Synonyms for drill
drɪl

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1. drill(noun)

   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 leucophaeus(noun)

   similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored

   Synonyms:
   exercise, practice session, practice, recitation

3. exercise, practice, drill, practice session, recitation(noun)

   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. drill(verb)

   (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, drill(verb)

   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. drill(verb)

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

   Synonyms:
   exercise, practise, bore, practice

7. drill, exercise, practice, practise(verb)

   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. drill(verb)

   teach by repetition

   Synonyms:
   exercise, practise, bore, practice

9. drill(verb)

   undergo military training or do military exercises

   Synonyms:
   exercise, practise, bore, practice

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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

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

1. drill(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   pierce, perforate, bore

2. drill(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   instruct, exercise, teach, train

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

1. drill(v)

   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. Stuart Lake:

   It's an area that is oil-rich with little gas and it's cheap to drill.

2. Lavinia Johnson:

   We thought it was a fire drill, we started to exit. ... We were told to go back into the building.

3. President Obama:

   They were waving their three-point plans for $ 2-a-gallon gas, you remember that ? Drill, baby, drill. We were going through all that. And none of it was really going to do anything to solve the problem.

4. Pius Rolheiser:

   There's a significant amount of work between where we are today and where we would need to be if we were to drill a well by 2020, it's our belief the current license term provided insufficient time to do the work we believe necessary.

5. William Mathis:

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

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