BLADE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for BLADE?

Need another word that means the same as “blade”? Find 19 synonyms and 30 related words for “blade” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Blade” are: leaf blade, brand, steel, sword, vane, cutting tool, cutter, carver, oar, scull, sweep, spoon, spade, frond, dandy, fop, gallant, cavalier, man about town

Blade as a Noun

Definitions of "Blade" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “blade” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge.
• The broad, thin part of a leaf apart from the stalk.
• Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole.
• A thin, flat metal runner on an ice skate.
• Hand shears used in sheep shearing.
• A long, narrow flake.
• A cut of beef from the shoulder blade.
• The flat cutting edge of a knife, saw, or other tool or weapon.
• A long, narrow leaf of grass or another similar plant.
• A prosthetic lower limb designed for athletes, consisting of a flattened length of carbon fibre with a long, curved section at the base.
• A shoulder bone in a joint of meat, or the joint itself.
• A broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue.
• The part of the skate that slides on the ice.
• The flat part of the tongue behind the tip.
• The flat, wide section of an implement or device such as an oar or a propeller.
• A dashing or energetic young man.
• Something long and thin resembling a blade of grass.
• Flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water.
• A cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard.
• A sword.
• A dashing young man.

Synonyms of "Blade" as a noun (19 Words)

brand	A brand name. There s a new brand of hero in the movies now.
carver	Makes decorative wooden panels. An ivory carver.
cavalier	A dashing and attentive man, especially one acting as a lady’s escort.
cutter	A person who reduces or cuts down on something, especially expenditure. A determined cutter of costs.
cutting tool	A piece cut off from the main part of something.
dandy	An excellent thing of its kind. His floppy handkerchiefs and antique cufflinks gave him the look of a dandy.
fop	A man who is concerned with his clothes and appearance in an affected and excessive way.
frond	The leaf or leaflike part of a palm, fern, or similar plant. Fronds of bracken.
gallant	A man who attends or escorts a woman. He launches himself into a gallant s career of amorous intrigue.
leaf blade	Hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door.
man about town	A male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman.
oar	An oarsman a rower. She pulled hard on the oars.
scull	A light narrow boat propelled with a scull or a pair of sculls. Their current training programme involves two outings a day at the weekend in their single sculls.
spoon	As much as a spoon will hold. He added two spoons of sugar.
steel	A rod of roughened steel on which knives are sharpened. Steel girders.
sweep	A sweepstake. The police finished their sweep through the woods.
sword	A weapon with a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard, used for thrusting or striking and now typically worn as part of ceremonial dress. Not many perished by the sword.
vane	Mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind.

Usage Examples of "Blade" as a noun

• The director, a young blade in an oversized suit.
• Lydia is being taught to run on blades.
• A blade of grass.
• Cut cleanly using a sharp blade.
• The Paralympics brought prosthetics such as running blades into the limelight.
• Gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures.
• A blade of lint on his suit.

Associations of "Blade" (30 Words)

brandish	The act of waving. Brandish a sword.
chisel	Carve with a chisel. They chiseled me out of my money.
clipper	An instrument for cutting or trimming small pieces off things. The Cutty Sark a tea clipper built in 1869.
clipping	The act of clipping or snipping. Press clippings.
cutting	Capable of cutting something. Tax cutting.
dagger	A moth with a dark dagger shaped marking on the forewing. He drew his dagger and stabbed the leader.
fork	A flash of forked lightning. She forked her fingers.
gig	An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish. They played a gig in New Jersey.
harpoon	Spear with a harpoon. Harpoon whales.
impale	(of a coat of arms) adjoin (another coat of arms) on the same shield. The impaled arms of her husband and her father.
javelin	An athletic competition in which a javelin is thrown as far as possible. His nearest rival in the javelin.
jig	A piece of music for a jig typically in compound time. He stood up and jigged in the cockpit.
knife	Cut or move cleanly through something with a knife like action. A shard of steel knifed through the mainsail.
lance	Prick or cut open an abscess or boil with a lancet or other sharp instrument. He affirms to have lanced darts at the sun.
lancet	Shaped like a lancet arch. A lancet clock.
mace	An official who carries a mace of office.
microtome	An instrument for cutting extremely thin sections of material for examination under a microscope.
razor	Cut with a razor. The tapered cut is razored to give movement.
saw	Cut something using a saw. The woman sawed off all my lovely hair.
scabbard	A sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet. A ceremonial sword hung at his side in a gilded scabbard.
scissor	Cut with or as if with scissors. Frank could see shadowy legs scissoring under the thin skirt as she ran.
scissors	Denoting an action in which two things cross each other or open and close like the blades of a pair of scissors. A dummy scissors from David Thomas deceived the opposition.
scraper	Any of various hand tools for scraping. Residues should be removed with sharp scrapers.
sheathe	Cover with a protective sheathing. Her legs were sheathed in black stockings.
snip	A small piece of anything especially a piece that has been snipped off. She was snipping a few dead heads off the roses.
spear	A spearman. The branch speared up into the air.
sword	Military power, violence, or destruction. Not many perished by the sword.
trident	A three-pronged spear, especially as an attribute of Poseidon (Neptune) or Britannia.
weapon	A means of gaining an advantage or defending oneself in a conflict or contest. He used all his conversational weapons.
widget	A device or control that is very useful for a particular job.