DAGGER Synonyms
There are 7 hypernyms of the word dagger. (close relations)
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| Word | Save | More Find | Usage | Type | ||
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| dirk | nounn | |||||
noun • a relatively long dagger with a straight blade | ||||||
| knife | nounn | |||||
noun • edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle • a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point • any long thin projection that is transient verb • use a knife on | ||||||
| bayonet | nounn | |||||
noun • a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon verb • stab or kill someone with a bayonet | ||||||
| blade | nounn | |||||
noun • especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole • a dashing young man • something long and thin resembling a blade of grass • a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard • a cut of beef from the shoulder blade • a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue) • the part of the skate that slides on the ice • flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water • the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge | ||||||
| cutlass | nounn | |||||
noun • a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors | ||||||
| poniard | nounn | |||||
noun • a dagger with a slender blade verb • stab with a poniard | ||||||
| rapier | nounn | |||||
noun • a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges | ||||||
| scimitar | nounn | |||||
noun • a curved oriental saber; the edge is on the convex side of the blade | ||||||
| shank | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg • the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle • cylinder forming a long narrow part of something • cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head • cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill • the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole • lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals • a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball verb • hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction | ||||||
| stiletto | nounn | |||||
noun • a small dagger with a tapered blade | ||||||
| switchblade | nounn | |||||
noun • a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button | ||||||
| sword | nounn | |||||
noun • a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard | ||||||
| tool | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • an implement used in the practice of a vocation • the means whereby some act is accomplished • a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else • obscene terms for penis verb • drive • ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it • furnish with tools • work with a tool | ||||||
| weapon | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting • a means of persuading or arguing | ||||||
| skean | nounn | |||||
noun • A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel. A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread around a fifty-four inch reel. • A web, a weave, a tangle. • The membrane of a fish ovary. • (wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle. • (provincial England) A group of wild fowl, (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight. • A winning streak. • A double-edged, leaf-shaped, typically bronze dagger formerly used in Ireland and Scotland. | ||||||
| obelisk | nounn | |||||
noun • a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top • a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used | ||||||
| barb | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
noun • an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect • the pointed part of barbed wire • a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove • one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather verb • provide with barbs | ||||||
| sticker | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf • an adhesive label • a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem • a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing | ||||||
| obelus | nounn | |||||
noun • A symbol resembling a horizontal line (–), sometimes together with one or two dots (for example, ⨪ or ÷), which was used in ancient manuscripts and texts to mark a word or passage as doubtful or spurious, or redundant; an obelisk. • A dagger symbol (†), which is used in printed matter as a reference mark to refer the reader to a footnote, marginal note, etc.; beside a person's name to indicate that the person is deceased; or beside a date to indicate that it is a person's death date; an obelisk. | ||||||
