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Synonyms of ring in English

: ring1ring2

ring1


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noun

1‘a ring round the moon means rain’

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circle, circlet, band, round, loop, hoop, circuit, halo, disc

2‘she wasn't wearing a ring’

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wedding ring, band of gold, marriage token

3‘a circus ring’

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arena, enclosure, area, field, ground, platform
amphitheatre, colosseum, stadium

4‘a ring of onlookers forms around them’

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circle, group, knot, cluster, bunch, band, gathering, throng, crowd, flock, assemblage, mob, pack

5‘a large spy ring existed right under their noses’

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gang, syndicate, cartel, mob, band, organization, confederation, confederacy, federation, union, association, circle, society, combine, consortium, alliance, league, cabal, cell, coterie, crew, junta

verb

1‘riot police ringed the building’

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circle, encircle, circumscribe, encompass, loop, gird, girdle, enclose, surround, embrace, form a ring round, go around, hem in, fence in, confine, seal off

Synonyms of ring in English

: ring1ring2

ring2


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See Spanish definition of anillo

verb

1‘the vicar arranged to ring the church bells’

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toll, sound, strike, peal
press, set off
rare tintinnabulate

2‘church bells rang all day’

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chime, ring out, chime out, toll, peal, knell
sound, clang, bong, clink, ding, jingle, tinkle

3‘I'll ring you tomorrow’

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telephone, phone, call, call up, give someone a ring, give someone a call, get someone on the phone, get on the phone to, get, reach, dial, make a call, place a call, make a call to, place a call to
British ring up
informal buzz, give someone a buzz
British informal bell, give someone a bell, give someone a tinkle, get on the blower to
North American informal get someone on the horn

noun

1‘there was the sharp ring of a bell from the gate’

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ringing, chime, carillon, toll, tolling, peal, knell
sound, sounding, clang, clanging, clink, clinking, ding, dinging, jingle, jingling, tinkle, tinkling
archaic tocsin
rare tintinnabulation

2‘I'll give Chris a ring’

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call, telephone call, phone call
informal buzz
British informal bell, tinkle

Phrases

    ring with

    ‘the whole cellar rang with laughter’


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    resound, reverberate, resonate, echo, re-echo
    vibrate, pulsate
    ring something in

    ‘the bells were beginning to ring in the new year’


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    herald, signal, announce, proclaim, usher in, introduce, launch, celebrate, mark, signify, indicate, give notice of
    literary betoken, harbinger, knell