries

ထိုး verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Catalan

1 entries

fer mitja verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

چنین verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

編織 /编织 verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)
織 /织 verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Cornish

1 entries

gwia verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Czech

1 entries

plést verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Danish

1 entries

strikke verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Dutch

4 entries

aaneenbreien verb (to join closely together)
aaneengroeien verb (intransitive: to become closely joined)
breien verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)
samenbreien verb (to combine from various elements)

Esperanto

1 entries

triki verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Faroese

1 entries

binda verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Finnish

4 entries

hitsata verb (to join closely together)
hitsautua verb (intransitive: to become closely joined)
kutoa verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)
neuloa verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

French

4 entries

construire verb (to combine from various elements)
souder verb (to join closely together)
tricoter verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)
tricoter à l’endroit verb (to create a stitch by pulling the yarn through from behind)

Georgian

3 entries

ქსოვა verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)
შეერთება verb (to join closely together)
შეზრდა verb (to join closely together)

German

1 entries

stricken verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Greek

1 entries

πλέκω verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Hebrew

1 entries

סָרַג verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Hindi

1 entries

बुनना verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Hungarian

1 entries

köt verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Icelandic

1 entries

prjóna verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Indonesian

2 entries

merajut verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)
rajut verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Irish

1 entries

cniotáil verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Italian

4 entries

compattare verb (intransitive: to become closely joined)
elaborare verb (to combine from various elements)
lavorare a maglia verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)
legare verb (to join closely together)

Japanese

1 entries

編む verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Khmer

2 entries

ចាក់ verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)
ស្រែះ verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Korean

1 entries

뜨다 verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Lao

1 entries

ຖັກ verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Latgalian

1 entries

adeit verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Latvian

1 entries

adīt verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Lithuanian

1 entries

megzti verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

strécken verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Macedonian

1 entries

пле́те verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Malagasy

1 entries

manao ba verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Malay

1 entries

mengait verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Mongolian

1 entries

сүлжих verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Māori

2 entries

nitiniti verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)
tūhoto verb (to join closely together)

Norman

1 entries

ouvrer verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Norwegian

1 entries

strikke verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Occitan

2 entries

brocar verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)
tricotar verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Persian

1 entries

بافتن verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Polish

2 entries

dziać verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)
robić na drutach verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Portuguese

4 entries

construir verb (to combine from various elements)
elaborar verb (to combine from various elements)
fazer ponto verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)
soldar verb (to join closely together)

Romanian

3 entries

croșeta verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)
tricota verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)
împleti verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Russian

4 entries

вяза́ть verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)
связа́ть verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)
спла́чивать verb (to join closely together)
сплоти́ть verb (to join closely together)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

figh verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

plesti verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)
плести verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Slovak

2 entries

pliesť verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)
štrikovať verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Slovene

1 entries

plesti verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Spanish

4 entries

construir verb (to combine from various elements)
curar verb (to heal following a fracture)
curarse verb (to heal following a fracture)
elaborar verb (to combine from various elements)

Swedish

1 entries

sticka verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Tajik

1 entries

бофтан verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Thai

1 entries

ถัก verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Tok Pisin

1 entries

samap verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Turkish

1 entries

örmek verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Ukrainian

1 entries

в'яза́ти verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Uzbek

1 entries

toʻqimoq verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Vietnamese

1 entries

đan verb (to make fabric from thread or yarn)

Welsh

4 entries

asio verb (to join closely together)
asio verb (intransitive: to become closely joined)
asio verb (to heal following a fracture)
clymu verb (to join closely together)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Tom likes to knit.

Source: tatoeba (37015)

It must have been difficult for her to knit this sweater.

Source: tatoeba (60935)

Will you knit a sweater for me?

Source: tatoeba (249691)

She knit him a sweater for his birthday.

Source: tatoeba (887266)

Showing 4 of 27 available sentences.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.