RIVET Synonyms

• cause to be attached

• be attached; be in contact with

• become attached

• create social or emotional ties

• take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

• a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together

• fasten or fix with a clamp

• impose or inflict forcefully

• cause to be firmly attached

• become fixed or fastened

• attach to

• make tight or tighter

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug

• the act of putting something in working order again

• an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear

• a determination of the place where something is

• restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

• cause to be firmly attached

• decide upon or fix definitely

• prepare for eating by applying heat

• take vengeance on or get even

• set or place definitely

• kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study

• make fixed, stable or stationary

• make infertile

• influence an event or its outcome by illegal means

• put (something somewhere) firmly

• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

• to be about to do something

• free from fear or doubt; easy in mind

• free from danger or risk

• not likely to fail or give way

• immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with

• financially safe

• get by special effort

• cause to be firmly attached

• assure payment of

• make certain of

• fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

• furnish with battens

• make tight or tighter

• become tight or tighter

• severely restrict in scope or extent

• narrow or limit

• of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually

• an area that is approximately central within some larger region

• the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher

• a building dedicated to a particular activity

• a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• the object upon which interest and attention focuses

• a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process

• the middle of a military or naval formation

• (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team

• (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback

• a place where some particular activity is concentrated

• politically moderate persons; centrists

• (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team

• the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering

• mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace

• the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game

• (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play

• a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game

• equally distant from the extremes

• center upon

• direct one's attention on something

• move into the center

• an area that is approximately central within some larger region

• a low-lying region in central France

• a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

• a place where some particular activity is concentrated

• the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• the object upon which interest and attention focuses

• a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process

• a building dedicated to a particular activity

• move into the center

• direct one's attention on something

• the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore

• a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water

• a concentrated example of something

• make denser, stronger, or purer

• direct one's attention on something

• make central

• make more concise

• draw together or meet in one common center

• compress or concentrate

• be cooked until very little liquid is left

• cook until very little liquid is left

• the concentration of attention or energy on something

• maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system

• maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea

• a central point or locus of an infection in an organism

• special emphasis attached to something

• a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges

• a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section

• direct one's attention on something

• cause to converge on or toward a central point

• bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions

• become focussed or come into focus

• put (an image) into focus

• any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)

• any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal

• a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass

• direct one's attention on something

• a man who is virile and sexually active

• ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)

• an upright in house framing

• adult male horse kept for breeding

• poker in which each player receives hole cards and the remainder are dealt face up; bets are placed after each card is dealt

• scatter or intersperse like dots or studs

• provide with or construct with studs