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

Need another word that means the same as “dagger”? Find 2 synonyms and 30 related words for “dagger” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Dagger” are: obelisk, sticker

Dagger as a Noun

Definitions of "Dagger" as a noun

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

  • A short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing.
  • A character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote.
  • A short knife with a pointed and edged blade, used as a weapon.
  • A moth with a dark dagger-shaped marking on the forewing.

Synonyms of "Dagger" as a noun (2 Words)

obeliskA mountain tree or other natural object resembling an obelisk in shape.
stickerAn adhesive label.
Warning stickers on the glass.

Usage Examples of "Dagger" as a noun

  • He drew his dagger and stabbed the leader.

Associations of "Dagger" (30 Words)

awlA small pointed tool used for piercing holes, especially in leather.
axeCut or strike with an axe especially violently or destructively.
An axe blade.
bladeA cut of beef from the shoulder blade.
The director a young blade in an oversized suit.
brandishWave or flourish (something, especially a weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement.
Brandish a sword.
cleaverA butcher’s knife having a large square blade.
A meat cleaver.
clipperA fast sailing ship, especially one of 19th-century design with concave bows and raked masts.
A set of hair clippers.
forkEither of two forked parts.
The left fork goes on to the village.
gigLong and light rowing boat; especially for racing.
They played a gig in New Jersey.
harpoonSpear with a harpoon.
Gilbert s father harpooned a five metre basking shark.
hatchetA small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood.
impaleTransfix or pierce with a sharp instrument.
The impaled arms of her husband and her father.
javelinThe athletic sport of throwing a javelin.
His nearest rival in the javelin.
knifeCut or move cleanly through something with a knife like action.
The victim was knifed to death.
lanceA weapon resembling a lance used in hunting fish or whales.
The prime minister made it one of his priorities to lance the boil of corruption.
lancetShaped like a lancet arch.
A lancet clock.
maceAn official who carries a mace of office.
microtomeScientific instrument that cuts thin slices of something for microscopic examination.
peelingLoss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales.
pointedHaving a point.
Another pointed look in their direction.
scabbardA sheath for the blade of a sword or dagger, typically made of leather or metal.
A ceremonial sword hung at his side in a gilded scabbard.
scissorCut with or as if with scissors.
Frank could see shadowy legs scissoring under the thin skirt as she ran.
scissorsA gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves his legs as the blades of scissors move.
A dummy scissors from David Thomas deceived the opposition.
sharpenGive a point to.
She sharpened her pencil.
sheathePlunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh.
I sheathed my dagger.
spearPierce with a spear.
She speared her last chip with her fork.
swordOne of the suits in a tarot pack.
Not many perished by the sword.
transfixTo render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe.
She stared at him transfixed.
tridentA spear with three prongs.
weaponA thing designed or used for inflicting bodily harm or physical damage.
Nuclear weapons.
whetSharpen by rubbing as on a whetstone.
She took out her dagger and began to whet its blade in even rhythmic strokes.
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