Pull

//pʊl//

Synonyms for "pull" (634 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (127)

attract attraction carry out drag draw extract influence perpetrate pluck puff rend tug wrench abandon accomplish adduct adduction affinity allure allurement

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Verb(11 words)

attract draw withdraw score yank carry out commit complete court deplumate deplume

Noun(3 words)

drag attraction clout

Strong matches (190)

diffract diffuse dig out dig up diminish dint discredit disentangle disgrace dishonor disperse distort diverge divert do dogleg dompt draft drag out draggle

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drain the cup dram draught draughtsman draughty draw back draw in draw out draw towards draw up drawing drawing power drayage dredge dredge up drench drink drink in drink off drink to drink up drive drop duress earn educe effect effectiveness effectuality elongate encourage energy engrave enjoin entice eradicate evacuate evolve evulse excavate excise exsect extend extraction extricate fall back fascinate fascination favor feather feather an oar flay flee flower power force force majeure forcefulness foundry proof full blast full force gain galley galley proof gargle generate get get better get out give up give way go go and do gouge gouge out govern gravitation gravity grub up guard gulp guzzle hairpin hale halt handle haul haulage hauling have have an attraction have on heave heaving hectograph hinder hold hold at bay hold back hold fast hold in hold in leash hold up hoodwink hope for humiliate imbibe impel impress imprint improve in inhalation inhale inhale snuff inhibit inside track interest invitation issue jerk jigger jolt jump keep keep back keep from keep in keep in check keep under control knock land lap lay under restraint leave lengthen lengthen out let out level leverage libation live lower lug lure magnet magnetism magnetize main force main strength

Verb(17 words)

displume do drag draw in draw out enthrill execute extract generate get get hold of get one's hands on get out hale heave lay one's hands on lug

Noun(4 words)

handle influence knob lever

Related words (317)

make fun of mana manage might might and main mightiness mimeograph mine moxie multigraph muscle muscle power mutual attraction nab nail nick nip oar obtain outpace

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outrun overexert overexertion overextend overextension overprint overstrain overstress overtax overtaxing pace paddle page proof pan peg perform persuasion pick out pick up pinch pizzazz plate proof pledge pluck out pluck up ply the oar poke fun at poop portion potation potence potency potentiality potion power power pack power structure power struggle powerfulness prepotency press press proof prestige print procure produce productiveness productivity progressive proof prohibit prolong prolongate proof proof sheet protract prove publish puissance pull a proof pull apart pull away pull back pull down pull for pull in pull off pull out pull strings pull through pull to pieces pull towards pull up pulling pulling power punch punt push put down put on put out put to bed put to press quaff quarry quit rack rag rake out rally raze reach recall recede receive recoil recover recuperate reduce refract rein rein in reissue relinquish remove reprint repro proof restrain retard retreat retrench revise rib ridicule rip off rip out root for root out root up round round of drinks row row away row dry run run down run off scatter score scull secure seduction seductiveness select separate set back ship oars shoot shot shove shy side sinew sip skew sky an oar slam slate slip slow down slurp smoke snake snifter snort snub special favor spell spin out spot sprain stamp start steam stimulant stone proof stop strain strain every nerve straining straiten strength stress stress and strain stressfulness stretch stretch out strike string out strong arm succeed suck suck in suckle suction sup superiority superpower support survive sweat blood swig swill sympathy take flight take in tow take into custody take off take on take out take snuff tauten tax taxing tear tear off tear out tease temptation tense tension tighten tipple toast toss down toss off tot tow towage towing traction tractive power trail train trawl trial impression troll tug-of-war tugging turn turn tail twist twit unearth unravel uproot validity vandyke vehemence vigor vim virility virtue virulence vitality warp wash down wattage weed out weight wet win wire-pulling withdraw withhold wreck wrest wrest out yank zigzag

Verb(29 words)

obtain overstretch perform perpetrate pluck pull in pull out pull up recall remove rend retrieve rip rip out rive root for schlep seduce side with take

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take away take off take out tear tear out tempt tow tug tweedle

Noun(9 words)

puff pulling rope sway toke tug twist wrench yank

Related word relations

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

12 relation types

More general

44 entries

act actuation advantage aspiration breathing in bust device displace draw drive effort elbow grease exertion force harm

Showing 16 of 44 words.

More specific

25 entries

drag haul pick pluck pull a face pull a fast one pull ahead pull away pull back pull down pull for pull in pull off pull out pull out of the woodwork pull over

Showing 16 of 25 words.

