Synonyms for Penetrating

Synonyms for "penetrating" (277 found)

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Closest matches (56)

absorbing acerb acerbate acerbic acid acidic acidulent acidulous acrid acrimonious acute algid analytic apperceptive appercipient arctic argute asperous astringent astute

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below zerobiting bitterbitterly coldbleak boreal brisk brumal caustic chill clear-cut clever cogent coldcold as charitycold as deathcold as icecold as marblecorroding corrosive creaky crisp critical cutting deafening deep

Adjective(2 words)

acute acutest

Noun(8 words)

acute acutely affect aha astutely breach critically decipher

Strong matches (83)

Adjective(7 words)

deep investigationdiscriminating hypodermic incisive insightfulinvasive species spreadkeen

deep-felt deepgoing devastating discerning discriminatingdouble edgeddouble-edged drivingear piercingear-piercing ear-splitting edged effective escharotic farseeing farsighted fierce forceful forcible foreseeing

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Noun(20 words)

deeply depth enter eureka fathom gimlet gimleted hitting impress incisive incisively indeed infiltrate infiltrating infiltrationinfiltration depthinsightfully intensely invading keen

Related words (138)

keening longheaded longsighted loud luminous mordacious mordant nervous nice nipping nippynose ticklingnose-piercing nose-tickling numbing perceptive percipient perspicacious perspicuous pervading

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Noun(25 words)

keenly movenonprepositional usepenetrant penetrate penetrationpenetration depthperceptive perceptively perforate permeating pierce piercingpiercing glarepiercingly probing puncturing razorblade scrutinizing sharp

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sharpening sharply shrill understand uppercutting

Adjective(9 words)

knifelike penetrative piercingpiercing critiquepoignant moodpoignant sceneprofound silenceprofound solitudesharp

Verb(1 words)

pierced

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

27 entries

action adjective advance adverbauditory propertycognitive attributecomprehend descriptor enter exclamationgrammatical categoryimpress influence interjectionmanner adverbmaterial property

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More specific

42 entries

acknowledgment acutelyarmor penetrationastutelyattributive adjectivebullet penetrationcompelling reasoningcritical penetration depthdata penetrationdecode codedeeplydepth valueincisivelyindustry entryintensely keenly

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Collocations

23 entries

penetrating analysispenetrating critiquepenetrating descriptionpenetrating effectpenetrating evidencepenetrating forcepenetrating gazepenetrating heatpenetrating impactpenetrating insightpenetrating literaturepenetrating questionpenetrating questionspenetrating radiationpenetrating remarkpenetrating scent

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Inflections

6 entries

more penetratingmore penetratinglymost penetratingmost penetratinglypenetrated penetrates

Derivations

11 entries

penetrable penetrant penetrate penetrated penetrates penetratingly penetratingness penetration penetrative penetratively penetrator

similar

2 entries

perceptive sharp

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He gave me a penetrating gaze.

Source: tatoeba (2152269)

Tom gave me a penetrating gaze.

Source: tatoeba (5822962)

Two gentlemen were awaiting us in the station—the one a tall, fair man with lion-like hair and beard and curiously penetrating light blue eyes; the other a small, alert person, very neat and dapper, in a frock-coat and gaiters, with trim little side-whiskers and an eye-glass.

Source: tatoeba (6957633)

One of these strangers was about forty years of age, tall, and thin in the flanks, with an aquiline nose, dark penetrating eyes, and a shrewd but sinister cast of countenance.

Source: tatoeba (7752235)

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Penetrating