nets

The word “nets” has 1 syllable: nets

It's pronounced as /nɛts/


What is synonym and antonym for nets?

In the thesaurus, “nets” has 28 synonyms and 15 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for nets

  • ambushes
  • captures
  • catches
  • cores
  • earnings
  • earns
  • entanglements
  • essences
  • gains
  • grabs
  • hearts
  • kernels
  • lands
  • meshes
  • nettings
  • points
  • proceeds
  • profits
  • returns
  • roots
  • seizes
  • snares
  • snatches
  • sums
  • tangles
  • toils
  • traps
  • webs

Antonyms for nets

  • charges
  • clears
  • costs
  • detaches
  • disengages
  • disentangles
  • expenditures
  • expenses
  • frees
  • grosses
  • liberates
  • losses
  • misses
  • outlays
  • untangles

Meanings of nets

  • noun
    1. A mesh of string, cord or rope.
    2. A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
    3. A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
    4. Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
    5. (by extension) A trap.
    6. Of a polyhedron, any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form the polyhedron.
    7. A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.
    8. A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
    9. A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
    10. (by extension) The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).
    11. The amount remaining after expenses are deducted; profit.
  • verb
    1. To catch by means of a net.
    2. To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
    3. To enclose or cover with a net.
    4. To score (a goal).
    5. To hit the ball into the net.
    6. To form network or netting; to knit.
    7. To receive as profit.
    8. To yield as profit for.
    9. To fully hedge a position.

Example Sentences

  • The fishermen cast their nets into the sea early in the morning.
  • She carefully mended the torn nets before the next fishing trip.
  • The basketball player practiced shooting the ball through the nets.
  • Mosquito nets were distributed to prevent the spread of malaria.
  • The soccer team replaced the damaged nets on the goalposts.

On this page you'll find 43 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to nets, such as: ambushes, captures, catches, charges, clears, cores, costs.

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

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  • cowboy hats
  • fezes
  • garrison caps
  • hard hats
  • helmets
  • high hats
  • homburgs
  • hoods
  • mitres
  • opera hats
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  • picture hats
  • plug hats
  • porkpie hats
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daggers

  • acrimony
  • alienation
  • animosity
  • animus
  • antagonism
  • antipathy
  • bad blood
  • bayonets
  • bitterness
  • bodkins
  • bolos
  • bowie knives
  • cutlasses
  • cutters
  • dirks
  • dislike
  • hatred
  • hostility
  • ill will
  • loathing
  • machetes
  • malice
  • pocketknives
  • poniards
  • rancor
  • sabres
  • sheath knives
  • stilettoes
  • stilettos
  • stylets
  • switchblades
  • swords

earls

  • aristocrat
  • baronets
  • barons
  • blue blood
  • dukes
  • emperor
  • esquires
  • margraves
  • marquesses
  • marquis
  • marquises
  • patrician
  • princelings
  • princes
  • seigneurs
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earths

  • clay
  • coast
  • dirt
  • dust
  • globes
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  • land
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  • planets
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  • shore
  • surface
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