Synonyms for drill
- verb
- noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
Drill a small hole to start the screw in the right direction.
- v. 2
To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.
- v. 3
To entice or allure; to decoy; with on.
- n. 1
A tool or machine used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.
Wear safety glasses when operating an electric drill.
Related words
- Word family
- drillproof
- Phrases
- fire drill drill rig drill press hammer drill drill down drill in bench drill bow drill
Choose the right word
Drill is systematic, rigorous, and commonly enforced practise under a teacher or commander.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- tap Tap water is sometimes cleaner than bottled water.
- plug Algeria needs plug-and-play production facilities.
- shaft From here, you can look down the elevator shaft.
- bore You're such a bore. You never want to go anywhere.
By length
- 3 letters
- bed1, tap1
- 4 letters
- kill1, bone1, root1, plug1, bore1, lure1, poke1, plow1, ream1
- 5 letters
- train1, teach1, pound1, shaft1, chino2, gouge1
- 6 letters
- school1, pierce1, entice2
- 7 letters
- educate3
- 8 letters
- training2, practice2, exercise3, practise2, instruct2, excavate3, accustom3
- 9 letters
- penetrate3, perforate3
- 10 letters
- discipline3, recitation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (chino2 = 2 syllables).