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
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “spear” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| 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| pike | Medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff superseded by the bayonet.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. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “spear” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| 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. |
| 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. |
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