Find the synonyms or antonyms of a word



Antonyms for boot


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : boot
Phonetic Transcription : but



Definition of boot

Origin :
  • footwear, early 14c., from Old French bote "boot" (12c.), with corresponding words in Provençal and Spanish, of unknown origin, perhaps from a Germanic source. Originally for riding boots only. An old Dorsetshire word for "half-boots" was skilty-boots [Halliwell, Wright].
  • noun heavy, often tall, shoe
  • verb kick; oust
  • verb start operating system
Example sentences :
  • I'll trade this chestnut—and he's a fine traveler—with a good price to boot.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • But this time he saw only the foot of the woman clad in a man's boot.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • So saying, he thrust his boot into the snow, intending to kick it over the girl.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • "It wasn't anything," said Grant shortly, tugging at a boot.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • As well try to mend a spider's web when you have put your boot through it.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • After hailing the morn with this second salutation, he threw a boot at the woman as a third.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • I closed them again quickly as some one approached and prodded me with the toe of his boot.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • Then he looked at his boot; its heel was covered with blood.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • Fandor tried to follow its outline with the toe of his boot.
  • Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
  • She pulled and pushed and twisted, gasping with pain; the boot would not stir.
  • Extract from : « Polly of Lady Gay Cottage » by Emma C. Dowd

Synonyms for boot

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019