TOW Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

ˈtō

Definition of tow

as in to pull

to cause to follow by applying steady force on towed the car into the shop for repair

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noun

as in tug

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Verb

The boat was removed from the Santa Rosa Island beach by a towing company and transported to Ventura Harbor, the service said. — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026 And then there was audio of a noisy phone call that Wells’s friends had made to a boat-towing company, reporting that one of the boats was taking in water. — Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026

Noun

For the last year, the site was covered with asphalt and used as a tow pound, officials said. — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026 Dozens of minibikes were loaded onto tow vehicles as, behind yellow tape, parents could be seen waiting to pick up their children. — Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tow

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Achane’s replacement scored at the end of the third quarter pulled Miami within a score, making it 12-10 headed into the fourth quarter.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
Like a matador swirling his cape, Patrick Roden-Reynolds pulled a swatch of white flannel this way and that on the grass and leaf litter in my yard.

— Bob Drogin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of pull

Noun

The knitting process is portable and easy, but the structure also means a tug on one loose end can quickly unravel the whole project.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
Barr allegedly stole an Alaska Airlines tug from the field, crashed it into another vehicle near Gate 7, and then attempted to steal an American Airlines lavatory truck, but was taken into custody by airport police.

— Breaking News, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of tug

Verb

Four of the 14 were arrested in an attempt to haul bundles of cash out of the home of the attorney general and into the back of an ambulance, Interior Minister Marco Antonio Oviedo said.

— Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026
Every chip and solar panel has to be hauled into orbit, and every answer those chips produce has to come back down.

— Peter Hall, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of haul

Noun

Set in a garden near the Bahnhofstrasse shopping drag (Zurich's equivalent of Fifth Avenue), the hotel looks right onto Lake Zurich and the Alps—but that's not the only nice view.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Atlanta Pride Festival and Parade The Southeast’s largest Pride celebration includes concerts, dance parties, a parade and the Starlight Cabaret outdoor drag show.

— Mary Caldwell, AJC.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of drag

Noun

Disney’s ubiquity Canceling Disney+ was simple but threw a hefty wrench into my evening routine.

— Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026
Major hurricanes are a wrench in the system when they become absorbed in the jet stream, as Polo will be early next week, so how exactly this plays out will be closely watched.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of wrench

Noun

Bella’s childhood friend Angus (Jake Simmance), a corporate jerk, condescendingly probes Johnny about his career.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
There was significant excitement over the first-look footage revealing perhaps the world’s biggest movie star transforming himself to become a portly, gray-haired jerk in an offbeat feature focusing on climate change.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026

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