Antonyms for penetrate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pen-i-treyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛn ɪˌtreɪt |
Definition of penetrate
Origin :- 1520s, from Latin penetratus, past participle of penetrare "to put or get into, enter into," related to penitus "within, inmost," penus "innermost part of a temple, store of food," penates "household gods." Related: Penetrated; penetrating.
- verb pierce; get through physically
- verb understand or be understood
- Into the darker secrets of the Book of Wishes we will not penetrate.
- Extract from : « The Intelligence Office (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Does a newspaper, even the ubiquitous Petit Journal, penetrate into these solitudes?
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- Angelique repeated the word very slowly, as if to penetrate its meaning.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- This hole is to enable the syrup to penetrate the inside of the lemons.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- Nowadays, when one strives to penetrate things one is confounded.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- But the formal exterior of that petty pompous man I cannot penetrate.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- How eagerly did my glance endeavour to penetrate the smoky distance!
- Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
- We have found a substance that no ray, no electro-bullet can penetrate.
- Extract from : « Pirates of the Gorm » by Nat Schachner
- He tried to remember it—tried to penetrate the disguise—but he could not.
- Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton
- This is as far as the most instructed have ever been able to penetrate.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
Synonyms for penetrate
- access
- affect
- barge in
- bayonet
- become clear
- blow in
- bore
- break in
- breeze in
- bust in
- charge
- come
- come across
- comprehend
- crack
- decipher
- diffuse
- discern
- drill
- drive
- eat through
- encroach
- enter
- fathom
- figure out
- filter in
- force
- get across
- get in
- get over
- get through
- get to the bottom
- go through
- gore
- grasp
- impale
- impress
- infiltrate
- ingress
- insert
- insinuate
- introduce
- invade
- jab
- knife
- make a hole
- make an entrance
- pass through
- perceive
- percolate
- perforate
- permeate
- pervade
- pop in
- prick
- probe
- puncture
- put over
- ream
- run into
- saturate
- see through
- seep
- sink in
- sink into
- soak in
- spear
- stab
- stick into
- suffuse
- thrust
- touch
- trespass
- unravel
- work out
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