Synonyms for pierce
pɪərspierce

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. pierce

   Synonyms:
   perforate, bore, drill, penetrate, excite, affect, rouse, touch, move, enter, stab, transfix

   Antonyms:
   deaden, quiet, blunt, scott, allay, lull, compose

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1. Pierce, Franklin Pierce, President Pierceverb

   14th President of the United States (1804-1869)

2. pierceverb

   cut or make a way through

   "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest"

   Synonyms:
   thrust

3. pierceverb

   move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply

   "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students"

   Synonyms:
   thrust

4. pierceverb

   sound sharply or shrilly

   "The scream pierced the night"

   Synonyms:
   thrust

5. pierce, thrustverb

   penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

   Synonyms:
   thrust, squeeze, hurl, lunge, throw, stuff, push up, shove, hurtle, force

6. pierceverb

   make a hole into

   "The needle pierced her flesh"

   Synonyms:
   thrust

Matched Categories

1. • Affect
   • Penetrate
   • Sound

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1. penetrate

   a stick into

   the addict will sometimes penetrate his arm with a syringe to inject drugs directly into his blood stream.

   Submitted by rinat on June 1, 2017  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. pierceverb

   Synonyms:
   transfix, penetrate, perforate, drill, bore, enter, force a way into

2. pierceverb

   Synonyms:
   affect, move, touch, strike, thrill

3. pierceverb

   Synonyms:
   penetrate, enter, thrill, force a way

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1. pierceverb

   Synonyms:
   transfix, stab, impale, gore, penetrate, bore, perforate, drill

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1. List of paraphrases for "pierce":

   pearce, drilling, pires, perforation

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How to use pierce in a sentence?

1. Robin Green:

   I am...blood. That primordial ooze. Not out there, listeners, in here. Inside this skin we wear, it only lets us think we're something else-- nice clean brains, little talking computers running around in the pursuit of happiness. We pierce this skin and what do we see Warm ooze, protoplasm churning and jesting, defecating, pulsating, life, death.

2. Said Wright:

   I’ve been taking care of my father with dementia and things just got a little tough, so I decided to set out on a kayak trip, packed up the kayak with my fishing rods, cooler, fishing net and set off from Fort Pierce.

3. Michael Burton:

   It’s a missing part of the jigsaw puzzle, which is the structure of our local universe, they have managed to pierce through it and complete the picture of what our part of the universe looks like.

4. R Chamberlain:

   Harsh reproof is like a violent storm, soon washed down the channel; but friendly admonitions, like a small shower, pierce deep, and bring forth better reformation.

5. Kyle Rittenhouse:

   I was in jail for 87 days. Lin Wood was raising money on my behalf, and Lin Wood held me in jail for 87 days – disrespected my wishes, put me on media interviews which I should never have done … along with John Pierce ; they said I was safer in jail instead of at home with my family.