Antonyms for pry
praɪpry

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1. pry

   Antonyms:
   connive, overlook, disregard, pretermit

   Synonyms:
   peer, peep, scrutinize, inquire

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1. crowbar, wrecking bar, pry, pry barverb

   a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge

   Synonyms:
   wrecking bar, crowbar, pry bar

2. pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmyverb

   to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

   "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"

   Synonyms:
   prize, poke, intrude, treasure, nose, esteem, lever, respect, appreciate, horn in, value, jimmy, prise

3. pryverb

   be nosey

   "Don't pry into my personal matters!"

   Synonyms:
   prize, poke, intrude, nose, lever, horn in, jimmy, prise

4. intrude, horn in, pry, nose, pokeverb

   search or inquire in a meddlesome way

   "This guy is always nosing around the office"

   Synonyms:
   stab, nuzzle, dig, horn in, intrude, prize, jab, nose, wind, lever, obtrude, trespass, irrupt, thump, scent, jimmy, prise, prod, pound, poke

5. pry, priseverb

   make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry

   "They pried the information out of him"

   Synonyms:
   prize, poke, intrude, nose, esteem, lever, respect, horn in, value, jimmy, prise

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1. prynoun

   Synonyms:
   lever, leverage

2. pryverb

   Synonyms:
   prize, gaze, inspect

How to use pry in a sentence?

1. Cody Orell:

   On Sunday she was going out to meet someone and wasn’t saying who. I didn’t pry into it then, but. of course, now I wish….

2. Jerry Healy:

   You know all the years I knew Tommy, I never heard him mention a sister or a mother or a brother or a father, you could never pry anything from him.

3. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone:

   The intention is certainly not to pry into the private lives of the teachers. We certainly aren't going to do that. People are entitled to their private lives, but teachers also have to respect the mission of the school in the way they live their public lives.

4. Robert Browning:

   Where the apple reddens never pry -- lest we lose our Edens, Eve and I.

5. Cody Orell:

   On Sunday she was going out to meet someone and wasn’t saying who. I didn’t pry into it then, but, of course, now I wish….

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