Synonyms for ring

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : ring

Phonetic Transcription : rɪŋ

Top 10 synonyms for ring

Other synonyms for the word ring

Définition of ring

Origin : "circular band," Old English hring "small circlet, especially one of metal for wearing on the finger or as part of a mail coat; anything circular," from Proto-Germanic *khrengaz (cf. Old Norse hringr, Old Frisian hring, Danish, Swedish, Dutch ring, Old High German hring, German Ring), literally "something curved," from PIE *skrengh- nasalized form of (s)kregh-, from root *(s)ker- "to turn, bend," with wide-ranging derivative senses (cf. Latin curvus "bent, curved," crispus "curly;" Old Church Slavonic kragu "circle," and perhaps Greek kirkos "ring," koronos "curved").
Other Old English senses were "circular group of persons," also "horizon." Meaning "place for prize fight and wrestling bouts" (early 14c.) is from the space in a circle of bystanders in the midst of which such contests once were held, "... a circle formed for boxers, wrestlers, and cudgel players, by a man styled Vinegar; who, with his hat before his eyes, goes round the circle, striking at random with his whip to prevent the populace from crowding in" [Grose, 1788]. Meaning "combination of interested persons" is from 1829. Of trees, from 1670s; fairy ring is from 1620s. Ring finger is Old English hringfingr, a compound found in other Germanic languages. To run rings round (someone) "be superior to" is from 1891.
Nursery rhyme ring a ring a rosie is attested in an American form (with a different ending) from c.1790. "The belief that the rhyme originated with the Great Plague is now almost universal, but has no evidence to support it and is almost certainly nonsense" ["Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore"]. This proposal of connection dates only to the late 1960s.

noun circle; circular object
noun group participating together
noun chime, bell-like noise
verb encircle
verb chime; make bell-like noise

Example sentences :

To the porter who answered his ring he handed the message to be put off at the first stop.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

The ring of anxiety in Grace's voice had not been lost upon her.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

A helmet fell from his hands on the floor with a ring of steel.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

He stepped to a corner of the room and by a ring he raised a trapdoor.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

And he had actually given that ring into the keeping of this girl!
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

You see, she finds the ring, as I knew she would from the moment that your string twanged.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Isn't it a wonder that we ever take the risk of having one ring in our ears forever?
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

Thus it was possible to ring the doorbell from the pavement, and this the stranger did.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

She stood looking down, twisting her ring around her finger.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

His eyes, lifted from the ring, fell on the red glow of the roses that had come that morning.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Antonyms for ring

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