Synonyms of meshes

meshes 1 of 2

noun

plural of mesh

as in web

something that catches and holds

a routine request that got hung up in the meshes of the state bureaucracy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• web
• tangle
• trap
• entanglement
• snare
• maze
• labyrinth
• net
• morass
• snarl
• noose
• quicksand
• quagmire
• tanglement
• toil(s)
• knot
• spiderweb
• cat's cradle
• cobweb

meshes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mesh

as in traps

to catch or hold as if in a net

dolphins sometimes become meshed in fishnets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• traps
• tangles
• nets
• enmeshes
• entraps
• snares
• ensnares
• immeshes
• entangles
• involves
• captures
• entoils
• ensnarls
• catches up
• implicates
• collars
• bags
• embroils
• birdlimes
• mires

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• detaches
• disentangles
• disengages
• frees
• liberates
• untangles
• clears
• extricates