Antonyms

5 entries

button push pushing repulsion

Synonyms

18 entries

attract attraction carry out drag draw extract generate handle influence perpetrate pluck puff recall rend score side

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Related terms

4 entries

carry extract lift lurch

derived

177 entries

ass pull ass-pull beer pull bell-pull bench pull cheese pull counterpull crow to pull demand-pull inflation gravity's pull handpull have a crow to pull have the world by the tail on a downhill pull it's not the whistle that pulls the train mispull

Showing 16 of 177 words.

distinct from

2 entries

pushing releasing

has context

13 entries

baseball cricket golf horse racing internet ireland printing rail transportation slang sports uk us video games

is a

8 entries

advantage device effort force non aspectual quantity personal quantity propulsion social quantity

manner of

8 entries

drive force hit injure move rein remove row

related to

110 entries

action appeal attract attraction attractive availability barbeque bring bring to bring towards bringing bringing closer circulation client closer contest

Showing 16 of 110 words.

similar

13 entries

curl curl up draw draw in draw out extract get out pull out pull up retract rip out take out tear out

Translations

295 translations across 121 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

tërheq verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἕλκω verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Arabic

4 entries

جبد verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
جر verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
جَرَّ verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
سحب verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Armenian

4 entries

ձգել verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
ձգել verb (intransitive: apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force)
քաշել verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
քաշել verb (intransitive: apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force)

Assamese

2 entries

টনা verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
টানা verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Aymara

2 entries

qalatiña verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
wayuña verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

çəkmək verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Balinese

1 entries

abut verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Bangi

1 entries

benda verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Bashkir

4 entries

тартыу verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
тартыу verb (intransitive: apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force)
ҡаймыҡтырыу verb (to strain a muscle or ligament or tendon)
һөйрәү verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Belarusian

4 entries

пацяга́ць verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
пацягну́ць verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
цяга́ць verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
цягну́ць verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Bengali

1 entries

টানা verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

खींचल verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Bulgarian

4 entries

гребане noun (journey made by rowing)
дърпане noun (act of pulling)
преимущество noun (influence as means of gaining advantage)
привлекателност noun (appeal)

Burmese

1 entries

ဆွဲ verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Catalan

2 entries

lligar verb (slang: persuade (a person) to have sex with one)
tirar verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

ڕاکێشان noun (act of pulling)
ڕاکێشە verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

拉 verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

拉 noun (act of pulling)
引 verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
拉 verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
拖拉 verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Czech

4 entries

tah noun (act of pulling)
tahat verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
tahat verb (intransitive: apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force)
táhnout verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Danish

2 entries

trække verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
trække verb (intransitive: apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force)

Dutch

1 entries

trekken verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Egyptian

1 entries

i-t-H-V1:D40 verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Esperanto

2 entries

tiri verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
tiri verb (intransitive: apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force)

Estonian

1 entries

tõmbama verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Faroese

1 entries

toga verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Finnish

4 entries

imu noun (attractive force)
pull noun (internet: situation where a client sends out a request for data)
soutu noun (journey made by rowing)
soutumatka noun (journey made by rowing)

French

4 entries

influence noun (influence as means of gaining advantage)
retirer verb (remove (something) from circulation)
tirer verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
tirer verb (intransitive: apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force)

Friulian

1 entries

tirâ verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Gagauz

1 entries

çekmää verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Galician

3 entries

puxar verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
turrar verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
turrar verb (intransitive: apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force)

Georgian

1 entries

თრევა verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

German

3 entries

schleipfe verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
ziehen verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
ziehen verb (intransitive: apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍄𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Greek

1 entries

τραβώ verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Gujarati

1 entries

ખેંચવું verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Hebrew

1 entries

מָשַׁךְ verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Higaonon

1 entries

guyud verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Hindi

1 entries

खींचना verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Hungarian

1 entries

húz verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Icelandic

2 entries

draga verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
toga verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Igbo

1 entries

dọọ verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Indonesian

2 entries

menarik verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
tarik verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Ingrian

4 entries

veto noun (act of pulling)
temmata verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
tempoa verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
veittää verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Italian

2 entries

tirare verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
tirare verb (intransitive: apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force)

Japanese

2 entries

引く verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
引っ張る verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Jarai

1 entries

dui verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Javanese

1 entries

tarik verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Kalmyk

1 entries

татх verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Kashubian

1 entries

cygnąc verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Kaurna

1 entries

watunthi verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Kazakh

2 entries

сүйреу verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
тарту verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Khiamniungan Naga

4 entries

ngàu verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
ngàu verb (intransitive: apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force)
ngàu verb (intransitive: apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force)
ngàu verb (intransitive: apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force)

Khmer

1 entries

ទាញ verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Korean

2 entries

끌다 verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
뽑다 verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

