Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

Verb

The word "pike" can be used as noun, proper noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

freeway

Typical Location

cold water lake england fresh water lake fresh water lakes and rivers lake river

Derived Terms

Amur pike Pike County Pikes Peak Scafell Pike blackspotted pike boarding pike come down the pike daggertooth pike conger fire pike garpike half-pike halfpike hornpike mackerel pike morris-pike northern pike pickerel pike and shot pike characin pike pole pike-devant pike-perch pikehead pikelike pikeman pikeminnow pikeperch piker pikestaff pikey pikey pikie puck push of pike sea pike walleyed pike

Etymologically Related To

pick

Context

australia britain derogatory dialectal diving euphemistic fashion gambling gymnastics historical military new zealand northern england slang thieves cant

Has Property

sticking into soil

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

freshwater fish highway lance main road percoid percoid fish percoidean point shaft spear

Type Of (IsA)

fish freshwater fish percoid fish point shortened form of turnpike weapon weapon with long handle

Related Terms

assume back out background carnivorous cavalry countermeasure depart enemy equip esox esox lucius ethnic extrusion flee foot soldier freshwater genus gypsy haycock hayfork hill infantry injure itinerant jack knife money mountain northern pike on out penis pickaxe pikey placename pointy run away shoe summit tight toe torso tramp traveller turnpike weapon

Synonym Network

expressway northern pike turnpike

Used For

arming foot soldier create meal defend against cavalry eating keeping ones bearings in mountains kill enemy soldier making holes in tree object of sport fishing place names poke pull things pulling spearing person or thing spearing wild pig

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.