Synonyms for penetrate
ˈpɛn ɪˌtreɪtpen·e·trate

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1. penetrate

   Synonyms:
   pierce, enter, enter into, reach, permeate, make one's way, disclose, fathom

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1. penetrate, perforateverb

   pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance

   "The bullet penetrated her chest"

   Synonyms:
   punch, click, imbue, riddle, dawn, infiltrate, permeate, perforate, diffuse, sink in, come home, get through, bottom, fall into place, fathom, pervade, get across, interpenetrate

2. penetrate, fathom, bottomverb

   come to understand

   Synonyms:
   click, imbue, riddle, dawn, infiltrate, permeate, perforate, diffuse, sink in, come home, get through, bottom, fall into place, fathom, sound, pervade, get across, interpenetrate

3. click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into placeverb

   become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions

   "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"

   Synonyms:
   pass over, put over, get over, flick, wrap up, come through, percolate, contact, pervade, cut across, infiltrate, bottom, snap, finish up, tick, reach, interpenetrate, permeate, get hold of, finish off, polish off, cut through, mop up, fall into place, cluck, filter, come home, while away, perforate, traverse, dawn, click, diffuse, sink in, clear up, cover, cross, riddle, get across, fathom, chatter, imbue, get through, track, clack

4. infiltrate, penetrateverb

   enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members

   "The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor"

   Synonyms:
   click, imbue, pass through, dawn, infiltrate, permeate, perforate, diffuse, sink in, riddle, come home, get through, bottom, fall into place, fathom, pervade, get across, interpenetrate

5. penetrateverb

   make one's way deeper into or through

   "The hikers did not manage to penetrate the dense forest"

   Synonyms:
   click, imbue, riddle, dawn, infiltrate, permeate, perforate, diffuse, sink in, come home, get through, bottom, fall into place, fathom, pervade, get across, interpenetrate

6. penetrateverb

   insert the penis into the vagina or anus of

   "Did the molester penetrate the child?"

   Synonyms:
   click, imbue, riddle, dawn, infiltrate, permeate, perforate, diffuse, sink in, come home, get through, bottom, fall into place, fathom, pervade, get across, interpenetrate

7. permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddleverb

   spread or diffuse through

   "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"

   Synonyms:
   fall into place, circulate, spread, infiltrate, interpenetrate, sink in, soak, bottom, disperse, circularize, propagate, pass around, riddle, spread out, filter, come home, disseminate, perforate, dawn, hue, click, diffuse, broadcast, screen, distribute, percolate, fan out, circularise, get across, fathom, imbue, get through, permeate, pervade

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1. pierce, puncture, make a hole in

   a stick into

   the addict will sometimes penetrate his arm with a syringe to inject drugs directly into his blood stream.

   Submitted by rinat on June 1, 2017  

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1. penetrateverb

   Synonyms:
   pierce, perforate, bore, enter, transfix

2. penetrateverb

   Synonyms:
   discern, understand, comprehend

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1. penetrateverb

   Synonyms:
   pierce, perforate, comprehend, understand, explore, interpenetrate

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1. List of paraphrases for "penetrate":

   enter, infiltrate, penetration, breakthrough, permeate, penetrates

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1. Ry Cooder:

   With country, it's hard to penetrate the thick layers of commercialism that have been applied like shellac coatings over the real thing.

2. Anne Marie Mahon:

   If the fibers are there, it is possible that the nanoparticles are there too that we ca n’t measure, once they are in the nanometer range they can really penetrate a cell and that means they can penetrate organs, and that would be worrying.

3. Susanne Pors:

   The follicle is formed during fetal life [ when no cancer is present ] and is surrounded by a basal membrane that does not allow cancer cells to penetrate.

4. Chris Collins:

   If you think about these airport scanners, that's using mmWave energy, you know it doesn't penetrate the body, because all you see in the image on the screen is the outer surface of the body.

5. Norm Eisen:

   It’s a gigantic number for a settlement of a case of this kind, that sends a message, Fox has also had to acknowledge the false statements that they made. Even if Fox doesn’t report on this, it is such a big news story it is going to penetrate to every part of our country.