Antonyms for knife
naɪf; naɪvzknife

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1. • Edge Tool
   • Injure
   • Weapon

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. knifenoun

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

   Synonyms:
   tongue

2. knifenoun

   a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point

   Synonyms:
   tongue

3. tongue, knifeverb

   any long thin projection that is transient

   "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"

   Synonyms:
   tongue, natural language, glossa, lingua, spit, clapper

4. knife, stabverb

   use a knife on

   "The victim was knifed to death"

   Synonyms:
   prod, dig, stab, poke, jab

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. knifenoun

   Synonyms:
   dagger, stiletto, dirk, poniard, bowie-knife, misericorde, anlace, yataghan, machete, bolo, handjar, skean, creese, barong, sword, billhook, saber, scalpel, lancet, bistoury, jackknife, pen-knife, pocket-knife

   Associated words:
   cutler, cutlery, sheath, sheathe, unsheathe, scabbard, cultrivorous, cultrate, cultriform, tang, scale, spring, blade, kick, spatula

How to use knife in a sentence?

1. Jacob Blake:

   I realized I had dropped my knife, had a little pocket knife. So I picked it up after I got off of him because they tased me and I fell on top of him.

2. Huntington Park Police Department:

   The suspect continued to threaten officers with the butcher knife, resulting in an officer-involved shooting.

3. Prime Minister Tony Abbott:

   The terrorist threat is rising, at home and abroad, and is becoming harder to combat, today's terrorism requires little more than a camera phone, a knife and a victim.

4. Geoffrey Berman:

   Ray put a knife to one male victimsthroat, brandished a knife and threatened to dismember another male victim, grabbed a third male victim around the neck until he passed out, slapped a female victim and grabbed another female victim by her head before shoving her to the ground, after enduring Rays abuse, seven of his victims falsely confessed to having harmed or attempted to harm Ray. Ray, who sometimes recorded these false confessions, then used these false confessions to extort money from his victims.

5. Donald Trump:

   When he said he hit a friend of his in the face with a lock, with a pad lock, right in the face, I say, 'Whoa,' that's pretty bad, and when he said he stabbed somebody with a knife but it hit a belt buckle -- I know all about knives and belt buckles. Belt buckles aren't gonna stop because they can turn, they can twist ... they're not solid especially if somebody's got a couple extra pounds on them.

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