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praɪpry

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. pry

    Synonyms:
    peer, peep, scrutinize, inquire

    Antonyms:
    connive, overlook, disregard, pretermit

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. crowbar, wrecking bar, pry, pry barverb

    a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge

    Synonyms:
    wrecking bar, crowbar, pry bar

  2. pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmyverb

    to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

    "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"

    Synonyms:
    prize, poke, intrude, treasure, nose, esteem, lever, respect, appreciate, horn in, value, jimmy, prise

  3. pryverb

    be nosey

    "Don't pry into my personal matters!"

    Synonyms:
    prize, poke, intrude, nose, lever, horn in, jimmy, prise

  4. intrude, horn in, pry, nose, pokeverb

    search or inquire in a meddlesome way

    "This guy is always nosing around the office"

    Synonyms:
    stab, nuzzle, dig, horn in, intrude, prize, jab, nose, wind, lever, obtrude, trespass, irrupt, thump, scent, jimmy, prise, prod, pound, poke

  5. pry, priseverb

    make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry

    "They pried the information out of him"

    Synonyms:
    prize, poke, intrude, nose, esteem, lever, respect, horn in, value, jimmy, prise

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. obstrude

    become noticeable in an unwelcome or intrusive way

    Submitted by @Muskan on December 28, 2020  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. pryverb

    Synonyms:
    peer, search, look closely or narrowly

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. prynoun

    Synonyms:
    lever, leverage

  2. pryverb

    Synonyms:
    prize, gaze, inspect

PPDB, the paraphrase database5.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "pry":

    phl, separate, lever

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How to use pry in a sentence?

  1. Brad Anthony:

    You could never pry anything from him.

  2. Jerry Healy:

    You know all the years I knew Tommy, I never heard him mention a sister or a mother or a brother or a father, you could never pry anything from him.

  3. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone:

    The intention is certainly not to pry into the private lives of the teachers. We certainly aren't going to do that. People are entitled to their private lives, but teachers also have to respect the mission of the school in the way they live their public lives.

  4. Cody Orell:

    On Sunday she was going out to meet someone and wasn’t saying who. I didn’t pry into it then, but. of course, now I wish….

  5. Harlen Ellison, interview with Charlie Rose:

    What is not nailed down is mine. Anything that I can pry loose was not nailed down.


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