NETTED Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb (1)

past tense of net

as in trapped

to catch or hold as if in a net the kite was stubbornly netted in the branches of the willow tree

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as in grabbed

to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly a police sting that netted drug dealers from all parts of the city

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netted

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verb (2)

past tense of net

as in earned

to receive after charges and deductions have been made the entrepreneur netted millions on that deal

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grossed

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Sixteen of the defendants were either ordered to serve probation or pay fines, none of which exceeded three years or netted the government more than $3,000 from a single conviction. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Pirani netted the equalizer in the 39th minute to cap the scoring. — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026 Three drives had netted 97 yards and no points, so Bieniemy called the offense together. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026 Muñiz helped defend the office’s inaction — even though New York’s attorney general acted on similar complaints in that state and netted a $25 million settlement for victims there. — Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026 Aho later netted his sixth goal of the season on a pass from William Carrier. — CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 That firm, Boies Schiller Flexner, has netted nearly $200,000 since last October. — Kate Payne, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026 The filing showed that Zaslav sold shares worth more than $224 million in WBD on conjunction with the acquisition, while options that were in the money netted him an additional $381 million or so. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026 That bet would’ve netted me $11,000 had Malaysia won, but FanDuel wouldn’t accept it and required me to lower my wager amount. — Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 26 Sep. 2026

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This year, heavensouls dropped westside trapped, a showcase of plundersymphonic finesse and a tribute to Nigerian beats.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
Rae, trapped in a ghetto in Novogrudok, watched the Nazis murder her mother and one of her sisters.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of trapped

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Nantz tried to knock the ball from Watt, but hit his wrist hard on the football and immediately grabbed his hand.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
The former center grabbed headlines in March for commenting on a Rangers loss that coincided with the team’s Pride Night celebration.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of grabbed

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The quarterback Mike Macdonald has earned his paychecks from making quarterbacks uncomfortable.

— Sam McDowell October 25, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
On every floor, display cabinets overflow with magic wands, sparkly hats, silk scarves, handcuffs, dice, Rubik's Cubes, toys, photographs and dozens of trophies earned by students in competitions all over the world.

— Julie Bourdin, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of earned

Verb

The costly dispute instead stretched for almost a decade, becoming tangled up with the War of the Austrian Succession.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Oct. 2026
Besides the challenge of rebuilding the tunnel, the railroad has been tangled for several years in legal disputes with the city of Fort Bragg and the California Coastal Commission.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of tangled

Verb

Her singing caught the attention of Abboud Saadi, the bassist for Lebanon’s most famous singer, Fairuz, who invited her to a recording session with Bypass Studio owner Ziad Rahbani.

— Shy Clara Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
Following her death, Trail dismembered Loofe’s body to avoid getting caught.

— Samantha Bergeson, Time, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of caught

Verb

Already the film has snared more than $50 million in presales, Disney said Wednesday during the Goldman Sachs’ Communcacopia + Technology conference.

— Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
With two outs and the bases loaded, Francisco Lindor snared a line drive by David Hamilton to keep the game tied.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of snared

Verb

In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Also unfinished are the high-speed rail and the Delta tunnel, major environmental infrastructure projects that have been seized upon by right-wing media as evidence of Newsom’s failures.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

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