How words are described
| fellow | fellow anchor | fellow staff |
| old | old anchor | old staff |
| female | female anchor | female staff |
| normal | normal anchor | normal staff |
| Other adjectives: regular, current, original, single, heavy, small, actual, real, male, massive, large, black, main, young, new, senior, former. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Becoming greatly outnumbered by several dozen rogue agent Smiths, Neo improvises a staff from a steel pole pulled from its concrete anchor in The Matrix Reloaded, walloping Smiths like baseballs and keeping those Smiths at bay until twice as many arrive to pull the fight to a weak stalemate.
Source: Simple Staff -
The Show Within a Show's anchor Will McAvoy, a self-described conservative, and the rest of his staff regularly tear into Tea Party-aligned characters on the show, with Will stating that they are not true conservatives.
Source: Straw Character -
Standout examples include Gao Silver's Hustler Rod (a sword, rifle and pool cue), Bouken Silver's Saga Sniper (gun, staff and metal detector) and Gokai Silver's Gokai Spear (trident, laser gun and anchor).
Source: Swiss Army Weapon
Cite this Source
Staff and Anchor. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/anchor/staff
Anchor & Staff. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/anchor/staff>.
Staff or Anchor. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/anchor/staff.
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