Synonyms for needle
ˈnid lnee·dle

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1. needleverb

   To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.

   Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples.

   Synonyms:
   goad, tease

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1. acerate leaf, needlenoun

   the leaf of a conifer

   Synonyms:
   acerate leaf, phonograph needle

2. needlenoun

   a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument

   Synonyms:
   phonograph needle, acerate leaf

3. needlenoun

   a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)

   Synonyms:
   phonograph needle, acerate leaf

4. phonograph needle, needleverb

   a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record

   Synonyms:
   phonograph needle, acerate leaf

5. needle, goadverb

   goad or provoke,as by constant criticism

   "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"

   Synonyms:
   spur, goad, prick

6. needleverb

   prick with a needle

   Synonyms:
   goad

Matched Categories

1. • Implement
   • Pointer
   • Prick
   • Sewing
   • Simple Leaf

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1. List of paraphrases for "needle":

   syringe, semi-sparkling, needles, pointer, filament, leaf, foliar, pin

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1. Jeff Andrews:

   We tend to focus our telescopes in other directions because Our Milky Way galaxy's easier to find things, now we're starting to find these streams in Our Milky Way galaxy Our Milky Way galaxy. Our Milky Way galaxy's like finding a needle in a haystack. Or, in this case, finding a ripple in an ocean.

2. Jerry Demings:

   Residents are still getting vaccinated, but at a slow pace. We need to move the needle faster. 61.59 % of Orange County residents ages 12 and above have had at least one shot of the vaccine.

3. Republican Rep. Ed Clere:

   Unfortunately we're back here, not just with needle exchange as a hypothetical theory, but with a real situation where a needle exchange (program) could make a difference.

4. Former NTSB Chairman James Hall:

   Historically, it has required high-profile tragedies to move the regulatory needle forward.

5. Randall Matthew:

   Right now, were really threading the needle with this storm, it could go from, Man, that was close, to something that is really awful.