Zipper

//ˈzɪpɚ//

Synonyms for "zipper" (87 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (18)

Verb(3 words)

zip zip up zipper up

Noun(3 words)

slide fastener zip zip fastener

zip up slide fastener articulate bang bar barricade batten batten down bolt buckle butt button

Strong matches (26)

button up choke choke off clap clasp cleat clip close close up constrict contain contract cover dovetail fasten fastener fold fold up garment girth

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hasp hinge hitch hook jam joint

Related words (43)

key lacing latch lock lock out lock up miter mortise nail occlude padlock parts peg pin plumb rabbet rivet scarf screw seal

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seal off seal up secure sew shut shut the door shut up skewer slam snap squeeze shut staple stick stitch strangle tack toggle wedge zip zip fastener

Verb(3 words)

unzip zip down zipper down

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

7 entries

fasten fastener fastening fix fixing holdfast secure

Antonyms

1 entries

buttons

Synonyms

4 entries

slide fastener zip zip fastener zip up

derived

9 entries

leucine zipper zipper down zipper lane zipper machine zipper merge zipper sex zipper spider zipper up zippery

distinct from

1 entries

buttons

has context

5 entries

australia biochemistry military slang us

made of

1 entries

teeth

meronym

2 entries

slider teeth

part of

2 entries

clothes jacket

related to

88 entries

accessory air animal button close closer closes closes jeans closing closing clothing closing fly closing pants closure closure device closure mechanism clothes

Showing 16 of 88 words.

used for

1 entries

fasten pants

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

My zipper stuck halfway up.

Source: tatoeba (53457)

This zipper doesn't zip smoothly.

Source: tatoeba (61047)

Tom can't get out of his sleeping bag. The zipper is stuck.

Source: tatoeba (1095587)

He opened the bag's zipper.

Source: tatoeba (1690436)

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