Spear

//spɪɹ//

Synonyms for "spear" (196 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (40)

javelin anthrophore assegai auger axis bag bayonet bill bine bite blade bole bore bough bract bracteole bractlet branch branchedness branchiness

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broach burgeon cane carpophore catch caudex caulicle caulis cotyledon countersink culm dagger deadwood dirk

Verb(6 words)

blank chef chib ching chive cut

Strong matches (58)

drill edge tool empierce enmesh ensnare entangle entrap fix flag flagellum floral leaf foliole footstalk fork foul frond funicule funiculus glume gore

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gouge gouge out halberd harpoon hatchet haulm hole honeycomb hook impale involucre involucrum jackknife knife lamina lance land lasso leaf leaflet leafstalk lemma ligule limb male

Verb(9 words)

enthrill foin gride jab job juke kebab knifecrime lancinate

Noun(4 words)

fishgig fizgig gig lance

Related words (98)

Related word relations

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

11 relation types

More general

22 entries

arm empale empierce fix impale implement jut jut out pierce prick project protrude puncture run through spike stake

Showing 16 of 22 words.

Antonyms

1 entries

distaff

Related terms

25 entries

Shakespeare Speare Speares Spearman Spears assagai assagaie assagay assegai assegay atlatl azagaia bayonet harpoon hassagay hassaguay

Showing 16 of 25 words.

coordinate

28 entries

chef chib ching chive enthrill foin gore gride jab job juke kebab knifecrime lancinate pigstick pink

Showing 16 of 28 words.

derived

64 entries

Ithuriel's spear Spearman bear spear boar-spear eelspear fire spear fishspear king's spear ox tongue spear polespear riding spear spear biscuits spear carrier spear catcher spear chucker spear closet

Showing 16 of 64 words.

etymologically related_to

2 entries

park spere

has context

2 entries

ice hockey wrestling

is a

8 entries

close combat weapon implement long thin object primitive weapon projectile weapon spiky thing user guided device weapon

manner of

2 entries

stick out transfix

related to

40 entries

assegai atlatl barbed bayonet bucket feather fish harpoon hockey player hockey stick horse hunting hunting fish javelin joust lance

Showing 16 of 40 words.

similar

1 entries

javelin

Translations

265 translations across 160 languages.

Abkhaz

1 entries

аԥса noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Adyghe

2 entries

пчы noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
пщы noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Afrikaans

1 entries

spies noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Albanian

2 entries

heshtë noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
ushtë noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

αἰχμή noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
δόρυ noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
κοντάριον noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
λόγχη noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Ao

1 entries

nü (Chungli) noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Arabic

4 entries

حربة noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
حَرْبَة noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
خشت noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
رمح noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Armenian

1 entries

նիզակ noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Assamese

2 entries

হনা verb (strike with any long narrow object)
হানা verb (strike with any long narrow object)

Asturian

1 entries

llanza noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Avar

1 entries

хеч noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

cida noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
mizraq noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
nizə noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Bangi

1 entries

likongo noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Basque

1 entries

lantza noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Belarusian

2 entries

дзі́да noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
пі́ка noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Bengali

1 entries

বর্শা noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Bulgarian

3 entries

кóпиe noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
харпун noun (sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish)
пронизвам verb (strike with any long narrow object)

Burmese

1 entries

လှံ noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Catalan

2 entries

arpó noun (sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish)
llança noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Cebuano

1 entries

bangkaw noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Central Atlas Tamazight

1 entries

ⵜⴰⴼⴰⵍⴰ noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

ڕم noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Chechen

1 entries

гоьмукъ noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Chichewa

1 entries

mkondo noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

矛 noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Chukchi

1 entries

пойгын noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Church Slavic

2 entries

жръдь noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
копиѥ noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Cornish

1 entries

guw noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Czech

1 entries

kopí noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Danish

1 entries

spyd noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Dupaningan Agta

1 entries

pisga noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Dutch

4 entries

geer noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
lans noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
speer noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
spies noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Esperanto

1 entries

lanco noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Estonian

1 entries

oda noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Evenki

1 entries

гида noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Faroese

1 entries

spjót noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Finnish

2 entries

keihäs noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
keihästää verb (strike with any long narrow object)

French

2 entries

harpon noun (sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish)
lance noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Friulian

1 entries

lance noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Galician

3 entries

aste noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
falarica noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
lanza noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Georgian

3 entries

ლახვარი noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
შუბი noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
ჰოროლი noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

German

1 entries

Speer noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Greek

4 entries

ακόντιο noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
δόρυ noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
καμάκι noun (sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish)
κοντάρι noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Hausa

1 entries

mashi noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Hawaiian

1 entries

ʻō noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Hebrew

1 entries

חֲנִית noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Higaonon

1 entries

bangkaw noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Hindi

4 entries

नेजा noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
बरछा noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
भाला noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
शूल noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Hungarian

3 entries

dárda noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
lándzsa noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
szigony noun (sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish)

Icelandic

1 entries

spjót noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Ido

1 entries

lanco noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Indonesian

1 entries

tombak noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Ingrian

1 entries

kopjo noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Ingush

1 entries

гебагӏа noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Irish

2 entries

ga noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
sleá noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Italian

4 entries

alabarda noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
arpione noun (sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish)
asta noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
fiocina noun (sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish)

Japanese

4 entries

槍 noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
簎 noun (sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish)
銛 noun (sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish)
鑓 noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Kabardian

