knife - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle

Synonyms

• knife

More generic

• edge tool

More specific

• Bowie knife
• barong
• bolo
• bolo knife
• bread knife
• butcher knife
• carving knife
• case knife
• chopper
• cleaver
• drawknife
• drawshave
• hunting knife
• letter opener
• linoleum cutter
• linoleum knife
• meat cleaver
• paper knife
• paperknife
• parang
• parer
• paring knife
• pocket knife
• pocketknife
• pruning knife
• sheath knife
• slicer
• surgical knife
• table knife

Related

• blade
• haft
• helve
• knife blade
• point

Noun

a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point

Synonyms

• knife

More generic

• arm
• weapon
• weapon system

More specific

• bayonet
• dagger
• khukuri
• machete
• matchet
• panga
• shiv
• sticker
• trench knife
• yataghan

Related

• peak
• point
• tip

Noun

any long thin projection that is transient

Synonyms

• knife
• tongue

More generic

• projection

Verb

use a knife on

Synonyms

• knife
• stab

More generic

• injure
• wound

More specific

• bayonet
• poniard

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