HANGING Synonyms: 135 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈhaŋ-iŋ

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as in bowing

bending downward or forward hanging branches blocked our way for a good part of the trail

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as in dangling

extending freely from a support from above light from a hanging chandelier filled the great hall

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hanging

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noun

as in downhill

a downward slope with a steep hanging like that, the roofers can't be too careful

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hanging

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verb

present participle of hang

as in swinging

to place on an elevated point without support from below hang your coats on the coat rack in the hall

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as in depending

to be determined by, based on, or subject (to) our plan to go to the amusement park has all been worked out; now it just hangs on the weather

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as in drooping

to be limp from lack of water or vigor as they neared the end of the long, hard march all but the most hardy were hanging, and some could barely put one foot in front of the other

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as in hovering

to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air hanging just above the horizon was a little pink cloud

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as in basing

to find a basis that's very slim evidence upon which to hang a theory

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Adjective

Believe it or not, many modern garment bags come with extra storage features for things like laptops, shoes, and non-hanging clothes. —

Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2022 One such trip for Buttigieg happens to be to New Hampshire Monday to do two hanging-curveball events—one on expanding commuter rail, the other on money in the infrastructure bill to improve the Manchester mill yard. —

Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 13 Dec. 2021

Noun

Photos shared by the department showed the entire truck dangling off the highway, with just its rear hanging on the guardrail. —

NBC News, 6 Aug. 2024 Samuel Johnson, as instinctively humane a man as might ever be found, was indignant when, in mid-eighteenth-century London, hangings—often for crimes as petty as pickpocketing—were moved from Tyburn, today’s Marble Arch, to more discreet premises inside Newgate Prison. —

Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for hanging

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