Need another word that means the same as “stab”? Find 65 synonyms and 30 related words for “stab” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Stab” are: jab, knife, dig, poke, prod, run through, skewer, spear, bayonet, gore, spike, stick, impale, transfix, pierce, prick, puncture, penetrate, perforate, gash, slash, cut, tear, scratch, wound, injure, lunge, thrust, stabbing, stinging, keen, searing, pang, twinge, knife thrust, shot, punch, knife wound, incision, perforation, injury, ache, throb, spasm, cramp, dart, blaze, flash, thrill, attempt, try, effort, endeavour
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “stab” as a noun can have the following definitions:
ache | An emotion experienced with painful or bittersweet intensity. The ache in her head worsened. |
attempt | An effort to achieve or complete a difficult task or action. They made an attempt on his life. |
blaze | A very bright display of light or colour. The horse had a blaze between its eyes. |
cramp | A metal bar with bent ends for holding masonry together. He suffered severe cramps in his foot. |
cut | The way or style in which something especially a garment or someone s hair is cut. The barber gave him a good cut. |
dart | A small pointed missile with a feather or plastic flight used in the game of darts. A dart of panic. |
dig | An act or spell of digging. She takes a dig at me every chance she gets. |
effort | A force exerted by a machine or in a process. Achieving independence requires some effort and self discipline. |
endeavour | A purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness. Enthusiasm is a vital ingredient in all human endeavour. |
flash | A newsflash. A flash of lightning. |
incision | A surgical cut made in skin or flesh. An abdominal incision. |
injury | The fact of being injured; harm or damage. She suffered an injury to her back. |
jab | The act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow. A jab of envy. |
knife thrust | Edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle. |
knife wound | Any long thin projection that is transient. |
lunge | An exercise or gymnastic movement resembling the lunge of a fencer. Lucy made a lunge for Gabriel s wrist. |
pang | A sudden sharp pain or painful emotion. The snack bar will keep those hunger pangs at bay. |
perforation | A small hole or row of small holes punched in a sheet of paper, e.g. of postage stamps, so that a part can be torn off easily. There was evidence of intestinal perforation. |
poke | A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer’s purchases. She gave the fire a poke. |
punch | An iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings normally served in a punch bowl. He reeled under the well aimed punch. |
puncture | Loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object. A puncture wound. |
shot | Tiny lead pellets used in quantity in a single charge or cartridge in a shotgun. His parting shot was drop dead. |
slash | An oblique stroke (/) in print or writing, used between alternatives (e.g. and/or), in fractions (e.g. 3/4), in ratios (e.g. miles/day), or between separate elements of a text. Gary went upstairs for a slash. |
spasm | (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel. The airways in the lungs go into spasm. |
thrill | The swift release of a store of affective force. A thrill of excitement ran through her. |
throb | A deep pulsating type of pain. The dull ache became a throb. |
try | An act of trying something new or different to see if it is suitable effective or pleasant. She gave it a good try. |
twinge | A sharp stab of pain. Twinges of conscience. |
wound | The act of inflicting a wound. Chest wounds. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “stab” as a verb can have the following definitions:
bayonet | Stab or kill someone with a bayonet. Stragglers were bayoneted where they fell. |
cut | Cut down on make a reduction in. The way the director cuts from shot to shot has an impact. |
dig | Create by digging. She had to dig the garden. |
gore | Cut into gores. Gore a skirt. |
impale | Pierce with a sharp stake or point. The enemies were impaled and left to die. |
injure | Harm or impair (something. A libel calculated to injure the company s reputation. |
jab | Poke roughly or quickly, especially with something sharp or pointed. He jabbed at the air with his finger. |
keen | Express grief verbally. |
knife | Stab someone with a knife. He was knifed to death during the argument. |
lunge | Make a lunge. McCulloch raised his cudgel and lunged at him. |
perforate | Pierce and make a hole or holes in. The walls will be perforated with thousands of circular openings. |
pierce | Make (a hole) with a sharp instrument. I pierced my nose and ears. |
poke | Poke or thrust abruptly. They sniffed felt and poked at everything they bought. |
puncture | Sustain a puncture. The earlier mood of optimism was punctured. |
run through | Keep company. |
scratch | Play a record using the scratch technique. He scratched at a stain on his jacket. |
searing | Make very hot and dry. |
skewer | Fasten together or pierce with a pin or skewer. Skewer the cubes of beef using six to eight per skewer. |
slash | Cut with a wide, sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword. Prices were slashed. |
spear | Pierce or strike with a spear or other pointed object. The branch speared up into the air. |
spike | Render a gun useless by plugging up the vent with a spike. She spiked another oyster. |
stabbing | Stab or pierce. |
stick | Stick to firmly. The door sticks we will have to plane it. |
stinging | Cause an emotional pain as if by stinging. |
tear | Fill with tears or shed tears. She was always tearing her clothes. |
transfix | Pierce with a sharp implement or weapon. He was transfixed by the pain in her face. |
wound | Inflict a wound on. The sergeant was seriously wounded. |
aggressor | A person or country that attacks another first. |
assailant | A person who physically attacks another. The police have no firm leads about the identity of his assailant. |
beat | The rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart. We beat the competition. |
belabor | Beat soundly. She was belabored by her fellow students. |
bludgeon | Strike with a club or a bludgeon. The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas. |
cudgel | Beat with a cudgel. They would lie in wait and cudgel her to death. |
hornet | A large wasp that is typically red and yellow or red and black and usually nests in hollow trees. |
hurl | Vomit. He hurled himself into the job with enthusiasm. |
hurt | Hurt the feelings of. I felt so hurt and alone. |
hurtle | Make a thrusting forward movement. The cars hurtled by. |
knife | Use a knife on. The victim was knifed to death. |
lunge | Make a lunge. A crude lunge at United s goalscorer. |
nudge | Approach (an age, figure, or level) very closely. He gave her shoulder a nudge. |
pang | A sharp spasm of pain. The snack bar will keep those hunger pangs at bay. |
ping | Hit with a pinging noise. The car pinged when I put in low octane gasoline. |
poignancy | A quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow. The pregnancy has a special poignancy for her family. |
poke | Prod and stir a fire with a poker to make it burn more fiercely. He poked Benny in the ribs and pointed. |
prickle | A tingling sensation on a person’s skin, typically caused by strong emotion. Kathleen felt a prickle of excitement. |
pummel | Strike repeatedly with the fists. He has been pummelled by the reviewers. |
punch | Drive forcibly as if by a punch. He punched me in the stomach. |
spiny | Difficult to understand or handle. A spiny problem. |
stick | Come or be in close contact with stick or hold together and resist separation. He felt hard done by living out in the sticks. |
sting | A wound from a sting. A nettle stings if you brush it lightly. |
thump | Move rhythmically. Bristol thumped Rugby 35 13. |
titillate | Excite pleasurably or erotically. The press are paid to titillate the public. |
twinge | (of a part of the body) suffer a sudden, sharp localized pain. He felt a twinge in his knee. |
wasp | A solitary winged insect with a narrow waist mostly distantly related to the social wasps and including many parasitic kinds. |
wound | The act of inflicting a wound. You really wounded his pride when you turned him down. |
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