HAUL: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for HAUL?

Need another word that means the same as “haul”? Find 25 synonyms and 30 related words for “haul” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Haul” are: cart, drag, hale, pull, tug, heave, hump, trail, draw, tow, manhandle, transport, convey, carry, ship, ferry, move, shift, take, catch, haulage, booty, loot, plunder

Haul as a Noun

Definitions of "Haul" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “haul” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A distance to be covered in a journey.
• The quantity that was caught.
• The number of points, medals, or titles won by a person or team in a sporting event or over a period.
• The act of drawing or hauling something.
• All the products purchased by someone during a particular episode of shopping.
• A quantity of something that has been stolen or is possessed illegally.
• A number of fish caught.

Synonyms of "Haul" as a noun (6 Words)

catch	Anything that is caught especially if it is worth catching. There s a catch in it somewhere.
draw	An act of drawing on a cigarette or cigar. The draw has been made for this year s tournament.
haulage	A charge for the commercial transport of goods. Road haulage.
loot	Money. Ten thousand quid is a lot of loot.
plunder	The violent and dishonest acquisition of property. The army sacked the city and carried off huge quantities of plunder.

Usage Examples of "Haul" as a noun

• Included in her beauty haul were a lot of facial masks.
• The thirty-mile haul to Boston.
• His seven-goal haul against Liverpool.
• The haul up the hill went very slowly.
• I'm really pleased with my haul as I think I got some great bargains.
• He landed a record pike haul.
• They escaped with a haul of antiques.

Haul as a Verb

Definitions of "Haul" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “haul” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Force (someone) to appear for reprimand or trial.
• Propel or pull oneself with difficulty.
• (especially of a sailing ship) make an abrupt change of course.
• (of a vehicle) pull (an attached trailer or carriage) behind it.
• Draw slowly or heavily.
• (of a person) pull or drag with effort or force.
• Transport in a vehicle.
• Transport in a lorry or cart.

Synonyms of "Haul" as a verb (19 Words)

carry	Persuade (others) to support one’s policy. The product does not carry the swallow symbol.
cart	Transport something in a cart. They were carted off to the nearest police station.
convey	Transfer the title to (property. It s impossible to convey how lost I felt.
drag	Catch hold of and pull (something. My girlfriend is dragging me off to Rhodes for a week.
draw	Engage in drawing. I draw a line here.
ferry	Travel by ferry. Ambulances ferried the injured to hospital.
hale	To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means.
heave	Lift or elevate. My stomach heaved.
manhandle	Handle (someone) roughly by dragging or pushing. Men used to manhandle the piano down the stairs.
move	Have a turn make one s move in a game. She intends to move an amendment to the Bill.
pull	Bring take or pull out of a container or from under a cover. The ad pulled in many potential customers.
shift	Make a shift in or exchange of. She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case.
ship	Hire for work on a ship. Jack you shipped with the Admiral once didn t you.
take	Be designed to hold or take. Take an aspirin and lie down.
tow	Of a motor vehicle or boat pull another vehicle or boat along with a rope chain or tow bar. A man called to tow the car away.
trail	Apply (slip) through a nozzle or spout to decorate ceramic ware. The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart.
transport	Transport commercially. The bulk of freight traffic was transported by lorry.
tug	Tow a vessel with a tug. The prisoner tugged at the chains.

Usage Examples of "Haul" as a verb

• He hauled his bike out of the shed.
• He is to be hauled before the Press Council.
• She hauled on the reins.
• He hauled himself along the cliff face.
• My plan was to haul offshore, well clear of the land.
• Haul stones from the quarry in a truck.
• Haul vegetables to the market.
• He made a living hauling coal.
• Haul nets.
• The engine hauls the overnight sleeper from London Euston.
• Haul stones.

Associations of "Haul" (30 Words)

anchorage	An area off the coast which is suitable for a ship to anchor. The plant needs firm anchorage.
astern	(of a ship or an airplane) behind. We dropped her astern on the end of a seven inch manilla and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide.
barge	Convey freight by barge. Just barge the other skater off the ball.
bring	Go or come after and bring or take back. I ll give you an aspirin to bring down your temperature.
bullock	Castrated bull. People have dropped dead bullocking their guts out.
cart	Convey or put in a cart or similar vehicle. My mother carted us around from one activity to another.
collier	A ship carrying coal.
drag	A hunt using a drag lure. The drag of the current.
dredge	Bring up or clear something from a river harbour or other area of water with a dredge. The lower stretch of the river had been dredged.
drone	A musical instrument or part of one sounding a continuous note of low pitch in particular also drone pipe a pipe in a bagpipe or also drone string a string in an instrument such as a hurdy gurdy or a sitar. Only twenty minutes of the hour long drone had passed.
elicit	Evoke or draw out (a reaction, answer, or fact) from someone. I tried to elicit a smile from Joanna.
galley	A printer’s proof in the form of long single-column strips, not in sheets or pages.
gravitational	Denoting a forceful attraction or movement towards something. The gravitational field of the comet is very weak.
handled	Having a handle or handles, especially of a specified type or number. A two handled cup.
haulage	The act of drawing or hauling something. Road haulage.
lifeboat	A specially constructed boat launched from land to rescue people in distress at sea.
ox	Used in names of wild animals related to or resembling a domesticated ox e g musk ox. Laden wagons pulled by lowing oxen travel down to the coast.
pull	In sport a pulling stroke. I pulled up some onions.
rend	Wrench (something) violently. Snapping teeth that would rend human flesh to shreds.
straighten	Straighten by unrolling. Straighten hair.
tow	An act of towing a vehicle or boat. A man called to tow the car away.
trail	A trailer for a film or broadcast. Her voice trailed away.
trigger	Release or pull the trigger on. The trigger for the strike was the closure of a mine.
truck	Convey goods etc by truck. My mate walked confidently behind them and trucked on through.
tug	Tow a ship by means of a tugboat. She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts.
tumbrel	A farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution.
tweak	Pull or pull out sharply. No tweaks were required.
unplug	Pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable. A procedure to unplug blocked arteries.
wheel	An instance of wheeling a turn or rotation. The stars wheeled through the sky.
wrest	Take (something, especially power or control) after considerable effort or difficulty. Wrest power from the old government.