Synonyms for axe
ax·e

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. ax, axeverb

   an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle

   Synonyms:
   ax

2. axe, axverb

   chop or split with an ax

   "axe wood"

   Synonyms:
   ax

3. ax, axeverb

   terminate

   "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"

   Synonyms:
   ax

Matched Categories

1. • Chop
   • Terminate

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "axe":

   hache, ax, hatchet, axis, fez, machete, centreline

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1. List of known nicknames for "Axe":

   Samuel Scott Young, Young Axe

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How to use axe in a sentence?

1. Abraham Lincoln:

   If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my axe.

2. Albert Einstein:

   Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.

3. Raghuram Selvaraju:

   Ian's main concern is to get lower taxes for Pfizer through an inversion. He would rather be able to say he pulled this tax inversion off, and now I'm going to let Brent crack the whip and wield the axe.

4. Anne Bradstreet:

   Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.

5. William Shakespeare:

   And many strokes, though with a little axe, Hew down and fell the hardest-timbered oak.