1 entries

бжы noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Kalmyk

1 entries

җид noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Kazakh

2 entries

найза noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
сүңгі noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Ket

1 entries

усь noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries

lāi noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Khmer

1 entries

លំពែង noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Kikuyu

1 entries

itimũ noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Korean

1 entries

창 noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Koryak

1 entries

пойгын noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Kriol

2 entries

barragarl noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
burdagul noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

найза noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Lakota

1 entries

wahúkheza noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Lao

1 entries

ຫອກ noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Latgalian

2 entries

dzyds noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
škāps noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Latin

3 entries

dardus noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
hasta noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
lancea noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Latvian

1 entries

šķēps noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Lingala

2 entries

likonga noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
likongo noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Lithuanian

1 entries

ietis noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Lü

1 entries

ᦠᦸᧅᧈ noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Macedonian

2 entries

ко́пје noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
стрела noun (sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish)

Malay

1 entries

lembing noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Maltese

1 entries

lanza noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡤᡳᡩᠠ noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Marathi

1 entries

भाला noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Middle English

1 entries

spere noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Middle French

1 entries

dart noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Mongo

1 entries

likonga noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Mongolian

1 entries

жад noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Māori

4 entries

kōpeo noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
pūrau verb (strike with any long narrow object)
pūrou verb (strike with any long narrow object)
wero verb (strike with any long narrow object)

Nanai

2 entries

гида noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
сугбэ noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Navajo

2 entries

tsiiʼdétáán noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
tsin anáhálghą́hí noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Ngarrindjeri

1 entries

kykie noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

fumu noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Nivkh

1 entries

ӄʼаӽ noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Northern Altai

2 entries

дьыда noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
копьё noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

rim noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Northern Yukaghir

1 entries

йуолдэвчэ noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

spyd noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

spjut noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
spyd noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Occitan

1 entries

lança noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Old English

1 entries

spere noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Old French

1 entries

dart noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Old Irish

1 entries

gae noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Old Norse

2 entries

geirr noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
spjót noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Oneida

1 entries

áshekweʼ noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Oromo

1 entries

eeboo noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Ossetian

1 entries

арц noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Persian

2 entries

نیزه noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
ژوبین noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Pitjantjatjara

1 entries

kuḻaṯa noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Spiess noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Polish

4 entries

dzida noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
harpun noun (sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish)
kopia noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
oszczep noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Portuguese

2 entries

arpão noun (sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish)
lança noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Rapa Nui

1 entries

pātia noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Romanian

2 entries

lance noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
suliță noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Russian

4 entries

дро́тик noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
копьё noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
острога́ noun (sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish)
пи́ка noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Sango

1 entries

likongo noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Sanskrit

2 entries

ऋष्टि noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
शल्य noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Sardinian

2 entries

lancia noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
lantza noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Saterland Frisian

1 entries

Speer noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

brod noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
gath noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
sleagh noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries

koplje noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
копље noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
остве noun (sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish)

Shan

1 entries

ႁွၵ်ႇ noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Sicilian

1 entries

lanza noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Sidamo

1 entries

urde noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Sinhalese

1 entries

හෙල්ල noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Slovak

2 entries

kopija noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
oštep noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Slovene

1 entries

kopje noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Somali

1 entries

waran noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Southern Altai

2 entries

найза noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
јыда noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Southern Ohlone

1 entries

hipor noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Spanish

4 entries

arpón noun (sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish)
azagaya noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
lanza noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
venablo noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Sumerian

1 entries

𒀉𒁍𒁕 noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Swahili

2 entries

chusa noun (sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish)
mkuki noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Swedish

1 entries

spjut noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Tai Dam

1 entries

ꪬꪮꪀ noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Tajik

1 entries

найза noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Tatar

1 entries

сөнге noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Telugu

2 entries

బల్లెం noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
శూలం noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Thai

1 entries

หอก noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Tibetan

1 entries

མདུང noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Tlingit

1 entries

woosáani noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Tunisian Arabic

1 entries

دبور noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Turkish

3 entries

cirit noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
kargı noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
mızrak noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Turkmen

2 entries

jyda noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
naýza noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Tuvan

2 entries

копьё noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
узун чыда noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎎𐎗𐎈 noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Ukrainian

2 entries

пі́ка noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
спис noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Unami

2 entries

tànkama verb (strike with any long narrow object)
tànkamën verb (strike with any long narrow object)

Urdu

1 entries

نیز noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Uzbek

1 entries

nayza noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Venetan

1 entries

lansa noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Vietnamese

2 entries

giáo noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
thương noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Vilamovian

1 entries

pik noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Walloon

2 entries

dår noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
lance noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Welsh

3 entries

gwayw noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
gwaywffon noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
tryfer noun (sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish)

West-Frisian

1 entries

spear noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Woiwurrung

2 entries

djirra noun (long stick with a sharp tip)
warra-warra noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Wutunhua

1 entries

ddong noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Xârâcùù

1 entries

jö noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Yakut

1 entries

үҥүү noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Yiddish

1 entries

שפּיז noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Zulu

1 entries

umkhonto noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

ǃXóõ

1 entries

ǃōo a̰a noun (long stick with a sharp tip)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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He hurled a spear at his enemy.

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The tip of the spear was dipped in a deadly poison.

Source: tatoeba (764188)

Tom stabbed Mary with a spear.

Source: tatoeba (1028001)

Leaning on his bone-tipped spear for support, Tom rises to his feet.

Source: tatoeba (1566882)

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