Synonyms for pierce
pɪərspierce

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. pierce

   Synonyms:
   perforate, bore, drill, penetrate, excite, affect, rouse, touch, move, enter, stab, transfix

   Antonyms:
   deaden, quiet, blunt, scott, allay, lull, compose

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1. Pierce, Franklin Pierce, President Pierceverb

   14th President of the United States (1804-1869)

2. pierceverb

   cut or make a way through

   "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest"

   Synonyms:
   thrust

3. pierceverb

   move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply

   "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students"

   Synonyms:
   thrust

4. pierceverb

   sound sharply or shrilly

   "The scream pierced the night"

   Synonyms:
   thrust

5. pierce, thrustverb

   penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

   Synonyms:
   thrust, squeeze, hurl, lunge, throw, stuff, push up, shove, hurtle, force

6. pierceverb

   make a hole into

   "The needle pierced her flesh"

   Synonyms:
   thrust

Matched Categories

1. • Affect
   • Penetrate
   • Sound

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1. penetrate

   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  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. pierceverb

   Synonyms:
   transfix, penetrate, perforate, drill, bore, enter, force a way into

2. pierceverb

   Synonyms:
   affect, move, touch, strike, thrill

3. pierceverb

   Synonyms:
   penetrate, enter, thrill, force a way

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1. pierceverb

   Synonyms:
   transfix, stab, impale, gore, penetrate, bore, perforate, drill

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1. List of paraphrases for "pierce":

   pearce, drilling, pires, perforation

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How to use pierce in a sentence?

1. Duchess of Cornwall:

   And they are not going to be! no, I’m not going to give it to myself for a 75th birthday present. [The grandchildren] will try to persuade me, but nothing’s going to pierce my ears.

2. Sarah Pierce:

   Historically a lot of these border security measures have used public health as a pretext for discrimination. It's very easy to see how a public health rationale would be used to limit immigration for whatever reason, and I'm not saying that that's actually occurring, but it well could in this particular political climate, not just in the Sarah Pierce, but internationally.

3. The Rock : Dwayne Johnson:

   Pierce Brosnan Dr. Fate unwavering support and relentless excitement for this passion project of mine has meant the world to me. Now it's my turn to deliver for Pierce Brosnan Dr. Fate. The hierarchy of power in the DC Universe is changing.

4. Kelly McCreary:

   After nine seasons, I am saying goodbye to Maggie Pierce and her Grey Sloan family. It has been a tremendous honor to be a part of such a legendary television institution as ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ i will always be grateful to Shonda Rhimes, Krista Vernoff and ABC for the opportunity, and to the incredible fans for their passionate support. To spend nine years exploring a character inside and out, while reaching a global audience with impactful stories, is a rare gift.

5. Salvador Dalí:

   What is a television apparatus to man, who has only to shut his eyes to see the most inaccessible regions of the seen and the never seen, who has only to imagine in order to pierce through walls and cause all the planetary Baghdad's of his dreams to rise from the dust.