Antonyms for knife
naɪf; naɪvzknife

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1. • Edge Tool
   • Injure
   • Weapon

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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. Anthony Prate:

   My girlfriend and I had a fight. She stabbed me with a knife, and I stabbed her back, and I think shes gravely wounded.

2. Isaac Bashevis Singer:

   There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.

3. Jonathan Fischer:

   If someone was to try and break into my home, and especially if someone were armed, I don’t want to fight back with a kitchen knife, and I don’t think that’s extremist or crazy.

4. Angela Merkel:

   I’m shocked by the knife attack on Mayor Andreas Hollstein — and very relieved that he is back with his family, thanks also to those who helped him.

5. Mark Dawson:

   He was planning a car accident-style attack to run over a serviceman and use a knife to kill that serviceman, and to do so, certainly had in mind the wearing of a suicide vest.

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