Synonyms for stab
stæbstab

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

1. stab

   Synonyms:
   pierce, transfix, thrust

Princeton's WordNet(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. pang, stab, twingenoun

   a sudden sharp feeling

   "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience"

   Synonyms:
   twinge, pang, shot, sting, thrust, knife thrust

2. stab, thrust, knife thrustnoun

   a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument

   "one strong stab to the heart killed him"

   Synonyms:
   thrust, jabbing, shot, push, knife thrust, poking, drive, pang, driving force, poke, thrusting, twinge, jab

3. shot, stabverb

   informal words for any attempt or effort

   "he gave it his best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting"

   Synonyms:
   injection, scene, guess, dig, stroke, barb, pellet, gibe, guesswork, slam, crack, thrust, twinge, knife thrust, shooter, shooting, dead reckoning, guessing, blastoff, snap, pang, snapshot, shaft, shot, jibe

4. knife, stabverb

   use a knife on

   "The victim was knifed to death"

   Synonyms:
   prod, dig, knife, poke, jab

5. stab, jabverb

   stab or pierce

   "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife"

   Synonyms:
   prod, dig, knife, jab, poke

6. jab, prod, stab, poke, digverb

   poke or thrust abruptly

   "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

   Synonyms:
   compass, nose, incite, toil, pry, grind, dig, drudge, moil, dig up, jab, poke, horn in, delve, nudge, grasp, prod, egg on, thump, cut into, knife, travail, labour, get the picture, hollow, apprehend, pound, comprehend, turn over, excavate, savvy, labor, grok, intrude, poke at, dig out

Matched Categories

1. • Feeling
   • Injure
   • Thrust

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

1. stabnoun

   Synonyms:
   thrust, stick

2. stabverb

   Synonyms:
   pierce, transfix, gore, spear

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

1. stabnoun

   Synonyms:
   thrust, wound, stoccado

2. stabverb

   Synonyms:
   pierce, thrust, gore, transfix, backbite, malign

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1. List of paraphrases for "stab":

   stabbing, knife

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1. Oscar Wilde:

   True friends stab you in the front.

2. Deputy District Attorney Dan Akemon:

   All of the victims were young, outgoing women, all of the attacks occurred at night, all of the victims suffered multiple stab wounds, all of the victims were stabbed with the knife, each of the victims was attacked in or around her home and in close proximity of Mr. Gargiulo.

3. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman:

   The four Brooklyn Center police officers who initially responded to the scene used de-escalation tactics and seemed to have calmed down Mr. Dimock-Heisler. Even when he sprang from his chair, grabbed a knife and attempted to stab one of the officers, three officers fired their Tasers, with no effect, then, and only then, did they fire their guns.

4. Prosecutor Scott Brown:

   The way he reacts with that anger is to stab this young woman to death and to dump her body in a cornfield.

5. Chanelle Helm:

   Just stab the m ----- f ----- in the heart.