blade Synonyms
Another word for blade
• noun (Context 1)
The flat, sharp cutting edge of a knife, saw, razor, or other tool or weapon; by extension, a sword or knife as a whole.
"The carpenter carefully sharpened the steel cutting edge of his chisel before carving the oak beam."
• noun (Context 2)
The long, narrow, flat leaf of grass, wheat, or another cereal plant, or the broad, expanded portion of any leaf as distinct from its stalk.
"Morning dew glistened on every single lamina of grass across the quiet meadow."
• noun (Context 3)
The flat, wide part of a mechanical or sporting device that pushes against air, water, ice, or earth, such as the arm of a propeller, turbine, oar, ice skate, or bulldozer.
"The rower dipped the vane of the oar cleanly into the calm river water."
• noun (Context 4)
A flat, wide bone in the body, especially the shoulder blade (scapula), or the flat part of the tongue immediately behind the tip.
"The physical therapist massaged the tense muscles around his right shoulder shoulder blade."
• verb (Context 5)
To skate on inline skates (rollerblades).
"They bladed along the paved beachfront promenade all afternoon."
• verb (Context 6)
To level, scrape, or clear soil, snow, or gravel using a heavy machine fitted with a wide flat blade, such as a bulldozer or road grader.
"The road crew bladed the unpaved mountain track after the spring mudslides."
• noun (Context 7)
A dashing, jaunty, or stylish young man (an archaic or literary usage).
"In the nineteenth-century novel, the young gallant spent his evenings at fashionable London clubs."
Opposites of blade
The opposite of blade shifts depending on context. Common opposites include: