Synonyms of fetch

fetch 1 of 3

verb

ˈfech 

as in to cost

to have a price of

those old toys that we tossed away are now fetching big bucks as antiques

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cost
• bring
• sell (for)
• go (for)
• run
• come (to)
• ask
• demand
• exact
• list (for)
• amount (to)
• command
• total

fetch

2 of 3

noun (1)

as in ruse

a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end

his latest fetch to win back his girlfriend smacks of desperation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ruse
• scheme
• trick
• device
• dodge
• sleight of hand
• play
• jig
• knack
• gambit
• stratagem
• juggle
• ploy
• bluff
• wile
• flimflam
• end run
• gimmick
• sleight
• deception
• shenanigan
• cunning
• swindling
• swindle
• artifice
• feint
• trickery
• hoax
• duplicity
• subterfuge
• jugglery
• smoke screen
• cheating
• front
• craft
• chicanery
• skulduggery
• dupery
• blind
• cozenage
• gaff
• fakery
• fraud
• legerdemain
• crookery
• sham

fetch

3 of 3

noun (2)

as in replica

something or someone that strongly resembles another

with its standard assortment of chain stores and central food court, the new mall is pretty much the fetch of 1,000 other malls

Synonyms & Similar Words

• replica
• image
• twin
• clone
• picture
• duplicate
• equivalent
• portrait
• double
• spit
• counterpart
• duplication
• mirror image
• alter ego
• carbon copy
• match
• carbon
• likeness
• facsimile
• spitting image
• look-alike
• ringer
• companion
• doppelgänger
• portrayal
• mate
• effigy
• fellow
• parallel
• equal
• analogue

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reverse
• opposite
• converse
• antithesis

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fetch

Verb

The truck was also more expensive than expected, with initial versions fetching more than $100,000, far more than the under-$40,000 starting price tag first touted in 2019. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026

Foundation hosted a number of notable auctions of the period, including Chris Torres’s Nyan Cat, which sold for the then-equivalent of about $600,000, and Edward Snowden’s Stay Free, produced with the Freedom of the Press Foundation, which fetched 2,224 ETH. —Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026

Noun

Lake-effect snow needs a strong temperature difference (cold air/warm lake), and the lake-effect snow fetch distance is the length of open water wind travels over, requiring at least 60 miles for significant lake-effect snow. —Vytas Reid, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026

Outside the shelter, 62-year-old Jeff Gregg was playing fetch with his dog, Ruffy. —Aaron Bolton, NPR, 6 Jan. 2026

Phrases Containing fetch

• fetch up