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. Roland Jacquard:

   When a large operation is prepared, they are told to keep a low profile in the months before. As? they are no longer on police radars, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack.

2. Licia Verde:

   The Hubble constant is The Hubble constant. It can be used to thread a needle from the past to the present for an end-to-end test of our understanding of the universe. This took a phenomenal amount of detailed work.

3. Moshe Katri:

   With legacy business shrinking, the larger digital becomes, the more it can move the needle in terms of top line growth.

4. Iris Pang:

   I think it will boost job numbers only by a little, it shouldn't be big enough to move the needle.

5. Nick Maroutsos:

   We believe the Fed is trying to thread the needle, balancing market jitters about slowing global growth with robust consumer spending and a strong job market in the U.S., in other words, by cutting just 25 bps, the Fed is trying to bolster market confidence while also keeping some dry powder in reserve in case of an economic shock.