тартуу verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Ladino

1 entries

travar verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Lao

1 entries

ດຶງ verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Latgalian

1 entries

viļkt verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Latin

2 entries

trahō verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
vellō verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Latvian

1 entries

vilkt verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Lingala

1 entries

benda verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Lithuanian

1 entries

traukti verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Lombard

1 entries

tirà verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

śěgaś verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
śěgnuś verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Macedonian

1 entries

влече verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Malay

1 entries

tarik verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡨᠠᡨᠠᠮᠪᡳ verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Mansaka

1 entries

gabot verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Marathi

2 entries

ओढणे verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
खेचणे verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Mongolian

2 entries

татах verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
урах verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Māori

4 entries

huti verb (pluck)
keu verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
kohika verb (remove (something) from circulation)
kume verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Nepali

2 entries

तान्नु verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
तान्नु verb (intransitive: apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force)

Norman

1 entries

haler verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Norwegian

4 entries

dra verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
gjennomføre verb (do, perform)
trekke verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
trekke verb (remove (something) from circulation)

Occitan

1 entries

tirar verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Old Javanese

1 entries

tarik verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Oromo

1 entries

harkisuu verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

چكیش noun (act of pulling)
چكمك verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Pashto

2 entries

چېوهل verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
کشول verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Persian

1 entries

کشیدن verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Piedmontese

1 entries

tirè verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Polish

2 entries

ciągnąć verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
pociągnąć verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Portuguese

4 entries

atração noun (attractive force)
puxada noun (act of pulling)
puxão noun (act of pulling)
dar verb (do, perform)

Quechua

1 entries

aysay verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Rapa Nui

1 entries

haro verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Romanian

1 entries

trage verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Romansch

1 entries

trair verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Russian

4 entries

влече́ние noun (attractive force)
козыри noun (influence as means of gaining advantage)
притяга́тельность noun (appeal)
притяже́ние noun (attractive force)

Sanskrit

1 entries

कर्षति verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

slaod verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
slaod verb (intransitive: apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force)
tarraing verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
tarraing verb (intransitive: apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

potegnuti verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
potezati verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
потегнути verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
потезати verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Slovak

3 entries

potiahnuť verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
tiahnuť verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
ťahať verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Slovene

1 entries

tegniti verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Somali

1 entries

jiidid verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Southern Altai

2 entries

тартар verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
чегер verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Spanish

4 entries

tirón noun (act of pulling)
chejear verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
desgarrarse verb (to strain a muscle or ligament or tendon)
esguinzar verb (to strain a muscle or ligament or tendon)

Sundanese

1 entries

bedol verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Swahili

1 entries

kuvuta verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Swedish

4 entries

attraktion noun (attractive force)
dragkraft noun (attractive force)
dragkraft noun (appeal)
ryck noun (act of pulling)

Tagalog

1 entries

humila verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Tajik

1 entries

кашидан verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Tamil

1 entries

இழு verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Telugu

1 entries

లాగు verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Thai

4 entries

ฉุด verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
ดึง verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
ดึงดูด verb (intransitive: apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force)
ทึ้ง verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Tocharian B

1 entries

yärtt verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Tooro

1 entries

sika verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Turkish

1 entries

çekmek verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Ukrainian

4 entries

витя́гувати verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
витяга́ти verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
потяга́ти verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
потягну́ти verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Urdu

1 entries

کهینچنا verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Uyghur

1 entries

تارتماق verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Uzbek

1 entries

tortmoq verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Vietnamese

3 entries

giật verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
kéo verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
lôi verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Walloon

2 entries

haetchî verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
saetchî verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Welsh

1 entries

tynnu verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

West-Frisian

2 entries

lûke verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
trekke verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

White Hmong

1 entries

cab verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Yakut

1 entries

тарт verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Yiddish

1 entries

ציִען verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Zazaki

4 entries

ancayen verb (succeed in finding a person with whom to have sex)
ancen verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
anjayen verb (to strain a muscle or ligament or tendon)
anten verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Zealandic

4 entries

snokke verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
snokke verb (intransitive: apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force)
trekke verb (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
trekke verb (intransitive: apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force)

Sample sentences

81 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Pull into shape after washing.

Source: tatoeba (1573)

Pull your car out a bit, I can't back my car out.

Source: tatoeba (17079)

A whistle blew, and the boat slowly began to pull out of port.

Source: tatoeba (20241)

Are you going to pull curfew on me?

Source: tatoeba (21857)

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