hanged

The word “hanged” has 1 syllable: hanged

It's pronounced as /hæŋd/


What is synonym and antonym for hanged?

In the thesaurus, “hanged” has 90 synonyms and 26 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for hanged along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for hanged

  • assumed
  • balanced
  • ballooned
  • based
  • bobbed
  • bowed
  • bowing
  • buoyed
  • cascaded
  • collapsed
  • crumpled
  • dangled
  • dangling
  • declined
  • declining
  • depended
  • descendant
  • descendent
  • descending
  • dipping
  • draped
  • drifted
  • drooped
  • drooping
  • droopy
  • dropped
  • established
  • falling
  • fell
  • festooned
  • flagged
  • floated
  • floppy
  • founded
  • garlanded
  • glided
  • grounded
  • hanging
  • hinged
  • hooked
  • hovered
  • inclining
  • jutted
  • limp
  • lolled
  • mounted
  • nodding
  • overhung
  • pendant
  • pendent
  • pendulous
  • pinned
  • poised
  • postulated
  • predicated
  • premised
  • presumed
  • presupposed
  • projected
  • protruded
  • rafted
  • rested
  • rid
  • rode
  • sagged
  • sagging
  • sailed
  • sank
  • sinking
  • slouched
  • slumped
  • slumping
  • slung
  • stayed
  • stooping
  • strung
  • stuck out
  • subsided
  • sunk
  • supposed
  • suspended
  • swagged
  • swam
  • swung
  • tacked
  • turned
  • wafted
  • weeping
  • wilted
  • yielded

Antonyms for hanged

Meanings of hanged

  • verb
    1. To be or remain suspended.
    2. To float, as if suspended.
    3. (of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
    4. To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
    5. To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges or the like.
    6. To execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.
    7. To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
    8. (used in maledictions) To damn.
    9. To loiter, hang around, to spend time idly.
    10. To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
    11. To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
    12. To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
    13. To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
    14. To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
    15. To stop responding to manual input devices such as keyboard and mouse.
    16. To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
    17. To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
    18. To be vulnerable to capture.
    19. Of a pitcher, to throw a hittable off-speed pitch.

Example Sentences

  • The criminal was hanged for his crimes after a lengthy trial.
  • The old man was deeply affected by the story of the man who had been hanged.
  • They found a note near the tree where the prisoner had been hanged.
  • In some countries, the law once required that certain offenses be hanged.
  • The history books described the event where the traitor was hanged in public.

On this page you'll find 116 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to hanged, such as: assumed, balanced, ballooned, based, bobbed, bowed, bowing.

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

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dabbled

dallied

  • aestivated
  • ambled
  • amused
  • be insincere with
  • boondoggle
  • bummed
  • carry on
  • cavorted
  • chilled
  • coquetted
  • cosset
  • courted
  • crawled
  • crept
  • dabbled
  • dawdled
  • decelerated
  • delayed
  • delighted
  • diddled
  • dillydallied
  • disported
  • diverted
  • dozed
  • drag
  • dragged
  • droned
  • dropped behind
  • eased
  • entertained
  • estivated
  • fell behind
  • filibustered
  • flirted
  • fool around
  • fool with
  • fooled
  • fooled around
  • footled
  • frisked
  • fritter away
  • frivol
  • frivoled
  • frivolled
  • frolic
  • frolicked
  • furloughed
  • gambol
  • gamboled
  • gambolled
  • goldbricked
  • hang about
  • hanged
  • have a fling
  • hibernated
  • horse around
  • hung
  • hung about
  • hung fire
  • idle
  • idled
  • inched
  • jerk off
  • jested
  • joked
  • joshed
  • kicked around
  • kicked back
  • kidded
  • killed time
  • lag
  • lagged
  • lallygagged
  • lazed
  • lazied
  • lead on
  • led on
  • linger
  • lingered
  • loafed
  • loiter
  • loitered
  • lolled
  • lollygag
  • lollygagged
  • lounged
  • lumbered
  • malingered
  • manipulated
  • marked time
  • mashed
  • messed
  • messed around
  • monkeyed
  • moped
  • moseyed
  • mucked
  • piddled
  • play around
  • play games with
  • played
  • pleased
  • plodded
  • poked
  • procrastinate
  • procrastinated
  • put off
  • put on
  • putter
  • razzed
  • recreated
  • relaxed
  • rested
  • ribbed
  • rollick
  • rollicked
  • romp
  • romped
  • sauntered
  • screwed around
  • shilly-shallied
  • shuffled
  • skylarked
  • sported
  • staggered
  • stalled
  • strolled
  • strung along
  • swanned
  • tamper
  • tarried
  • tarry
  • teased
  • temporized
  • toyed
  • trail
  • trifle with
  • trifled
  • truanted
  • vamped
  • vegged out
  • wanton
  • waste time
  • while away
  • wooed

sagged

tacked

  • adhered
  • affixed
  • attached
  • battened
  • belayed
  • bent
  • bolted
  • buttoned
  • cinched
  • clamped
  • clasped
  • clenched
  • clinched
  • clipped
  • coapted
  • connected
  • detoured
  • deviated
  • did up
  • diverged
  • fastened
  • fixed
  • glued
  • hanged
  • harnessed
  • hasped
  • hung
  • joined
  • laced
  • lashed
  • latched
  • linked
  • nailed
  • pasted
  • pinned
  • plastered
  • reaffixed
  • reattached
  • refastened
  • refixed
  • resecured
  • riveted
  • screwed
  • shackled
  • sheered
  • stapled
  • strapped
  • stuck
  • swerved
  • swung
  • tackled
  • tied
  • toggled
  • turned
  • turned back
  • turned off
  • united
  • veered
  • wheeled
  • yoked
  • zigzagged

wafted


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