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Synonyms for wrist
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Princeton's WordNet3.3 / 3 votes

  1. wrist, carpus, wrist joint, radiocarpal joint, articulatio radiocarpeanoun

    a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones

    Synonyms:
    radiocarpal joint, carpus, wrist joint, articulatio radiocarpea

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Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 2 votes

  1. wristnoun

    Synonyms:
    CARPUS

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words5.0 / 1 vote

  1. wristnoun

    Synonyms:
    carpus

    Associated words:
    carpal, carpale

PPDB, the paraphrase database4.0 / 2 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "wrist":

    cuff, waist, fist, bracelet

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#5787bracelet
#7766fist
#8769wrist
#10050waist
#14945cuff
#282588carpus

How to use wrist in a sentence?

  1. David McQueen:

    Although AirTags are probably going to be fairly low priced, they may help to grow revenue, and users may buy multiple tags for different scenarios, such as for a bag, bike or car keys, it may also spark a rise in the manufacture of accessories to house the tags, such as a key fob, keychain or wrist strap.

  2. Chelsea Police:

    She suffered two serious slash wounds -- one to her neck and one to her wrist.

  3. Ken Meeks:

    It’s hard enough to get up in the morning and go through this tedious process of getting dressed and getting a cup of coffee. Then to do therapy is difficult. More mentally than physically. You do repetitive things — gross motor movement, something for the fingers, then something for the wrist. Repetitiveness is the key to all of this.

  4. Ron Wyden:

    A slap on the wrist from the FTC won't do the job, so under my bill Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg'd face jail time for lying to the government.

  5. Lafe Langford:

    I got ta go find Lafe Langford, she had a bullet through her wrist, but nevertheless, she was probably in the best shape to walk at that point. And so away she went.


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