Synonyms of the word

barb

• n. The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted…
• n. (figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
• n. A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
• n. Armor for a horse, corrupted from bard.
• n. (ornithology) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
• n. (zoology) Several species of freshwater fish of the cyprinid family.
• n. (zoology) A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States;…
• n. (botany) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
• n. (zoology) A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
• n. (obsolete) A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
• n. Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands…
• n. (obsolete) A bit for a horse.
• n. A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their…
• v. To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear,…
• v. To cover a horse in armor, corrupted from bard.
• v. (obsolete) To shave or dress the beard of.
• v. (obsolete) To clip; to mow.
• n. The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
• n. A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

comment

• n. A spoken remark.
• n. (programming) A remark in source code which does not affect the behavior of the program.
• v. (transitive) To remark.
• v. (intransitive, with "on" or "about") To make remarks or notes.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To comment or remark on.
• v. (transitive, software, of code) To insert comments into (source code).
• v. (transitive, software, of code) To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment.

dig

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole…
• v. (transitive) To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
• v. (mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
• v. (US, slang, dated) To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
• v. (figuratively) To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
• v. To thrust; to poke.
• v. (volleyball) To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball.
• n. An archeological investigation.
• n. (US, colloquial, dated) A plodding and laborious student.
• n. A thrust; a poke.
• n. (Britain, dialect, dated) A tool for digging.
• n. (volleyball) A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
• v. (slang) To understand or show interest in.
• v. (slang) To appreciate, or like.

fibril

• n. A fine fibre or filament.
• n. (biology) Any fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants.

filament

• n. A fine thread or wire.
• n. Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.
• n. (physics, astronomy) A massive, thread-like structure, such as those gaseous ones which extend outward…
• n. (botany) The stalk of a stamen in a flower, supporting the anther.
• n. (textiles) A continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length.

gibe

• n. A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer or taunt.
• v. (intransitive) To perform a jibe (2, 3).
• v. (intransitive) To agree.
• v. (transitive) To cause to execute a gibe (2, 3).
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to mock.

jibe

• n. (nautical) A maneuver in which the stern of a sailing boat or ship crosses the wind, typically resulting…
• v. (intransitive, nautical) To perform a jibe.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To cause to execute a jibe.
• v. (intransitive) To agree.
• n. A facetious or insulting remark, a jeer or taunt.
• v. (intransitive) To make a mocking remark or remarks, jeer.
• v. (transitive) To mock, taunt.
• v. (transitive) To say in a mocking or taunting manner.

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

point

• n. A discrete division of something.
• n. A sharp extremity.
• n. (heraldry) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.
• n. (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
• n. (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
• n. Lace worked by the needle.
• n. (US, slang, dated) An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
• n. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
• n. (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
• n. The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
• n. The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
• n. (medicine, obsolete) A vaccine point.
• n. In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.
• v. (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or…
• v. (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
• v. (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
• v. (transitive) To direct toward an object; to aim.
• v. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
• v. (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
• v. (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or…
• v. (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
• v. (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
• v. (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
• v. (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
• v. (dated) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.
• v. (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location…
• v. (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that…
• v. (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
• v. (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting…
• v. (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
• v. (obsolete) To appoint.
• v. (dated) To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to point out.

remark

• n. Act of pointing out or attentively noticing; notice or observation.
• n. The expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; a mention of something worth attention…
• n. A casual observation, comment, or statement.
• n. (engraving) Alternative form of remarque.
• v. (intransitive) To make a remark or remarks; to comment.
• v. (transitive) To mark in a notable manner; to distinguish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to…
• v. (transitive) To take notice of, or to observe, mentally.
• v. (transitive) To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; -- often with a…
• n. Alternative spelling of re-mark.
• v. Alternative spelling of re-mark.

shaft

• n. (obsolete) The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
• n. The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
• n. (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
• n. Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed…
• n. A beam or ray of light.
• n. The main axis of a feather.
• n. (lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.
• n. A long, narrow passage sunk into the earth, either natural or for artificial.
• n. A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft.
• n. A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct.
• n. (architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pediment.
• n. The main cylindrical part of the penis.
• n. The chamber of a blast furnace.
• v. (transitive, slang) To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.
• v. (transitive) To equip with a shaft.
• v. (transitive, slang) To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.

shot

• adj. (colloquial) Worn out or broken.
• adj. (of material, especially silk) Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an…
• adj. Tired, weary.
• adj. Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.
• n. The result of launching a projectile or bullet.
• n. (sports) The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.
• n. (athletics) The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.
• n. (uncountable) Small metal balls used as ammunition.
• n. (uncountable, military) Metal balls (or similar) used as ammunition; not necessarily small.
• n. (referring to one's skill at firing a gun) Someone who shoots (a gun) regularly.
• n. An opportunity or attempt.
• n. A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.
• n. (slang, sports, US) A punch or other physical blow.
• n. A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle,…
• n. A single serving of espresso.
• n. (photography, film) A single unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent;…
• n. A vaccination or injection.
• n. (US, Canada, baseball, informal) A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is…
• n. (US federal prison system) Written documentation of a behavior infraction.
• n. (fisheries) A cast of one or more nets.
• n. (fisheries) A place or spot for setting nets.
• n. (fisheries) A single draft or catch of fish made.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of shoot.
• v. (transitive) To load (a gun) with shot.
• n. A charge to be paid, a scot or shout.
• interj. (colloquial, South Africa) Thank you.

slam

• v. (transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by…
• v. (transitive) To strike forcefully with some implement.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
• v. (basketball) To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
• v. (intransitive, bridge) To make a slam bid.
• v. (transitive, card games) To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
• v. (transitive) to change providers (e.g. of domain registration or telephone carrier) for a customer without…
• v. to drink off, to drink quickly.
• v. to compete in a poetry slam.
• v. (transitive, drugs, slang) to inject intravenously; shoot up.
• n. (countable) A sudden impact or blow.
• n. (countable) The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
• n. (countable, basketball) A slam dunk.
• n. (countable, colloquial, US) An insult.
• n. (uncountable) The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
• n. A poetry slam.
• n. (Britain, dialect) The refuse of alum works.
• n. (obsolete) A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.
• n. (card games) Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
• n. (countable, bridge) A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
• v. (transitive, card games) To defeat by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.

strand

• n. The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.
• n. (poetic, archaic or regional) The shore or beach of a lake or river.
• n. A small brook or rivulet.
• n. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A passage for water; gutter.
• n. A street (perhaps from similarity of shape).
• v. (transitive, nautical) To run aground; to beach.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
• v. (transitive, baseball) To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.
• n. Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
• n. A string.
• n. An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
• n. (electronics) A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
• n. (broadcasting) A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
• n. (figuratively) A sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.
• n. (genetics) A nucleotide chain.
• v. (transitive) To break a strand of (a rope).