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

Need another word that means the same as “spear”? Find 44 synonyms and 30 related words for “spear” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Spear” are: fishgig, fizgig, gig, lance, shaft, blade, knife, sword, pike, javelin, harpoon, sprout, offshoot, scion, sucker, bud, runner, tendril, sprig, cutting, spear up, pierce, puncture, make a hole in, put a hole in, stab, perforate, rupture, riddle, penetrate, nick, slit, incise, bore, spike, skewer, spit, stick, punch, pin, needle, jag, jab

Spear as a Noun

Definitions of "Spear" as a noun

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

• A weapon with a pointed tip, typically of steel, and a long shaft, used for thrusting or throwing.
• An instrument with a long shaft and a barbed tip used for catching fish.
• A spearman.
• A long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon.
• A plant shoot, especially a pointed stem of asparagus or broccoli.
• An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish.

Synonyms of "Spear" as a noun (20 Words)

blade	Something long and thin resembling a blade of grass. The director a young blade in an oversized suit.
bud	Cannabis. In certain limbless lizards and snakes a limb bud develops.
cutting	The action of cutting something. The cutting of the cake.
fishgig	An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish.
fizgig	A firework that fizzes as it moves.
gig	Tender that is a light ship’s boat; often for personal use of captain. They played a gig in New Jersey.
harpoon	A barbed missile resembling a spear that is attached to a long rope and thrown by hand or fired from a gun, used for catching whales and other large sea creatures.
javelin	An athletic competition in which a javelin is thrown as far as possible. His nearest rival in the javelin.
knife	A weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point.
lance	A weapon resembling a lance used in hunting fish or whales. The warriors bore lances tipped with iron or steel.
offshoot	A natural consequence of development. Commercial offshoots of universities.
pike	Medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff superseded by the bayonet.
runner	A plant that spreads by means of runners. The original runners for the Booker Prize.
scion	A descendant of a notable family. A scion of royal stock.
shaft	A remark intended to be witty, wounding, or provoking. A shaft of sunlight.
sprig	A small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year. A sprig of the French nobility.
sprout	Any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud. The flower pots are full of green sprouts.
sucker	Hard candy on a stick. A tape recorder was attached to the phone with a rubber sucker.
sword	Military power, violence, or destruction. Not many perished by the sword.
tendril	Something resembling a plant tendril especially a slender curl or ringlet of hair. The wind fitfully moved the dark tendrils around her forehead.

Usage Examples of "Spear" as a noun

• Smoked salmon wrapped around asparagus spears.

Spear as a Verb

Definitions of "Spear" as a verb

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

• Thrust up like a spear.
• Pierce with a spear.
• Pierce or strike with a spear or other pointed object.

Synonyms of "Spear" as a verb (24 Words)

bore	Cause to be bored. The drill can bore through rock.
incise	Cut (skin or flesh) with a surgical instrument. Figures incised on upright stones.
jab	Strike or punch with quick and short blows. He jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife.
jag	Cut teeth into make a jagged cutting edge. She jagged herself in the mouth.
knife	Cut or move cleanly through something with a knife like action. A shard of steel knifed through the mainsail.
make a hole in	Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.
needle	Prick or pierce with or as if with a needle. He needled her with his sarcastic remarks.
nick	Cut a nick into. He had nicked himself while shaving.
perforate	Make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation. The walls will be perforated with thousands of circular openings.
pierce	Make a hole in (the ears or other part of the body) so as to wear jewellery in them. A splinter had pierced the skin.
pin	Attach or fasten with a pin or pins. Richards pinned him down until the police arrived.
punch	Drive forcibly as if by a punch. The nail punched through the wall.
puncture	Sustain a puncture. One of the knife blows had punctured a lung.
put a hole in	Formulate in a particular style or language.
riddle	Separate with a riddle as grain from chaff. The bullets riddled his body.
rupture	(especially of a pipe or container, or bodily part such as an organ or membrane) break or burst suddenly. If the main artery ruptures he could die.
skewer	Drive a skewer through. Politicians are used to being skewered.
slit	Form one s eyes into slits squint. Slitted eyes.
spear up	Thrust up like a spear.
spike	Render a gun useless by plugging up the vent with a spike. He doubted they would spike the entire effort over this one negotiation.
spit	Rain gently. It began to spit.
stab	Stab or pierce. A sharp end of wicker stabbed into his sole.
stick	Stick to firmly. Stick the poster onto the wall.

Usage Examples of "Spear" as a verb

• Spear fish.
• She speared her last chip with her fork.
• The branch speared up into the air.

Associations of "Spear" (30 Words)

barb	Provide with barbs. Barbed wire.
blade	Something long and thin resembling a blade of grass. Cut cleanly using a sharp blade.
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.
fork	Shape like a fork. The road forks.
gig	An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish. They played a gig in New Jersey.
hammer	Create by hammering. Hammer the metal flat.
harpoon	Spear with a harpoon. Gilbert s father harpooned a five metre basking shark.
impale	Display (a coat of arms) side by side with another on the same shield, separated by a vertical line. The enemies were impaled and left to die.
javelin	An athletic competition in which a javelin is thrown as far as possible. His nearest rival in the javelin.
knife	Stab someone with a knife. A shard of steel knifed through the mainsail.
lance	Open by piercing with a lancet. 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.
pointed	Having a sharpened or tapered tip or end. A pointed allusion to what was going on.
poke	Prod and stir a fire with a poker to make it burn more fiercely. He poked Benny in the ribs and pointed.
prickle	Cause a tingling sensation in. I hate the way the fibres prickle your skin.
scabbard	A sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet. A ceremonial sword hung at his side in a gilded scabbard.
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.
spike	Bring forth a spike or spikes. His hair was matted and spiked with blood.
spinous	Having spines. The dorsal fin is spinous.
stake	A pole or stake set up to mark something as the start or end of a race track. A stake in the company s future.
sticker	A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf. Warning stickers on the glass.
sword	One of the suits in a tarot pack. Not many perished by the sword.
thorn	A thorny bush shrub or tree especially a hawthorn. The issue has become a thorn in renewing the peace talks.
tool	Furnish with tools. The factory must be tooled to produce the models.
transfix	Pierce with a sharp stake or point. She stared at him transfixed.
trident	A three-pronged spear, especially as an attribute of Poseidon (Neptune) or Britannia.
whaler	A seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales.
wire	Fasten with wire. They wired his jaw.