Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

Proper Noun

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

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

distaff

Coordinate Terms

chef chib ching chive enthrill foin gore gride jab job juke kebab knifecrime lancinate pigstick pink poach run through shank shiv speet splash stab stick stob stog thrust yerk

Derived Terms

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 spear foot spear grass spear gun spear lily spear penny spear phishing spear side spear tackle spear thistle spear-carrier spear-chucker spear-penny spear-rib spearable spearbush spearcast spearcaster spearchucker spearer spearfish spearfisher spearfisherman spearfishing speargrass speargun spearhead spearless spearlet spearlike spearmaker spearmaking spearmint spearphishing spearplay spearpoint spearproof spearshaft spearsman spearsmith spearthrower speartip spearwoman spearwood spearwork spearwort speary tip of the spear upspear

Etymologically Related To

park spere

Context

ice hockey wrestling

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

arm empale empierce fix impale implement jut jut out pierce prick project protrude puncture run through spike stake stick stick out transfix transpierce weapon weapon system

Type Of (IsA)

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

Manner Of

stick out transfix

Related Terms

Shakespeare Speare Speares Spearman Spears assagai assagaie assagay assegai assegay atlatl azagaia bayonet harpoon hassagay hassaguay javelin joust lance pike spit used to grill food on fire woomera zagaie zagaye

Related Terms

assegai atlatl barbed bayonet bucket feather fish harpoon hockey player hockey stick horse hunting hunting fish javelin joust lance midsection opponent piercing pike plunger primitive primitive weapon professional wrestling prong pump rod sharp sharp weapon shoot shoulder spearman spears spire spit stick tackle vegetable weapon woomera

Similar Terms

javelin

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