It is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
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Needle
Synonyms for "needle" (313 found)
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Closest matches (63)
aculeusacuminationaggravateannoyarrowaudio sound systemaudiophileaugerbadgerbaitbanterbe atbedevilbesetbetweenbinaural systembitbitch boxbiteblade
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blazebluntboreborerbotherbractbracteolebractletbramblebriarbrierbristlebroachbrown offbugbullhornbullyragburinburn upburrcactuscartridgecatchweedceramic pickupchaffchangerchivycleaverscompasscompass needlecotyledoncountersinkcrystal pickupcuspderived four-channel systemdevildiedirectiondirection finder
Strong matches (94)
direction postdiscomposediscrete four-channel systemdistemperdisturbdogdrilldrive up the walldunempierceengraving tooletching balletching groundetching needleetching pointexasperateexercisefashfinger postfist
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fixflagflogfloral leaffoliolefour-channel stereo systemfrondgallgetglumegnawgoadgoose grassgoregougegouge outgramophonegravergripeguideguideboardguidepostgyrocompassgyroscopic compassgyrosin compassgyrostatic compasshandharassharrowharryhazehecklehectorhi fihi-fihi-fi fanhigh-fidelityholehoneycombhoundhour handimpaleindexindex fingerinertial navigation systeminstrumentintagliointercomintercommunication systeminvolucreinvolucrumirkjapejestjivejokejollyjoshjukeboxkidknitting wirelaminalancelashleadleaf
Verb(1 words)
Related words (156)
leafletlemmaligulelong-eyed sharploranlubber linemagnetic compassmagnetic needlemagnetic pickupmiffmilepostminute handmolestmonaural systemmonomucronagnebnettlenib
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nickelodeonnudgenudzhoffendpapa systempeevepenetrateperforatepersecutepesterpetalphonographphotoelectric pickuppickpick onpickuppiercepilepine needlepinkpiqueplaguepluck the beardpointpointerpokepotherprickprickleprodprovokepublic address systempublic-address systempunchpunctureput onquadraphonic sound systemquillradio compassradio direction finderradio-phonograph combinationragrallyrazzrdfreamream outrecord changerrecord playerribriddleriderileroastrockerroilrufflerun throughscorpersealseed leafsepalsewsew upsharpshoransignboardsignpostskewersound reproduction systemsound truckspathespearspiculespiculumspikespikeletspinespirespitspitespursquawk boxstabstampstereostickstickerstingstipulastipulestitchstrawstylestylussyringesystemtailortaptape decktape recorderteasethistlethorntiptone armtormenttranscription turntabletransfixtranspiercetrepantrephinetry the patienceturntabletweak the nosetwiturgevexvictrolawhipworryyucca
Verb(1 words)
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More general
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
More specific
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Collocations
12 entriesdarning needlehypodermic needlemeter needlepine needlesewing needlespruce needlethe examinerthe participantthe patientthe researcherthe studentthe subject
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 40 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- akrep noun (indicating device)
- gjilpërë noun (indicating device)
Armenian
1 entries- սլաք noun (indicating device)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ibrə noun (indicating device)
Belarusian
1 entries- стрэ́лка noun (indicating device)
Bulgarian
1 entries- стрелка́ noun (indicating device)
Catalan
1 entries- agulla noun (indicating device)
Czech
1 entries- jehla noun (indicating device)
Danish
1 entries- nål noun (indicating device)
Dutch
1 entries- naald noun (indicating device)
Esperanto
2 entries- montrilo noun (indicating device)
- nadlo noun (indicating device)
Finnish
1 entries- neula noun (indicating device)
French
1 entries- aiguille noun (indicating device)
German
1 entries- Nadel noun (indicating device)
Greek
1 entries- βελόνα noun (indicating device)
Hebrew
1 entries- מַחַט noun (indicating device)
Hindi
1 entries- सुई noun (indicating device)
Hungarian
2 entries- mutató noun (indicating device)
- tű noun (indicating device)
Icelandic
1 entries- nál noun (indicating device)
Irish
1 entries- snáthaid noun (indicating device)
Italian
1 entries- lancetta noun (indicating device)
Latvian
1 entries- adata noun (indicating device)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- wubijak noun (indicating device)
Macedonian
3 entries- показалка noun (indicating device)
- сказалка noun (indicating device)
- стрелка noun (indicating device)
Occitan
1 entries- agulha noun (indicating device)
Old High German
1 entries- nādala noun (indicating device)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- ابره noun (indicating device)
Polish
1 entries- wskazówka noun (indicating device)
Portuguese
2 entries- agulha noun (indicating device)
- ponteiro noun (indicating device)
Romanian
1 entries- ac noun (indicating device)
Russian
1 entries- стре́лка noun (indicating device)
Saterland Frisian
1 entries- Näddele noun (indicating device)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kàzāljka noun (indicating device)
- ìgla noun (indicating device)
- ка̀за̄љка noun (indicating device)
- ѝгла noun (indicating device)
Slovak
1 entries- ručička noun (indicating device)
Slovene
1 entries- igla noun (indicating device)
Spanish
4 entries- aguja noun (indicating device)
- manecilla noun (indicating device)
- saeta noun (indicating device)
- saetilla noun (indicating device)
Swahili
1 entries- sindano noun (indicating device)
Swedish
2 entries- nål noun (indicating device)
- visare noun (indicating device)
Turkish
1 entries- ibre noun (indicating device)
Ukrainian
1 entries- стрі́лка noun (indicating device)
West-Frisian
1 entries- nuddel noun (indicating device)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
My grandma stooped down and picked up a needle and thread.
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You're a magician with a needle and thread.
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My grandma bent over to pick up a needle and thread.
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Showing 4 of 26 available sentences.