Need another word that means the same as “brandish”? Find 7 synonyms and 30 related words for “brandish” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Brandish” are: flourish, wave, shake, wield, raise, hold aloft
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “brandish” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| flourish | An ornamental flowing curve in handwriting or scrollwork. A flourish of trumpets. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “brandish” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| flourish | Grow vigorously. Happy New Year he yelled flourishing a bottle of whisky. |
| hold aloft | Protect against a challenge or attack. |
| raise | Multiply a number by itself a specified number of times 8 is 2 raised to the power 3. I ll raise you another hundred dollars. |
| shake | Shake a body part to communicate a greeting feeling or cognitive state. I couldn t shake the feeling that everyone was laughing at me. |
| wave | Set waves in. She asked the hairdresser to wave her hair. |
| wield | Have and be able to use (power or influence. A masked raider wielding a handgun. |
| armor | A military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles. |
| assailant | Someone who attacks. The police have no firm leads about the identity of his assailant. |
| blade | A cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard. The Paralympics brought prosthetics such as running blades into the limelight. |
| bludgeon | Beat someone repeatedly with a bludgeon or other heavy object. Maces and spiked bludgeons. |
| bow | A single passage of a bow over the strings of an instrument. She bowed before the Queen. |
| cudgel | Strike with a cudgel. They would lie in wait and cudgel her to death. |
| dagger | A moth with a dark dagger shaped marking on the forewing. He drew his dagger and stabbed the leader. |
| fisherman | Someone whose occupation is catching fish. |
| fishing | The activity of catching fish, either for food or as a sport. Fishing boats. |
| gig | A light, fast, narrow boat adapted for rowing or sailing. They played a gig in New Jersey. |
| harpoon | Spear with a harpoon. Gilbert s father harpooned a five metre basking shark. |
| impale | (of a coat of arms) adjoin (another coat of arms) on the same shield. His head was impaled on a pike and exhibited for all to see. |
| javelin | An athletic competition in which a javelin is thrown as far as possible. His nearest rival in the javelin. |
| jig | Dance a jig. We were jigging about in our seats. |
| joust | Joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback. To joust a man must have an opponent to ride against. |
| knife | Use a knife on. A shard of steel knifed through the mainsail. |
| lance | Pierce with a lance as in a knights fight. The teenager had been lanced by a wooden splinter. |
| 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. |
| plunge | Begin with vigor. A car swerved to avoid a bus and plunged into a ravine. |
| pummel | Strike repeatedly with the fists. He felt like a boxer who had been pummelled mercilessly against the ropes. |
| reel | A piece of music for a reel typically in simple or duple time. We put on the record player and danced reels. |
| scabbard | A sheath for a gun or other weapon or tool. A ceremonial sword hung at his side in a gilded scabbard. |
| sheathe | Encase (something) in a close-fitting or protective covering. Sheathe a sword. |
| shield | A stylized representation of a shield used for displaying a coat of arms. The horseshoe crab s armour forms a huge domed shield. |
| spear | A spearman. Smoked salmon wrapped around asparagus spears. |
| stab | A wound made by stabbing. Multiple stab wounds. |
| sword | One of the suits in a tarot pack. Not many perished by the sword. |
| wave | A shape regarded as resembling a breaking wave. A wave of treetops stretched to the horizon. |
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