Synonyms for stab
stæbstab

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stab

   Synonyms:
   pierce, transfix, thrust

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. pang, stab, twingenoun

   a sudden sharp feeling

   "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience"

   Synonyms:
   twinge, pang, shot, sting, thrust, knife thrust

2. stab, thrust, knife thrustnoun

   a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument

   "one strong stab to the heart killed him"

   Synonyms:
   thrust, jabbing, shot, push, knife thrust, poking, drive, pang, driving force, poke, thrusting, twinge, jab

3. shot, stabverb

   informal words for any attempt or effort

   "he gave it his best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting"

   Synonyms:
   injection, scene, guess, dig, stroke, barb, pellet, gibe, guesswork, slam, crack, thrust, twinge, knife thrust, shooter, shooting, dead reckoning, guessing, blastoff, snap, pang, snapshot, shaft, shot, jibe

4. knife, stabverb

   use a knife on

   "The victim was knifed to death"

   Synonyms:
   prod, dig, knife, poke, jab

5. stab, jabverb

   stab or pierce

   "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife"

   Synonyms:
   prod, dig, knife, jab, poke

6. jab, prod, stab, poke, digverb

   poke or thrust abruptly

   "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

   Synonyms:
   compass, nose, incite, toil, pry, grind, dig, drudge, moil, dig up, jab, poke, horn in, delve, nudge, grasp, prod, egg on, thump, cut into, knife, travail, labour, get the picture, hollow, apprehend, pound, comprehend, turn over, excavate, savvy, labor, grok, intrude, poke at, dig out

Matched Categories

1. • Feeling
   • Injure
   • Thrust

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stabnoun

   Synonyms:
   thrust, stick

2. stabverb

   Synonyms:
   pierce, transfix, gore, spear

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stabnoun

   Synonyms:
   thrust, wound, stoccado

2. stabverb

   Synonyms:
   pierce, thrust, gore, transfix, backbite, malign

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1. List of paraphrases for "stab":

   stabbing, knife

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1. Grant William Robicheaux:

   I feared every time I'd walk my dog that somebody was going to shoot or stab me, somebody was going to follow through with these threats on me or my family.

2. Maurice Peoples:

   He had a beautiful smile, a heart of a lion, i don't understand that hate we have in this world nowadays... the hate some people can have in their heart... to want to stab somebody and shoot them because of the color of the skin.

3. Michael Gove:

   I think we again know that Stormzy, when he took to the stage at Glastonbury wearing a stab vest, he made clear what his political views were then, he is a far, far better rapper than he is a political analyst.

4. Chanelle Helm:

   Just stab the m ----- f ----- in the heart.

5. Prosecutor Scott Brown:

   The way he reacts with that anger is to stab this young woman to death and to dump her body in a cornfield.