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 168 synonyms and 23 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for nets

Brussels laces
abducts
ambushes
apprehends
arrests
artifices
bags
bays
birdlimes
bobbinets
bodies
booby traps
bottom lines
bullseyes
captures
catches
catches up
centerpieces
cheats
clasps
cleans up
cleanups
clears
clutches
cobwebs
collars
compensations
contents
cops
cores
corners
corrals
courses
cruces
cruxes
deceptions
detains
directions
double-dealings
drifts
duplicities
earnings
earns
embroils
emoluments
enmeshes
enmeshments
ensnares
ensnarls
entanglements
entangles
entoils
entrapments
entraps
envelopments
essences
filigrees
fishnets
fists
gains
garners
gets
gists
gloms
gloves
grabs
grapples
grasps
grilles
grills
grips
grosses
halters
hazards
hearts
holds
hooks
hypotheses
immeshes
implicates
incomes
interests
involves
kernels
keynotes
kidnaps
killings
knots
labyrinths
laces
land mines
lands
lassos
lattices
lucre
makes
marquisettes
mazes
meat and potatoes
meats
meshes
mires
morasses
nabs
nails
nettings
networks
nobbles
nooses
nubbins
nubs
nuclei
nucleuses
payments
payoffs
pays
pitfalls
piths
pivots
ploys
points
proceeds
profits
propositions
purports
quagmires
quicksands
raps
realizes
remittals
rends
requitals
returns
revenues
roots
ropes
ruses
salaries
sales
screenings
screens
secures
seizes
snags
snares
snarls
snatches
spiderwebs
subjects
substances
subterfuges
sums
tanglements
tangles
tenors
themes
theses
toils
traps
tricks
tulles
wages
webbings
webs
windfalls
wireworks
wrests
yields

Antonyms for nets

charges
clears
costs
detaches
disbursements
discharges
disengages
disentangles
drops
expenditures
expenses
extricates
frees
grosses
liberates
loosens
losses
misses
outgoes
outlays
releases
unhands
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 191 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to nets, such as: Brussels laces, abducts, ambushes, apprehends, arrests, artifices, bags.

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