shaft - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the hollow spine of a feather

Synonyms

• calamus
• quill
• shaft

More generic

• rib

Related

• feather
• plumage
• plume

Noun

a revolving rod that transmits power or motion

Synonyms

• rotating shaft
• shaft

More generic

• rod

More specific

• arbor
• camshaft
• crankshaft
• driveshaft
• mandrel
• mandril
• spindle
• transmission shaft

Related

• rotating mechanism

Noun

a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)

Synonyms

• shaft

More generic

• rod

More specific

• axle
• thill

Noun

a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel

Synonyms

• shaft

More generic

• passage

More specific

• air shaft
• air well
• downcast

Related

• mine
• tunnel

Noun

(architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column

Synonyms

• scape
• shaft

More generic

• upright
• vertical

Related

• column
• pillar

Noun

a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)

Synonyms

• shaft

More generic

• passageway

More specific

• elevator shaft
• ventilation shaft
• well

Related

• building
• edifice

Noun

a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

Synonyms

• lance
• shaft
• spear

More generic

• arm
• weapon
• weapon system

More specific

• assagai
• assegai
• javelin
• trident

Related

• barb
• spear-point
• spearhead
• spearpoint

Noun

obscene terms for penis

Synonyms

• cock
• dick
• pecker
• prick
• putz
• shaft
• tool

More generic

• member
• penis
• phallus

Noun

the main (mid) section of a long bone

Synonyms

• diaphysis
• shaft

More generic

• long bone
• os longum

Noun

an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

Synonyms

• barb
• dig
• gibe
• jibe
• shaft
• shot
• slam

More generic

• comment
• input
• remark

More specific

• cheap shot

Noun

a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer

Synonyms

• shaft

More generic

• line

Related

• arrow
• pointer

Noun

a column of light (as from a beacon)

Synonyms

• beam
• beam of light
• irradiation
• light beam
• ray
• ray of light
• shaft
• shaft of light

More generic

• light
• visible light
• visible radiation

More specific

• heat ray
• high beam
• laser beam
• low beam
• moon ray
• moon-ray
• moonbeam
• sunbeam
• sunray

Verb

defeat someone through trickery or deceit

Synonyms

• cheat
• chicane
• chouse
• jockey
• screw
• shaft

More generic

• beat
• beat out
• crush
• shell
• trounce
• vanquish

Verb

equip with a shaft

Synonyms

• shaft

More generic

• equip
• fit
• fit out
• outfit

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