Antonyms for stab
stæbstab

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

1. stab

   Synonyms:
   pierce, transfix, thrust

Matched Categories

1. • Feeling
   • Injure
   • Thrust

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms: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

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1. stabnoun

   Synonyms:
   thrust, wound, stoccado

2. stabverb

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

How to use stab in a sentence?

1. Donald Trump:

   You stab somebody and the newspapers say you didn't do it, and you say, 'Yes, I did. I did it.' 'No, you didn't.' 'Yes, I did! I stabbed him and it hit the belt'!

2. Kourtney Kardashian:

   My father was and still is such an influence and inspiration to him. I credit him for really opening up my eyes to racial injustice. It's because of him that I met my first Black person. Want to take a stab in the dark at who it was ? I know it's sort of weird to remember the first Black person Nicole Brown Simpson met but O.J. does leave a mark, or several, or none at all. I still don't know.

3. Coni Ross:

   In one-and-a-half seconds, a man can run 25 feet with a knife in his hands and stab you before you get your gun out, if your weapon is concealed you're dead.

4. Joe Murray:

   My client was in definite fear of his safety. Mr. Spitzer threatened to stab in him in the penis, saying different things each time he returned to the table, this guy [Spitzer] has lost it.

5. Corey Feldman:

   He got one stab in, that was it. And it was a very small [puncture], it was bleeding, but it was like a dot. So I don’t know if he just got me with just the tip of the knife, or if he got me with a syringe. That’s the part we don’t know.

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