Synonyms for needle
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.
The seamstress threaded the needle to sew on a button.
Forms
- Plural
- needles → syringes, pointers, styluses, spines…
Example sentences
- pointer Tom was using a laser pointer to play with his cat.
- syringe Paul pulled out a syringe filled with a blue liquid.
- stylus It is possible to write Braille by hand using a slate and a stylus.
By length
- 5 letters
- spine1, neele
- 6 letters
- stylus2
- 7 letters
- pointer2, syringe2, prickle
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (stylus2 = 2 syllables).