Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "string" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

unstring

Typical Location

atom bird's nest guitar junk drawer kite peice of clothing quark spool surveyor's kit

Capable Of

ball up tie around wind around

Coordinate Terms

flark

Derived Terms

C-string C-style string Dirac string G string G-string Pascal string aerosol string another string to one's bow apron string apron-string apron-string hold banjo string bit string casing string completion string connection string double-string drill string empty string eye-string first string first-string format string four-string four-string banjo four-string guitar gob-string hame string harp on one string harp on the same string have the world on a string have two strings to one's bow heart strings here-string hold the purse strings how long is a piece of string idiot string kissing string leading strings leading-string loosen the apron strings loosen the purse strings marriage string mountain string navel string navel-string no string attached no strings attached no-strings-attached nylon-string nylon-string guitar on a string pull a few strings pull strings pull the string purse string push string uphill query string red string of fate rough string second-string shirring string shoestring silly string single-string six-string spaghetti string steel string guitar steel-string guitar string attached string band string bass string bassist string bean string bet string bikini string bog string cheese string citation string course string distance string ensemble string hoppers string instrument string instrumentalist string of beads string of pearls string on string orchestra string organ string pea string plate string player string quartet string quintet string saver string sedge string show string stop string substitution string tanga string theoretic string to one's bow string together string trimmer string trio string vest string with string-net string-of-sausage lichen stringer stringified stringifier stringify stringkini strings attached stringy sympathetic string third string third-string three-string tighten the purse strings triple-string two-string worm on a string

Context

architecture billiards botany computing mining music physics pool shipbuilding slang

Part Of (Holonyms)

beard cordage muscle net sinew tendon

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

accumulation add advance aggregation alter arrange assemblage change collection cord elementary particle fasten fiber fibre fix fundamental particle go on march on modify move on necklace pass on progress pull remove secure sequence series set up stringed instrument take take away take off tie withdraw

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

band bowstring bowtie braid cable cord cosmic string fibre fibril filament fillet guitar string hair headband heartstring heartstrings lace lariat lasso line magic string necktie noodle riband ribbon rope score string second string shoelace strand strip tail tape tendril tentacle thread tie twine whisker wire wire rope yarn

Type Of (IsA)

collection cord cord like object fiber group of characters immutable non agentive artifact powered device rope sequence series textile cord

Manner Of

add advance arrange change fasten remove

Part Of

cello kite

Receives Action

cut into many pieces made from leather made up of fibers tied in knots tied into knot wound up into ball

Related Terms

string along string out string up stringed

Related Terms

ball billiards cannabis character cord cue ball fake filamentous guitar guitar pluck gut has hence hoax kite kite rope kites leguminous like like twine line marijuana memory metallic nerve object parts pericarp plant pluck racehorse rail ramification rope sheer story strake string along string theory string up stringcourse stringed instrument tendon text thread track tuple twine valve vein violin violin gut violin has yo yo yo

Similar Terms

draw guide pass run

Synonym Network

bowed stringed instrument braid chain condition cord cosmic string drawstring lace sequence string section thread

Used For

bind objects together by tying cello fly kite flying kite guitar hanging lights on tree hanging lights outdoors having series of things holding together holding up pants keep going keep on line lights on tree making into ball playing with cats playing with kitten pulling loose tooth putting on finger to remind putting up christmas lights squirrel fishing string beans for dinner substitute for shoe lace tie tie knot tie know tie package tie shoes tie things tie things together tieing boxes tying items together violin

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