hang on to

The phrase “hang on to” has 3 syllables: hang-on-to

It's pronounced as /hæŋ ɒn tuː/


What is synonym and antonym for hang on to?

In the thesaurus, “hang on to” has 65 synonyms and 51 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for hang on to along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for hang on to

  • bag
  • bear
  • boast
  • capture
  • carry
  • catch
  • cherish
  • clasp
  • clench
  • clutch
  • collar
  • command
  • conserve
  • control
  • corral
  • cradle
  • cultivate
  • detain
  • direct
  • embrace
  • enjoy
  • entertain
  • feel
  • finger
  • foster
  • grab
  • grapple
  • grasp
  • grip
  • guard
  • handle
  • harbor
  • have
  • hold
  • hold on to
  • hook
  • hug
  • keep
  • land
  • lay hold of
  • maintain
  • manage
  • nab
  • nail
  • nurse
  • nurture
  • own
  • paw
  • possess
  • preserve
  • protect
  • remember
  • reserve
  • retain
  • rule
  • save
  • seize
  • snare
  • snatch
  • support
  • sustain
  • take
  • trap
  • treasure
  • withhold

Antonyms for hang on to

  • abandon
  • abjure
  • cede
  • contribute
  • decline
  • deliver
  • deny
  • desert
  • discard
  • discharge
  • disdain
  • disregard
  • donate
  • drop
  • dump
  • entrust
  • erase
  • expunge
  • forget
  • forsake
  • free
  • give
  • give up
  • hand
  • hand out
  • hand over
  • ignore
  • intrust
  • liberate
  • lose
  • neglect
  • overlook
  • pass
  • quit
  • refuse
  • reject
  • release
  • relinquish
  • render
  • renounce
  • repudiate
  • scorn
  • spurn
  • surrender
  • throw out
  • transfer
  • transmit
  • turn over
  • unclasp
  • unhand
  • yield

Example Sentences

  • Make sure you hang on to your ticket, or you won’t be able to get back in.
  • He told me to hang on to the rope tightly while climbing.
  • Hang on to your dreams, no matter how difficult the journey may seem.
  • Hang on to that memory, it will bring you comfort in tough times.
  • You should hang on to your belongings during the ride, it can get bumpy.

On this page you'll find 116 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to hang on to, such as: abandon, abjure, bag, bear, boast, capture, carry.

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

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keep

  • abide by
  • accomplish
  • accumulate
  • achieve
  • adhere to
  • administer
  • administrate
  • amass
  • answer
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  • battle
  • bear
  • bless
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  • bridle
  • bring about
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  • buffer
  • bulwark
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  • care
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  • celebrate
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  • compass
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  • conservancy
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  • gag
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  • govern
  • grasp
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  • guard
  • guardianship
  • guarding
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  • hamper
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  • handcuff
  • handle
  • hang on to
  • hangar
  • harbor
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  • honor
  • house
  • hug
  • impede
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  • laud
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  • make
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  • manage
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  • mind
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  • nourish
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  • obey
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  • ordain
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  • own
  • pack
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  • perfect
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  • possess
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  • pull in
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  • set up
  • shackle
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  • solemnize
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  • stack
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  • stand up for
  • steer
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  • subsidize
  • superintend
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  • tame
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  • trade in
  • treasure
  • underwrite
  • upkeep
  • victual
  • wall
  • war
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  • warehouse
  • watch
  • watch over
  • withhold
  • withstand

