Hold and Issue

Opposite meaning words

Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.

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Issue is an antonym for hold.

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

Issue verb - To produce and release for distribution in printed form.

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Hold is an antonym for issue in topics: distribute, emit.

Nearby Words: issued, issuing, issuance, issuer

old	old hold	old issue
full	full hold	full issue
complex	complex hold	complex issue
original	original hold	original issue
Other adjectives: single, small, actual, entire, big, huge, little, main, famous, mental, psychological, final, last, bigger, biggest.

Instead of a Crown the Fire Lord and his family wear hairpins of increasing ornateness to hold the topknots that are more or less standard issue for Fire Nation nobility.

Source: Requisite Royal Regalia
In Tir Isarnagiri, one person only can hold the land; this is an issue for Maga and Allel, as they were rivals for the throne before they married and she became king.

Source: Literature / Sulien
Walking Shirtless Scene: Hawkman, every issue, since his design incorporates straps to hold his wings rather than a shirt.

Source: Comic Book / Justice Society of America

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