Synonyms for loom
lumloom

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.6 / 5 votes

1. loom

   Synonyms:
   glimmer, lower, gloam

   Antonyms:
   dwindle, pale, recede, fade, vanish, disappear

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1. loomverb

   a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile

2. loomverb

   come into view indistinctly, often threateningly

   "Another air plane loomed into the sky"

   Synonyms:
   tower, hulk, brood, predominate, bulk large, hover

3. loom, tower, predominate, hulkverb

   appear very large or occupy a commanding position

   "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall"

   Synonyms:
   rule, tower, predominate, hulk, dominate, brood, hover, prevail, bulk large, reign

4. brood, hover, loom, bulk largeverb

   hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing

   "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"

   Synonyms:
   levitate, stew, hover, predominate, linger, bulk large, oscillate, sulk, dwell, pout, hatch, cover, hulk, vacillate, grizzle, incubate, vibrate, tower, brood

5. loomverb

   weave on a loom

   "materials loomed in Egypt"

   Synonyms:
   tower, hulk, brood, predominate, bulk large, hover

Matched Categories

1. • Appear
   • Hang
   • Rise
   • Weave

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "loom":

   looms, looming

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1. Le Drian:

   The situation in Middle East is explosive, violence is doing the talking, war could loom, the president of the republic has decided to take all necessary political initiatives.

2. Julian Wang:

   The data showed the signs of stabilisation, which is very encouraging, however, public sector investment and housing market are slowing down. So the challenges still loom quite large in the second half of the year.

3. Rig Veda:

   Wake up with one mind, my friends, and kindle the fire, you many who share the same nest. Make your thoughts harmonious stretch them on the loom make a ship whose oars will carry us across.

4. Pascal Lee:

   The Apollo landing sites were all near the Moon’s equator, such that the Earth was almost directly overhead for the astronauts, but from the Philolaus skylights, Earth would loom just over the crater’s mountainous rim, near the horizon to the southeast.

5. Henry Ward Beecher:

   We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.