Synonyms for drill
drɪldrill

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1. drill

   Exercise, in the ordinary sense, is the easy natural action of any power; exertion is the putting of any power to strain and tax. An exercise-drive for a horse is so much as will develop strength and health and not appreciably weary. But by qualifying adjectives we may bring exercise up to the full sense of exertion; as, violent exercise. Exercise is action taken at any time with a view to employing, maintaining, or increasing power, or merely for enjoyment; practise is systematic exercise with a view to the acquirement of facility and skill in some pursuit; a person takes a walk for exercise, or takes time for practise on the piano. Practise is also used of putting into action and effect what one has learned or holds as a theory; as, the practise of law or medicine; a profession of religion is good, but the practise of it is better. Drill is systematic, rigorous, and commonly enforced practise under a teacher or commander. Compare HABIT.

   Synonyms:
   act, action, activity, application, employment, exercise, exertion, occupation, operation, performance, practise, use

   Antonyms:
   idleness, inaction, inactivity, relaxation, rest

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. drill

   Synonyms:
   teach, exercise, instruct, train, ordinate, discipline

   Antonyms:
   confuse, disarrange, disorder, misinstruct, miseducate, dishabituate

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. drillnoun

   a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)

   Synonyms:
   exercise, practice session, practice, recitation

2. drill, Mandrillus leucophaeusnoun

   similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored

   Synonyms:
   exercise, practice session, practice, recitation

3. exercise, practice, drill, practice session, recitationnoun

   systematic training by multiple repetitions

   "practice makes perfect"

   Synonyms:
   physical exercise, usage, use, practice, praxis, recital, practice session, utilisation, example, utilization, class period, employment, exercising, pattern, course session, reading, recitation, workout, physical exertion, exercise

4. drillverb

   (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms

   Synonyms:
   exercise, practice session, practice, recitation

5. bore, drillverb

   make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool

   "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall"

   Synonyms:
   tire, practise, practice, exercise, bore

6. drillverb

   train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons

   Synonyms:
   exercise, practise, bore, practice

7. drill, exercise, practice, practiseverb

   learn by repetition

   "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales"

   Synonyms:
   rehearse, practise, exercise, commit, use, bore, do, work, work out, practice, apply, exert

8. drillverb

   teach by repetition

   Synonyms:
   exercise, practise, bore, practice

9. drillverb

   undergo military training or do military exercises

   Synonyms:
   exercise, practise, bore, practice

Matched Categories

1. • Baboon
   • Cut
   • Teach
   • Tool
   • Train

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. drillverb

   Synonyms:
   pierce, perforate, bore

2. drillverb

   Synonyms:
   instruct, exercise, teach, train

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. drillverb

   Synonyms:
   perforate, pierce, bore, train, discipline, exercise

PPDB, the paraphrase database(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "drill":

   drilling, drill-through, exercise, detail, exercises, borehole, song, perforation, hole, drills, maneuver

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How to use drill in a sentence?

1. Benjamin Bomfleur:

   All we found are fragments of the drill-bit–shaped 'head regions,' ornamented midpiece regions that presumably contain the nuclei, and very long, whiplike tails, some attached to the midpiece regions.

2. Ehud Barak:

   You're asking and demanding America to respect your sovereignty when making a decision to do it even if America objects and it's against her interests, you can't go in the opposite direction and force America in when they're here on a drill that was known ahead of time.

3. William Mathis:

   There's a lot of drill and practice and just incredibly dull teaching.

4. Abbie Clements:

   I remember in particular one fire drill. I remember grabbing onto my students, running out, crying, they didn't see me [ crying ] because they're small, but my heart was racing.

5. Mike Breard:

   If you cut your budget 60 percent, you may drill 40 percent fewer wells and your production is going to drop a considerable amount.