What are some alternative words for excavate?
Synonyms for excavate
ˈɛks kəˌveɪt
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Princeton's WordNet
excavate, unearth(verb)
recover through digging
"Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold"
excavate, dig up, turn up(verb)
find by digging in the ground
"I dug up an old box in the garden"
Synonyms:
dig, turn up, hollow, turn out, fold up, dig up, locate, fold, surface, come out, come on, show up, dig out, unearth, proveexcavate(verb)
form by hollowing
"Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"
excavate, dig, hollow(verb)
remove the inner part or the core of
"the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"
Synonyms:
stab, dig, cut into, prod, grind, travail, core out, turn over, jab, delve, hollow, labour, savvy, comprehend, compass, poke, apprehend, get the picture, grok, unearth, turn up, labor, dig out, grasp, hollow out, drudge, moil, toil, dig up
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Dictionary of English Synonymes
excavate(v. a.)
Synonyms:
hollow, hollow out, scoop out, dig out, cut out
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| rank | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #1653 | surface | |
| #2137 | labor | |
| #2995 | discover | |
| #3526 | labour | |
| #4340 | prove | |
| #4911 | locate | |
| #6423 | fold | |
| #7788 | dig | |
| #9566 | hollow | |
| #10647 | compass | |
| #12576 | prod | |
| #13142 | grasp | |
| #13468 | savvy | |
| #15427 | grind | |
| #19281 | trench | |
| #19711 | stab | |
| #20854 | poke | |
| #21181 | comprehend | |
| #25036 | drudge | |
| #29951 | travail | |
| #31630 | jab | |
| #34141 | delve | |
| #35150 | toil | |
| #43012 | unearth | |
| #53441 | apprehend | |
| #64307 | grok | |
| #76481 | excavate | |
| #81518 | deserter | |
| #239454 | moil |
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