rack

The word “rack” has 1 syllable: rack

It's pronounced as /ræk/

What is synonym and antonym for rack?

In the thesaurus, “rack” has 170 synonyms and 26 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for rack

Murphy bed
ache
afflict
affliction
aggravate
agitate
agonize
agony
anguish
annoy
arbor
asperity
assail
attack
badger
bassinet
batter
bed
bedevil
bedstead
beset
besiege
bother
box
bracket
bruise
bug
bunk
bunk bed
carry-cot
chafe
cot
couch
counter
cradle
crib
cripple
cross
crucible
crucify
crush
curse
damage
danger
daybed
difficulty
discomfort
discompose
disquiet
distress
disturb
dog
doss
emergency
exasperate
excruciate
excruciation
feather bed
fluster
force
four-poster
fray
furniture
futon
gall
get
grate
grieve
gripe
hagride
hammock
harass
hardship
harm
harrow
harry
hay
heartache
heartbreak
holder
hound
hurt
impair
irk
irritate
jeopardy
joylessness
kip
lair
lame
ledge
mangle
martyr
mattress
misery
molest
mutilate
nettle
oppress
overpower
overwhelm
pad
pain
pallet
pang
peeve
perch
persecute
perturb
pester
pinch
pique
plague
prick
pull
pursue
put out
rasp
receptacle
ride
rigor
rile
sack
sadness
shake
shakedown
shelf
sleigh bed
smart
smarting
smite
sofa
sofa bed
soreness
sorrow
stab
stand
sting
stitch
strain
stress
stretch
strike
structure
studio couch
tax
tear
throe
torment
torture
travail
trestle
trial
tribulation
trouble
trundle bed
try
twinge
tyrannize
unhappiness
upset
vex
victimize
water bed
weaken
woe
worry
wound
wrench
wring

Antonyms for rack

abet
aid
alleviation
assist
assuagement
comfort
consolation
console
content
delight
deliver
ease
help
peace
please
pleasure
quiet
release
relief
relieve
reprieve
security
solace
soothe
succor
well-being

Meanings of rack

noun
1. A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other.
2. Any of various kinds of frame for holding luggage or other objects on a vehicle or vessel.
3. A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.
4. A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes.
5. A bunk.
6. (by extension) Sleep.
7. A distaff.
8. A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with those of a gearwheel, pinion#, or worm, which is to drive or be driven by it.
9. A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with a pawl as a ratchet allowing movement in one direction only, used for example in a handbrake or crossbow.
10. A cranequin, a mechanism including a rack, pinion and pawl, providing both mechanical advantage and a ratchet, used to bend and cock a crossbow.
11. A set of antlers (as on deer, moose or elk).
12. A cut of meat involving several adjacent ribs.
13. A hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game.
14. A woman's breasts.
15. A friction device for abseiling, consisting of a frame with five or more metal bars, around which the rope is threaded.
16. A climber's set of equipment for setting up protection and belays, consisting of runners, slings, carabiners, nuts, Friends, etc.
17. A grate on which bacon is laid.
18. That which is extorted; exaction.
19. A set with a distributive binary operation whose result is unique.
20. A thousand pounds (£1,000), especially such proceeds of crime.
21. Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapour in the sky.
22. A fast amble.
23. A wreck; destruction.
24. A young rabbit, or its skin.
25. A clear, unsweetened aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Middle East.
26. The toothbrush tree, Salvadora persica.
verb
1. To place in or hang on a rack.
2. To torture (someone) on the rack.
3. To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
4. To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.
5. To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
6. To strike a male in the testicles.
7. To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
8. To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round.
9. To wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a rack.
10. To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.
11. (structural engineering) Tending to shear a structure (that is, force it to move in different directions at different points).
12. To stretch a person's joints.
13. To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir.
14. To fly, as vapour or broken clouds.
15. To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
16. (of a horse) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace.

Example Sentences

The mechanic carefully placed the tools back on the workshop rack after completing the repairs.
Hikers marveled at the breathtaking view from the mountain summit, where clouds clung to the rocky rack.
The chef reached for a spice jar from the well-organized spice rack to add the final touch to the dish.
The clothing store displayed a colorful array of sweaters on the neatly arranged rack.
The cyclist parked the bike on the sturdy bike rack before entering the cafe.

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