dangles

The word “dangles” has 2 syllables: dan-gles

It's pronounced as /ˈdæŋɡəlz/


What is synonym and antonym for dangles?

In the thesaurus, “dangles” has 22 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for dangles along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for dangles

Meanings of dangles

  • noun
    1. An agent of one intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested in defecting or turning to another intelligence agency or group.
    2. The action of dangling; a series of complex stick tricks and fakes in order to defeat the defender in style.
    3. A dangling ornament or decoration.
  • verb
    1. To hang loosely with the ability to swing.
    2. The action of performing a move or deke with the puck in order to get past a defender or goalie; perhaps because of the resemblance to dangling the puck on a string.
    3. To hang or trail something loosely.
    4. To trail or follow around.
    5. Of a patient: to be positioned with the legs hanging over the edge of the bed.
    6. To position (a patient) in this way.

Example Sentences

  • The wind chime dangles from the porch, creating soothing melodies in the breeze.
  • She carefully adjusted the necklace so that the pendant dangles perfectly at her neckline.
  • The spider silk dangles delicately from branch to branch, forming an intricate web.
  • The chandelier in the foyer dangles with crystal prisms, creating a dazzling display when the light hits.
  • The cat's toy mouse dangles enticingly from the string, inviting playful paws to swat at it.

On this page you'll find 22 synonyms or another words to dangles, such as: balances, cascades, depends, drapes, falls, festoons, garlands.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

garlands

  • albums
  • almanacs
  • ana
  • analects
  • anas
  • anthologies
  • archives
  • balances
  • cascades
  • casebooks
  • chapbooks
  • compendia
  • compendiums
  • compilations
  • corpora
  • dangles
  • depends
  • digests
  • drapes
  • falls
  • festoons
  • florilegia
  • hangs
  • hooks
  • juts
  • libraries
  • miscellanea
  • miscellanies
  • mounts
  • overhangs
  • pins
  • poises
  • projects
  • protrudes
  • readers
  • slings
  • sourcebooks
  • sticks out
  • strings
  • suspends
  • swings
  • symposia
  • symposiums
  • tacks

hangs

  • assumes
  • balances
  • balloons
  • bases
  • basins
  • bobs
  • buoys
  • cascades
  • collapses
  • crumples
  • dangles
  • declensions
  • declines
  • declivities
  • depends
  • depressions
  • descents
  • dips
  • downgrades
  • downhills
  • drapes
  • drifts
  • droops
  • drops
  • establishes
  • falls
  • festoons
  • flags
  • floats
  • founds
  • garlands
  • glides
  • grounds
  • hangings
  • hinges
  • hollows
  • hooks
  • hovers
  • juts
  • lolls
  • mounts
  • overhangs
  • pins
  • poises
  • postulates
  • predicates
  • premises
  • presumes
  • presupposes
  • projects
  • protrudes
  • rafts
  • rests
  • rides
  • sags
  • sails
  • sinks
  • slings
  • slouches
  • slumps
  • stays
  • sticks out
  • strings
  • subsides
  • supposes
  • suspends
  • swags
  • swims
  • swings
  • tacks
  • turns
  • wafts
  • wilts
  • yields

rafts

  • abundances
  • armies
  • balloons
  • barrels
  • basketfuls
  • basketsful
  • bevies
  • boatloads
  • bobs
  • bonanzas
  • buckets
  • bunches
  • bundles
  • buoys
  • bushels
  • carloads
  • chunks
  • crams
  • crowds
  • crushes
  • dangles
  • deals
  • deluges
  • dozen
  • dozens
  • drifts
  • droves
  • embarrassments
  • epidemics
  • excesses
  • fistfuls
  • floats
  • flocks
  • floods
  • gazillions
  • glides
  • gobs
  • good deals
  • hangs
  • heaps
  • herds
  • hordes
  • hosts
  • hovers
  • hundred
  • hundreds
  • jillions
  • kazillions
  • lashings
  • lashins
  • legions
  • loads
  • lots
  • masses
  • messes
  • million
  • millions
  • mobs
  • mountains
  • much
  • multiplicities
  • multitudes
  • myriads
  • oodles
  • overabundances
  • overages
  • overflows
  • overkills
  • overmuch
  • oversupplies
  • packs
  • passels
  • pecks
  • piles
  • plagues
  • platefuls
  • plenitudes
  • plenties
  • plentitudes
  • plethoras
  • poises
  • potfuls
  • pots
  • presses
  • profusions
  • quantities
  • quite a bit
  • rashes
  • reams
  • redundancies
  • rides
  • sails
  • scads
  • scores
  • seas
  • sheaves
  • shiploads
  • sights
  • slews
  • spates
  • stacks
  • stores
  • superabundances
  • superfluities
  • surfeits
  • surpluses
  • suspends
  • swarms
  • swims
  • thousands
  • throngs
  • tons
  • trillions
  • truckloads
  • volumes
  • wads
  • wafts
  • wealths
  • yards
  • zillions

sails

wafts

  • airflows
  • airs
  • balloons
  • blasts
  • blows
  • bobs
  • breaths
  • breezes
  • buoys
  • currents
  • dangles
  • drafts
  • drifts
  • floats
  • flurries
  • gales
  • glides
  • hangs
  • headwinds
  • hovers
  • northeasters
  • northers
  • northwesters
  • poises
  • puffs
  • rafts
  • rides
  • sails
  • sea breezes
  • southeasters
  • southwesters
  • squalls
  • suspends
  • swims
  • tailwinds
  • tempests
  • tornadoes
  • tornados
  • westerlies
  • whiffs
  • winds
  • windstorms
  • zephyrs

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