Definitions

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

"We reinvented the bag mitt but Paul takes care of all that," Frank says.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

Then he got Harper to fly out on a changeup, pumping a fist into his mitt as he skipped off the field.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

So even if the batter swung and the ball wound up in my mitt, I wouldn’t have been able to get it to our third-base girl fast enough for her to tag B-Cubed out.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone

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