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Dig

🔄 Synonyms of "Dig"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
hollownoun	An unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
comprehendverb	(transitive) To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly; to plumb.
travailnoun	(literary) Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.
apprehendverb	(transitive) To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
savvynoun	(informal) Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.
grindverb	(transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
jibenoun	A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.
slamnoun	(transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
prodnoun	(transitive) To poke, to push, to touch.
drudgenoun	(also attributively) A person who works in a low servile job.
barbnoun	(figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
pokeverb	To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick.
stabnoun	(transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
compassnoun	A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).
shotverb	Tired, weary.
excavateverb	(transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
labornoun	(Australian politics, informal) The Australian Labor Party.
fagnoun	(US, Canada, vulgar, usually offensive, sometimes endearing) A homosexual man, especially (usually derogatory) an effeminate or unusual one.
excavationnoun	(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
diggingnoun	The action performed by a person or thing that digs.
turn oververb	(transitive, business) To generate (a certain amount of money from sales).
dig outverb	(transitive) To remove something by digging.
get the pictureverb	(informal) To understand or comprehend a situation; to interpret things correctly.
cut intoverb	Synonym of cut in (to include)
delveverb	(ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dig"

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Word	Definition
excavationnoun	(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
excavateverb	(transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
delveverb	(ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out
dig outverb	(transitive) To remove something by digging.
hollownoun	An unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
barbnoun	(figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
shaftnoun	The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
grindverb	(transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
stabnoun	(transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
prodnoun	(transitive) To poke, to push, to touch.
jabnoun	(British) A medical hypodermic injection (vaccination or inoculation).
pokeverb	To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick.
compassnoun	A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).
graspverb	To understand.
slamnoun	(transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
gibenoun	Alternative spelling of jibe (“facetious or insulting remark”). [A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.]
drudgenoun	(also attributively) A person who works in a low servile job.
labornoun	(Australian politics, informal) The Australian Labor Party.
turn oververb	(transitive, business) To generate (a certain amount of money from sales).
apprehendverb	(transitive) To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.