| Main Entry: |
penetrate |
| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
pierce; get through physically |
Synonyms: |
access, barge in, bayonet, blow in,
bore, break in, breeze in, bust in,
charge,
come,
crack,
diffuse,
drill,
drive, eat through,
encroach,
enter, filter in,
force, get in,
go through,
gore, impale,
infiltrate, ingress,
insert,
insinuate,
introduce,
invade, jab, knife, make a hole, make an entrance, pass through,
percolate, perforate,
permeate,
pervade, pop in,
prick,
probe, puncture, ream, run into,
saturate,
seep, sink into, spear,
stab, stick into, suffuse,
thrust, trespass
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| Notes: |
the difference between permeate and pervade is that the former is affecting a surface, the latter an area; a characteristic of penetrate is that it is effected upon a solid substance |
Antonyms: |
exit, take out, withdraw
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