Synonyms for pole

Most common

shaft · carriage pole · drawbar · rod · perch · drop-tongue · magnetic pole · celestial pole

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Verb

Antonyms

root, zero

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   A construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage.

2. n. 2

   Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.

3. v. 1

   To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.

   Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work.

Related words

Word family

polearm poleman poler polesman pole-smoker polar polarity polary

Phrases

setting pole pole star range pole utility pole carrying pole shoulder pole telegraph pole telephone pole

Forms

Plural

poles → shafts, beams, drawbars, rods…

Past participle

poled
e.g. poled → staked, sticked, stumped, staffed…

Example sentences

• shaft From here, you can look down the elevator shaft.
• rod The dowser used a dowsing rod to search for water.
• perch The sparrow landed on the perch of the bird feeder.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

bar¹, rod¹

4 letters

beam¹, punt¹, spar¹

5 letters

staff¹, stick¹, stake¹, shaft¹, stump¹, perch¹

7 letters

extreme², drawbar

8 letters

terminal³

9 letters

extremity⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (extreme² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

perche

Italiano

pesce persico

Español

perca

Deutsch

Barsch