take

  • OK
  • abduct
  • abide
  • absorb
  • abstract
  • accept
  • accommodate
  • account
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  • accroach
  • acquiesce
  • acquire
  • act
  • adaptation
  • address
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  • affect
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  • answer
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  • appropriate
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  • ask
  • assassinate
  • assume
  • attain
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  • bag
  • bamboozle
  • be aware of
  • be efficacious
  • be seized
  • bear
  • bear with
  • beat
  • become popular
  • beg
  • behave
  • believe
  • best
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  • bilk
  • blot out
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  • borrow
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  • carry
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  • cart
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  • catch
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  • challenge
  • charm
  • charter
  • cherry-pick
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  • claim
  • clasp
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  • clobber
  • clutch
  • collar
  • collect
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  • come down with
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  • command
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  • commission
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  • conclude
  • conduct
  • confirm
  • confiscate
  • conquer
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  • counterreaction
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  • cozen
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  • cream
  • credit
  • croak
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  • cull
  • cut
  • cut down
  • deal with
  • decide on
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  • deduce
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  • deem
  • defeat
  • defraud
  • delight
  • delight in
  • demand
  • derive
  • designate
  • destroy
  • devour
  • direct
  • discount
  • dispatch
  • do
  • do away with
  • do down
  • do for
  • do in
  • do the trick
  • down
  • draw
  • draw back
  • drink
  • drive
  • drub
  • dupe
  • earn
  • earnings
  • eat
  • eclipse
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  • elect
  • eliminate
  • embrace
  • enclose
  • encompass
  • end
  • endure
  • enfold
  • engage
  • engineer
  • enjoin
  • enjoy
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  • entail
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  • escort
  • espouse
  • euthanatize
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  • exact
  • exceed
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  • execute
  • exercise
  • exert
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  • garner
  • gate
  • gather
  • gather up
  • get
  • get around
  • get hold of
  • get off
  • get the better of
  • give access
  • go
  • go through
  • go with
  • grab
  • grasp
  • grin and bear it
  • grip
  • gross
  • guide
  • gull
  • gun
  • hack
  • handle
  • handpick
  • hang in
  • hang on
  • hang on to
  • hang tough
  • harbor
  • haul
  • haul in
  • have
  • have a grip on
  • have effect
  • heel
  • hire
  • hold
  • holding
  • hoodwink
  • house
  • ice
  • imagine
  • imbibe
  • inclose
  • include
  • income
  • infer
  • influence
  • ingest
  • inhale
  • insist
  • interpret as
  • interpretation
  • involve
  • jag
  • jockey
  • journey
  • kickback
  • kill
  • kill off
  • knock for a loop
  • knock off
  • knock over
  • know
  • lack
  • languish
  • lay hold of
  • lead
  • lease
  • let in
  • liberate
  • lick
  • lift
  • like
  • live with
  • look upon
  • loot
  • lot
  • lug
  • luxuriate in
  • magnetize
  • make
  • make away with
  • manage
  • maneuver
  • manipulate
  • mark
  • martyr
  • massacre
  • master
  • meal
  • meet
  • member
  • micromanage
  • misappropriate
  • move
  • mow
  • murder
  • nab
  • nail
  • name
  • necessitate
  • need
  • negotiate
  • net
  • neutralize
  • nip
  • nominate
  • nose out
  • observe
  • obtain
  • off
  • offer
  • okay
  • operate
  • opt for
  • optate
  • outdistance
  • outdo
  • outfight
  • outshine
  • outstrip
  • overbear
  • overcome
  • overmatch
  • overpower
  • overtake
  • overthrow
  • overtop
  • overwhelm
  • pack
  • pan out
  • part
  • partake of
  • partition
  • pay for
  • payoff
  • perceive
  • percentage
  • perform
  • permit
  • pick
  • pick up
  • piece
  • piece of the action
  • piggyback
  • pilot
  • pinch
  • pip
  • play
  • please
  • pluck
  • plunder
  • pocket
  • portion
  • practice
  • preempt
  • prefer
  • prehend
  • preselect
  • press
  • presume
  • prevail
  • proceeds
  • procure
  • profit
  • proportion
  • pull
  • pull a fast one
  • pull in
  • purchase
  • purloin
  • put away
  • put down
  • put in practice
  • put up with
  • quest
  • quota
  • ratify
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  • reach
  • react
  • reaction
  • reap
  • rebound
  • rebuy
  • receipts
  • receive
  • reckon
  • recoil
  • redound
  • reflex
  • regard
  • regulate
  • relish
  • remove
  • rent
  • reply
  • repurchase
  • require
  • respect
  • respond
  • response
  • result
  • return
  • returns
  • revenue
  • revulsion
  • ride
  • ride out
  • riff
  • rip off
  • rise
  • rout
  • rub out
  • run
  • run off with
  • salvage
  • sanction
  • schlepp
  • score
  • scrag
  • seat
  • section
  • secure
  • see
  • see as
  • segment
  • seize
  • select
  • sense
  • sequester
  • serve
  • set
  • set store by
  • set store on
  • share
  • shellac
  • shoulder
  • sicken with
  • single out
  • sink
  • skin
  • skunk
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • slice
  • smite
  • smoke
  • snag
  • snare
  • snatch
  • snitch
  • snow under
  • snuff
  • spoils
  • stand
  • stand for
  • steer
  • stick it out
  • stick out
  • stipulate
  • stomach
  • stop
  • strike
  • subdue
  • subjugate
  • submit to
  • succeed
  • suffer
  • suicide
  • support
  • suppose
  • surmount
  • surpass
  • suspect
  • sustain
  • swag
  • swallow
  • sway
  • sweat out
  • sweep
  • swindle
  • swing
  • swipe
  • tab
  • tag
  • take away
  • take effect
  • take for a ride
  • take hold
  • take hold of
  • take in
  • take it
  • take it lying down
  • take it on the chin
  • take off
  • take out
  • take sick with
  • takings
  • tap
  • terminate
  • think
  • think of as
  • thrash
  • tolerate
  • top
  • tote
  • tough it out
  • tour
  • transcend
  • translation
  • treat
  • trek
  • trick
  • trim
  • triumph
  • trounce
  • truck
  • trust
  • undergo
  • understand
  • undertake
  • unseat
  • upend
  • upset
  • usher
  • utilize
  • vanquish
  • variation
  • version
  • wallop
  • want
  • warrant
  • waste
  • wax
  • weaken
  • wear
  • weather
  • welcome
  • whack
  • whip
  • wile
  • wilt
  • win
  • win favor
  • winnings
  • wither
  • withstand
  • work
  • worsen
  • worst
  • yield

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