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

Need another word that means the same as “pierce”? Find 38 synonyms and 30 related words for “pierce” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Pierce” are: thrust, make a hole in, penetrate, puncture, punch, perforate, riddle, stab, prick, probe, gore, spike, stick, impale, transfix, bore, bore through, drill, drill through, lance, tap, punch holes in, put holes in, hole, skewer, spit, pin, needle, cut, pass through, burst through, percolate, pervade, permeate, filter through, light up, franklin pierce, president pierce

Pierce as a Noun

Definitions of "Pierce" as a noun

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

• 14th President of the United States (1804-1869.

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

franklin pierce	14th President of the United States (1804-1869.
president pierce	The office of the United States head of state.

Pierce as a Verb

Definitions of "Pierce" as a verb

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

• Cut or make a way through.
• Force a way through; penetrate.
• Make a hole in (the ears or other part of the body) so as to wear jewellery in them.
• (of a sharp pointed object) go into or through (something.
• Make a hole into.
• Make an opening in or bore a tunnel through.
• Sound sharply or shrilly.
• Make (a hole) with a sharp instrument.
• Move or affect (a person’s emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply.
• Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument.

Synonyms of "Pierce" as a verb (36 Words)

bore	Cause to be bored. His eyes bored into hers.
bore through	Make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool.
burst through	Cause to burst.
cut	Cut off the testicles of male animals such as horses. Cut grain.
drill	Make a hole in something by boring with a drill. Don t drill here there s a gas pipe.
drill through	Undergo military training or do military exercises.
filter through	Run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream.
gore	Cut into gores. Gore a skirt.
hole	Hit the ball into a hole. A fuel tank was holed by the attack and a fire started.
impale	(of a coat of arms) adjoin (another coat of arms) on the same shield. The impaled arms of her husband and her father.
lance	Pierce with or as if with a lance. The prime minister made it one of his priorities to lance the boil of corruption.
light up	Cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat.
make a hole in	Give certain properties to something.
needle	Prick with a needle. He needled her with his sarcastic remarks.
pass through	Disappear gradually.
percolate	Prepare (coffee) in a percolator. Continental ideas on art science and architecture percolated from Venice to London.
perforate	Pierce and make a hole or holes in. The walls will be perforated with thousands of circular openings.
permeate	Spread throughout (something); pervade. Water permeates sand easily.
pervade	(especially of a smell) spread through and be perceived in every part of. A smell of stale cabbage pervaded the air.
pin	Attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins. Richards pinned him down until the police arrived.
probe	Examine physically with or as if with a probe. Probe an anthill.
punch	Drive forcibly as if by a punch. The nail punched through the wall.
punch holes in	Drive forcibly as if by a punch.
puncture	Make a puncture in something. The tyre had punctured and it would have to be replaced.
put holes in	Cause (someone) to undergo something.
riddle	Speak in riddles. His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks.
skewer	Fasten together or pierce with a pin or skewer. Politicians are used to being skewered.
spike	Of a newspaper editor reject a story by or as if by filing it on a spike. The punch is spiked.
spit	Light rain falls. He was spitting with sudden fury.
stab	Stab or pierce. He stabbed her in the stomach.
stick	Come or be in close contact with stick or hold together and resist separation. Stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it.
tap	Draw liquor from a tap. Tap beer in a bar.
transfix	Cause (someone) to become motionless with horror, wonder, or astonishment. A field mouse is transfixed by the curved talons of an owl.

Usage Examples of "Pierce" as a verb

• The scream pierced the night.
• The cold pierced her bones.
• They were seeking to pierce the anti-ballistic-missile defences.
• Light pierced through the forest.
• The needle pierced her flesh.
• I had to pierce another hole in my belt.
• The dividing wall is pierced by arches.
• A shrill voice pierced the air.
• Her words pierced the students.
• The path pierced the jungle.
• I pierced my nose and ears.
• A splinter had pierced the skin.

Associations of “Pierce” (30 Words)

ballistic	Relating to projectiles or their flight.
bethink	Come to think. He bethought himself of the verse from the Book of Proverbs.
bullet	A projectile that is fired from a gun. The ball sped across the grass like a bullet.
click	Produce a click. She clicked off the light.
conical	Having the shape of a cone. Conical mountains.
drill	Similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored. Parade ground drill.
foam	A lightweight form of rubber or plastic made by solidifying liquid foam. Shaving foam.
gunshot	A shot fired from a gun. We bore down and came nearly within gunshot.
hole	Make holes in. He shot holes in my argument.
infiltrate	Pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict. The organization has been infiltrated by informers.
penetrable	Capable of being penetrated. The translation makes the original text penetrable.
perforate	Perforated. A perforated eardrum.
permeate	Spread throughout (something); pervade. An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration.
pervade	Be present and apparent throughout. The sense of crisis which pervaded Europe in the 1930s.
piercing	A small hole in a part of the body, typically other than the ears, made so as to insert a ring, stud, or other piece of jewellery. Her piercing analysis.
pin	A piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer s garment. She was standing pinned against the door.
poke	Prod and stir a fire with a poker to make it burn more fiercely. Poke the embers in the fireplace.
porous	Not retentive or secure. Our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous.
punch	Drive forcibly as if by a punch. Photos give their arguments an extra visual punch.
pushing	The act of applying force in order to move something away. The pushing is good exercise.
rifle	A shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore. Ferguson rifled home his fourth goal of the season.
seep	A place where petroleum or water oozes slowly out of the ground. Water began to seep through the soles of his boots.
shotgun	Shoot at or kill with a shotgun. His family lived in a shotgun shack in South Memphis.
shove	Make one’s way by pushing someone or something. Woolley shoved past him.
slot	Be placed or able to be placed into a slot. He slotted a cassette into the tape machine.
stick	Come or be in close contact with stick or hold together and resist separation. He collected dry sticks for a campfire.
wedge	An object or piece of something shaped like a wedge. The door was wedged open.