Synonyms of the word zipper


ZIPPERFASTEN - FASTENER - FASTENING - FIX - FIXING - HOLDFAST - SECURE - ZIP

zipper

  • n. (chiefly US, Australia) A zip fastener.
  • n. A pressure-sensitive plastic closure.
  • n. (biochemistry) leucine zipper.
  • v. to close a zipper.
  • v. to put a zipper on an article.

fasten

  • v. To attach or connect in a secure manner.
  • v. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land.

fastener

  • n. something or someone that fastens.
  • n. mechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers,…

fastening

  • v. present participle of fasten.
  • n. a hook or similar restraint used to fasten things together.

fix

  • n. A repair or corrective action.
  • n. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma.
  • n. (informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
  • n. A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game,…
  • n. A determination of location.
  • n. (US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace).
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
  • v. (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
  • v. (transitive) To mend, to repair.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To prepare (food).
  • v. (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular…
  • v. (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
  • v. (transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
  • v. (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will…
  • v. (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
  • v. (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
  • v. (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal;…

fixing

  • n. The act of subverting (fixing) a vote.
  • n. (Britain, usually in the plural) Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs,…
  • n. See fixings.
  • v. present participle of fix.
  • v. (Southern US, slang, with infinitive) Going; preparing; ready. Only used in fixing to.

holdfast

  • n. Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened.
  • n. (zoology) A root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile…
  • n. (archaic, medicine) Actinomycosis.

secure

  • adj. Free from attack or danger; protected.
  • adj. Free from the danger of theft; safe.
  • adj. Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
  • adj. Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
  • adj. Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
  • adj. Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
  • adj. Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly…
  • adj. Overconfident; incautious; careless.
  • v. To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
  • v. To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against…
  • v. To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
  • v. To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.

zip

  • n. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
  • n. (informal) Energy; vigor; vim.
  • n. (Britain, New Zealand) A zip fastener.
  • n. (slang) Zero; nothing.
  • n. A trip on a zipline.
  • n. (computing, informal) A zip file.
  • n. (slang) An ounce of marijuana.
  • interj. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
  • v. (transitive) To close with a zip fastener.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To close as if with a zip fastener.
  • v. (transitive, computing) To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file,…
  • v. (intransitive) (followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified…
  • v. (intransitive, colloquial) (followed by a preposition) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to…
  • v. (transitive) To make (something) move quickly.
  • v. To travel on a zipline.
  • n. (US) A ZIP code; a US postal code.
  • n. (US, by extension) Any postal code, for any country.

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