Synonyms of hitches

hitches 1 of 2

noun

plural of hitch

1

as in snags

a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized

there are always a few hitches when you launch a system as complex as this one

Synonyms & Similar Words

• snags
• risks
• catches
• pitfalls
• land mines
• kickers
• gotchas
• booby traps
• catch-22s
• gimmicks
• jokers
• hazards
• perils
• trip wires
• bombs
• traps
• surprises
• snares
• webs
• catch-22's
• bombshells
• surprizes
• decoys
• baits
• lures

2

as in terms

a fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position

signed on for a three-year hitch in the army

Synonyms & Similar Words

• terms
• stints
• tenures
• tours
• shifts
• goes
• watches
• runs
• cycles
• durations
• times
• turns
• stretches
• spells
• lifetimes
• spans
• lives
• life spans
• standings

hitches

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of hitch

1

as in jerks

to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion

kept hitching up his pants because they were too big in the waist

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jerks
• yanks
• twitches
• lurches
• pulls
• tugs
• jolts
• shakes
• bumps
• grabs
• bucks
• hoicks
• tears
• drags
• jogs
• staggers
• snatches
• rips
• jiggles
• lugs
• tweaks
• jigs
• plucks
• joggles
• jounces
• wrenches
• snaps (up)
• pitches
• wrings
• wrests

2

as in connects

to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole

she escaped out the window by using a makeshift rope of bedsheets and clothing she'd hitched together

Synonyms & Similar Words

• connects
• strings
• chains
• couples
• integrates
• links
• hooks
• yokes
• interconnects
• combines
• compounds
• joins
• wires
• interlinks
• catenates
• concatenates
• conjugates
• welds
• dovetails
• interlocks
• cords
• intermeshes
• articulates
• fuses
• cements
• coalesces
• unites

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disconnects
• separates
• splits
• uncouples
• disjoins
• parts
• divides
• detaches
• disengages
• unhitches
• disunites
• dissevers
• unchains
• disjoints
• unyokes
• unlinks
• severs
• ruptures
• cleaves
• sunders

3

as in secures

to put securely in place or in a desired position

hitched the trailer to the back of the car

Synonyms & Similar Words

• secures
• fastens
• clamps
• catches
• fixes
• anchors
• sets
• stuffs
• moors
• embeds
• imbeds
• implants
• wedges
• lodges
• entrenches
• intrenches
• engrains
• ingrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loosens
• unfastens
• pulls
• looses
• tears (out)
• extracts
• prizes
• unfixes
• unlooses
• roots (out)
• unloosens
• uproots
• yanks
• pries
• wrests

4

as in bums

to travel by securing free rides

her brother hitched across the country after he graduated from college

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bums
• hijacks
• hitchhikes
• thumbs
• stows away
• highjacks
• carjacks