Synonyms for spade
spade

Princeton's WordNet

1. spadenoun

   a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it

   "she led a low spade"; "spades were trumps"

2. spadenoun

   a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot

3. spadeverb

   dig (up) with a spade

   "I spade compost into the flower beds"

Matched Categories

1. • Dig
   • Hand Shovel
   • Playing Card

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1. spadenoun

   Synonyms:
   spud (narrow, with long handle)

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1. List of paraphrases for "spade":

   cat, shovel, chat, spades, bob, dustpan

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How to use spade in a sentence?

1. Frances Beatrix Spade:

   House of Cards, is Spade’s niece. In the same 1999 interview with the Boston Globe, Spade, who had five siblings, told the newspaper her father owned a construction company and her mother was a housewife. To say the least, Spade, who recalled times of rummaging through her mother’s jewelry drawer and wearing overalls around the house, never expected to one day become a fashion expert. When I was a kid, I didn't even know Chanel. I would have called it Channel.

2. Menander:

   I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.

3. Denzel Washington:

   I know you and your folks can come down here from God knows where and be about as black as the ace of spade, and as soon as you get here you start acting White. Treating us like we're your doormats.

4. Craig Johnson:

   We believe that Michael Kors and Kate Spade will still be showing solid growth, but not the robust, double-digit we've seen over the last couple of years.

5. Michelle Main:

   Threw a spade and got a heart.