The knife has a keen blade.
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Blade
/bleɪd/
Synonyms for "blade" (233 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (47)
Strong matches (70)
Related words (116)
Noun(34 words)
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Show 62 more words
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Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: leaf blade, adze, airfoil, alveolar ridge, alveolus.
- Sentence evidence is available for blade, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, derived_reverse, moby, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "blade".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "blade"
Keep "blade" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "blade" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "blade", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "blade" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
More specific
16 entriesCollocations
12 entriesairfoil bladeblade alignmentblade away burrsblade finishingblade serverblade the edgeblade thicknessblading techniquegrass bladeknife bladesword bladeturbine blade
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
118 translations across 81 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- teh noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σπάθη noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Arabic
3 entries- شَفْرَة noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- نصلة noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- نَصْل noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Armenian
3 entries- բերան noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- շեղբ noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- սայր noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- tiyə noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Belarusian
1 entries- лязо́ noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Breton
1 entries- lavnenn noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Bulgarian
1 entries- острие́ noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Burmese
1 entries- ဓားပြား noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Catalan
1 entries- fulla noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- دەم noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 刀片 noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- 刀身 noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- 刃 noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Czech
1 entries- čepel noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Danish
2 entries- blad noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- klinge noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Dolgan
1 entries- бии noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Dutch
3 entries- blad noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- kling noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- lemmet noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Esperanto
2 entries- akraĵo noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- klingo noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Estonian
1 entries- tera noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Farefare
1 entries- bilete noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Faroese
1 entries- blað noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Finnish
1 entries- terä noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
French
1 entries- lame noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Friulian
1 entries- lame noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Galician
2 entries- coitela noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- folla noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Georgian
1 entries- პირი noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
German
1 entries- Klinge noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Greek
1 entries- λεπίδα noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Hebrew
1 entries- לַהַב noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Hindi
1 entries- ब्लेड noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Hungarian
1 entries- penge noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Icelandic
2 entries- blað noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- egg noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Indonesian
1 entries- bilah noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Ingrian
1 entries- terä noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Interlingua
1 entries- lamina noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Italian
1 entries- lama noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Japanese
2 entries- ブレード noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- 刃 noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Khmer
1 entries- ផ្លែ noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Korean
1 entries- 날 noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- миз noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Lao
2 entries- ມີດ noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- ໃບ noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Latgalian
1 entries- esmiņs noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Latin
1 entries- lamina noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Latvian
2 entries- asmens noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- ģelzis noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Lithuanian
2 entries- ašmenys noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- geležtė noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Macedonian
1 entries- сечило noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Malay
1 entries- bilah noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Maranao
2 entries- garangan noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- silab noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Marathi
1 entries- धार noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Middle English
1 entries- blad noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Mongolian
1 entries- ир noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Nanai
1 entries- дее noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- blad noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- klinge noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- blad noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- klinge noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- оштре noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Persian
1 entries- تیغ noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Polish
1 entries- ostrze noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Portuguese
3 entries- fio noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- gume noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- lâmina noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Romanian
1 entries- lamă noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Romansch
4 entries- lama noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- loma noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- luozza noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- neza noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Russian
1 entries- ле́звие noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Sanskrit
1 entries- धारा noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Sardinian
2 entries- frama noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- fógiu noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- rezalo noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- sȅčīvo noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- òštrica noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- о̀штрица noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Slovak
1 entries- čepeľ noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Slovene
1 entries- rezilo noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Southern Altai
1 entries- мис noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Spanish
2 entries- cuchilla noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- hoja noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Sudovian
1 entries- asmōj noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Swedish
1 entries- blad noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Tagalog
1 entries- talim noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Tamil
1 entries- பிளேடு noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Tausug
1 entries- sulab noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Thai
2 entries- มีด noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- ใบ noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Tocharian B
2 entries- pilta noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- yepe noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Turkish
1 entries- ağız noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ле́зво noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- ле́зо noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Uzbek
1 entries- tigʻ noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Venetan
1 entries- lama noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lưỡi noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Welsh
2 entries- cledd noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
- llafn noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Yakut
1 entries- бии noun (typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
The tip of the knife blade is sharp.
Source: tatoeba (781592)
Your blade... Do you know its significance?
Source: tatoeba (1153561)
How often do you change your razor blade?
Source: tatoeba (1545119)
Showing 4 of 22 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "blade"?
Closest matches include leaf blade, adze, airfoil, alveolar ridge, alveolus.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "blade"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.