hang Synonyms
Another word for hang
• verb (Context 1)
To suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part dangling free and unsupported.
"We decided to suspend the framed landscape above the living room mantelpiece."
• noun (Context 2)
A practical understanding of how to do, operate, or use something (chiefly in the phrase 'get the hang of').
"Riding a bicycle seems tricky at first, but you will quickly get the knack of it."
• verb (Context 3)
To let droop or incline downward (such as one's head or ears).
"The exhausted runner had to droop his head while catching his breath after the race."
• verb (Context 4)
To remain static or suspended in the air (such as smoke, fog, or a lingering scent).
"Thick mist continued to hover over the valley throughout the chilly morning."
• verb (Context 5)
To unexpectedly stop responding to input or cease functioning (of a computer program or system).
"The application tends to freeze whenever I try to export a very large video file."
• noun (Context 6)
The way in which a garment, curtain, or fabric falls, drapes, or suspends.
"The tailor adjusted the hem to improve the drape of the wool trousers."
• verb (Context 7)
To execute or kill someone by suspending them by the neck from a rope or gallows (with past tense and past participle 'hanged').
"In previous centuries, courts would routinely string up convicted pirates at the docks."
Opposites of hang
The opposite of hang shifts depending on context. Common opposites include: