Synonyms for jab
dʒæbjab

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1. jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrustingnoun

   a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

   "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist"

   Synonyms:
   jabbing, punch, stab, dig, drive, clout, garget, thrust, sack, driving force, carrier bag, knife thrust, slug, dawdler, lick, poke, paper bag, lagger, biff, pigeon berry, thrusting, drone, trailer, laggard, scoke, push, poking

2. jabnoun

   a quick short straight punch

   Synonyms:
   dig, poking, thrust, poke, jabbing, thrusting

3. dig, jabverb

   the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow

   "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs"

   Synonyms:
   barb, thrust, excavation, jabbing, slam, shot, thrusting, poking, poke, shaft, archeological site, digging, jibe, gibe, dig

4. jab, prod, stab, poke, digverb

   poke or thrust abruptly

   "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

   Synonyms:
   compass, nose, incite, toil, pry, grind, dig, drudge, moil, dig up, poke, horn in, delve, nudge, grasp, prod, egg on, thump, cut into, knife, travail, labour, get the picture, hollow, stab, apprehend, pound, comprehend, turn over, excavate, savvy, labor, grok, intrude, poke at, dig out

5. jabverb

   strike or punch with quick and short blows

   Synonyms:
   dig, prod, stab, poke

6. stab, jabverb

   stab or pierce

   "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife"

   Synonyms:
   prod, dig, knife, poke, stab

Matched Categories

1. • Gesture
   • Punch
   • Strike
   • Thrust

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

1. jabnoun

   Synonyms:
   thrust, punch, dig

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "jab":

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How to use jab in a sentence?

1. Anthony Polenski:

   Will this company force me to take a jab? they don’t want their vaccination status attached to their employment.

2. Asher Salmon:

   We have introduced schemes where you can not enter cultural venues, clubs, bars without getting tested if you've not had the jab, a secondary advantage of the passport, alongside reducing the rate of infection, is to encourage young people to be vaccinated.

3. Praveen Maheswari:

   Today media fake survey report was saying 84 per cent people are interested in covid vaccination and 8% was not interested. Truth that was not told by news reader that 84% ordinary people are forced to take jab and 8 % not interested ones are doctors, politicians, corporate directors , news anchors, media proprietors

4. De Jonge:

   Almost half the people over 18 have had their first jab.

5. David Teuscher:

   In boxing, you have to keep your hands up in front of your face and upper torso to defend the blows, or hold them out in a defensive position, and all of that dramatically affects the rotator cuff tendons, it’s his punching shoulder, not his jab shoulder, but either one you have to be able to hit with both, which means you have to be able to extend it out there.