All hold synonyms

verb hold

• fondle — to handle or touch lovingly, affectionately, or tenderly; caress: to fondle a precious object; to fondle a child.
• wield — to exercise (power, authority, influence, etc.), as in ruling or dominating.
• adhere — If you adhere to an opinion or belief, you support or hold it.
• cradle — A cradle is a baby's bed with high sides. Cradles often have curved bases so that they rock from side to side.
• restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
• cling — If you cling to someone or something, you hold onto them tightly.
• confine — To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
• hug — to clasp tightly in the arms, especially with affection; embrace.
• handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
• contain — If something such as a box, bag, room, or place contains things, those things are inside it.
• stick — a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.
• catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
• squeeze — to press forcibly together; compress.
• wring — to twist forcibly: He wrung the chicken's neck.
• possess — to have as belonging to one; have as property; own: to possess a house and a car.
• cleave — To cleave something means to split or divide it into two separate parts, often violently.
• bind — If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common.
• retain — to keep possession of.
• withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
• trammel — Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom.
• palm — any of numerous plants of the family Palmae, most species being tall, unbranched trees surmounted by a crown of large pinnate or palmately cleft leaves. Compare palm family.
• okay — to put one's endorsement on or indicate one's approval of (a request, piece of copy, bank check, etc.); authorize; initial: Would you OK my application?
• consider — If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
• credit — If you are allowed credit, you are allowed to pay for goods or services several weeks or months after you have received them.
• feel — to perceive or examine by touch.
• regard — to look upon or think of with a particular feeling: to regard a person with favor.
• aver — If you aver that something is the case, you say very firmly that it is true.
• reckon — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
• presume — to take for granted, assume, or suppose: I presume you're tired after your drive.
• sense — any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body: My sense of smell tells me that dinner is ready.
• judge — Alan L(aVern) born 1932, U.S. astronaut.
• assume — If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.
• deem — If something is deemed to have a particular quality or to do a particular thing, it is considered to have that quality or do that thing.
• think — to seem or appear (usually used impersonally with a dative as the subject).
• view — an instance of seeing or beholding; visual inspection.
• persevere — to persist in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement; continue steadfastly.
• resist — to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
• wear — to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
• persist — to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.: to persist in working for world peace; to persist in unpopular political activities.
• apply — If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.
• bolster — If you bolster something such as someone's confidence or courage, you increase it.
• shoulder — the part of each side of the body in humans, at the top of the trunk, extending from each side of the base of the neck to the region where the arm articulates with the trunk.
• buttress — Buttresses are supports, usually made of stone or brick, that support a wall.
• uphold — to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism: He fought the duel to uphold his family's honor.
• lock — a tress, curl, or ringlet of hair.
• prop — to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often followed by up): to prop an old fence; to prop up an unpopular government.
• sustain — to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
• underpin — to prop up or support from below; strengthen, as by reinforcing a foundation.
• brace — If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
• accommodate — If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.