Synonyms for collar
ˈkɒl ərcol·lar

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1. collar, neckbandnoun

   a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over

   Synonyms:
   dog collar, apprehension, leash, pinch, shoe collar, arrest, taking into custody, catch, neckband, choker

2. collarnoun

   (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal

   Synonyms:
   dog collar, apprehension, leash, pinch, shoe collar, arrest, taking into custody, catch, neckband, choker

3. collarnoun

   anything worn or placed about the neck

   "the thief was forced to wear a heavy wooden collar"; "a collar of flowers was placed about the neck of the winning horse"

   Synonyms:
   dog collar, apprehension, leash, pinch, shoe collar, arrest, taking into custody, catch, neckband, choker

4. collarnoun

   a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part

   Synonyms:
   dog collar, apprehension, leash, pinch, shoe collar, arrest, taking into custody, catch, neckband, choker

5. collar, shoe collarnoun

   the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot

   Synonyms:
   dog collar, apprehension, leash, pinch, shoe collar, arrest, taking into custody, catch, neckband, choker

6. collarnoun

   a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it

   Synonyms:
   dog collar, apprehension, leash, pinch, shoe collar, arrest, taking into custody, catch, neckband, choker

7. choker, collar, dog collar, neckbandnoun

   necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck

   Synonyms:
   throttler, apprehension, dog collar, shoe collar, clerical collar, ruff, garrotter, catch, neckband, pinch, choker, leash, garroter, ruffle, taking into custody, arrest, strangler, neck ruff

8. collar, leashnoun

   a figurative restraint

   "asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market"; "kept a tight leash on his emotions"; "he's always gotten a long leash"

   Synonyms:
   lead, dog collar, shoe collar, trey, trio, troika, ternary, terzetto, ternion, tierce, trinity, triplet, catch, neckband, threesome, pinch, trine, choker, tether, deuce-ace, leash, three, apprehension, triad, taking into custody, arrest, tercet

9. apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custodyverb

   the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

   "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"

   Synonyms:
   hitch, hint, touch, understanding, mite, jot, stoppage, apprehension, catch, halt, shoe collar, dog collar, snap, match, snatch, tinge, soupcon, exigency, speck, neckband, taking into custody, leash, stop, discernment, misgiving, emergency, arrest, tweak, pinch, stay, apprehensiveness, dread, savvy, gimmick, grab, haul, choker, check

10. collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, copverb

    take into custody

    "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

    Synonyms:
    quail at, cop, uplift, peck, hook, savvy, hear, complete, get, dig, percolate, hold back, nail, glom, nail down, pass with flying colors, perk up, smash, arrest, gather up, get word, nab, snitch, boom, call for, see, find out, turn back, grasp, perk, halt, gain vigor, knock off, ace, compass, receive, sweep through, stop, sail through, get the picture, pinpoint, turn around, apprehend, get a line, comprehend, lift up, peg, intoxicate, pick up, breeze through, contain, elate, catch, thieve, blast, grok, learn, get wind, hold, collect, discover, check

11. collarverb

    seize by the neck or collar

    Synonyms:
    arrest, pick up, nail, apprehend, cop, nab

12. collarverb

    furnish with a collar

    "collar the dog"

    Synonyms:
    arrest, pick up, nail, apprehend, cop, nab

Matched Categories

1. • Band
   • Brim
   • Equip
   • Neckpiece
   • Restraint
   • Ring
   • Seize
   • Zoology

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1. collarnoun

   Synonyms:
   neck-band

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1. collarnoun

   Synonyms:
   neckband, carcanet, ruff, ruche, collet, rabat, piccadilly, dickey, collarette

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1. List of paraphrases for "collar":

   necklace, collier, collet, col, bushing, neck, cols, cervix, pendant, pass, locket, snare, passes, stts

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How to use collar in a sentence?

1. Desiree Bullock:

   Boy's hair may not extend below the eyebrows, below the tops of the ears or below a conventional standup shirt collar, and must not be more than one-inch difference in the length of the hair on the side to the length of the hair on top.

2. Max Gokhman:

   We are increasingly seeing white-collar companies realize that the flexibility employees wanted for some time doesn’t come with any real drawbacks.

3. Kat Cammack:

   It is the blue-collar, working-class American that we are looking for, i want to see heart. I want to see moms elected to Congress. I want to see your blue-collar workers, your electricians, your contractors, your commercial sandblasters.

4. Ray Yip:

   All of my local Chinese friends, theyre white-collar, theyre well off, and none of them will buy medicine made in China. Thats just the way it is.

5. Nick Gradisar:

   Good jobs for blue-collar workers, those are hard to come by in this day and age.