mitt

[mit] / mɪt /

NOUN

arrest

Synonyms

STRONGEST

capture detention imprisonment incarceration jailing

STRONG

accommodation apprehension appropriation bag bust captivity collar commitment confinement constraint crimp drop fall gaff glom grab heat hook nab nail nick nip pickle pinch pull restraining sequestering snare sweep

WEAK

booby trap pick up preventive custody protective custody pull in run-in

Antonyms

STRONGEST

freedom release

STRONG

liberation refusal rise

WEAK

activation encouragement letting go

NOUN

fist

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clenched fist hand paw

STRONG

clasp clutch grasp grip hold vise

NOUN

glove

Synonyms

STRONG

gage gauntlet mitten muff

NOUN

hand

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appendage fist grip palm

STRONG

duke extremity fin grasp hold hook metacarpus paw shaker

Antonyms

STRONGEST

foot

Example Sentences

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I'm staying in shape and enjoying some mitt work.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

He now keeps a catcher’s mitt on his desk—in Dick’s green.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Out came bowling coach Morne Morkel to catch extra work with his baseball mitt.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

It’s a familiar problem to anyone who had a baseball mitt as a kid.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

She tugged an oven mitt onto each hand and opened the oven door, then set the cake pans on the center rack.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff

mitt

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