cinch

¹cinch

noun \ˈsinch\

Definition of CINCH

1

: a girth for a pack or saddle

2

: a tight grip

3

a : a thing done with ease b : a certainty to happen <it's a cinch he'll break the record>

Examples of CINCH

1. This recipe is a cinch.
2. This dish is a cinch to make.

Origin of CINCH

Spanish cincha, from Latin cingula girdle, girth, from cingere — more at cincture

First Known Use: 1859

Related to CINCH

Synonyms: breeze, cake, cakewalk, child's play, cream puff, duck soup, kid stuff, picnic, pushover, roses, snap, piece of cake, walk in the park

Antonyms: bear, beast, chore, headache, horror show, killer, labor, murder, pain, sticky wicket, stinker [slang]

Related Words: no-brainer, nothing; sitting duck; gimme, laugher, walkaway

Near Antonyms: brainteaser, poser, stumper, toughie (also toughy); bother, nuisance, trouble

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Other Equestrian Terms

canter, cantle, curry, farrier, hunter, paddock, router, skirt, tack

Rhymes with CINCH

chinch, clinch, finch, flinch, grinch, inch, lynch, Minch, pinch, squinch, winch