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dig, excavation, archeological sitenoun
the site of an archeological exploration
«they set up camp next to the dig»
Synonyms:
barb, excavation, jab, slam, shot, shaft, archeological site, digging, jibe, gibe, mining -
shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibenoun
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
«his parting shot was `drop dead'»; «she threw shafts of sarcasm»; «she takes a dig at me every chance she gets»
Synonyms:
calamus, beam, shaft, archeological site, stab, peter, shaft of light, diaphysis, guessing, excavation, ray of light, pecker, digging, snap, jab, guesswork, cock, rotating shaft, blastoff, stroke, ray, barb, prick, shooter, scape, slam, scene, spear, dick, crack, tool, lance, snapshot, shooting, light beam, quill, gibe, guess, beam of light, sweep, putz, jibe, irradiation, injection, pellet, dead reckoning, shot -
dignoun
a small gouge (as in the cover of a book)
«the book was in good condition except for a dig in the back cover»
Synonyms:
barb, excavation, jab, slam, shot, shaft, archeological site, digging, jibe, gibe -
excavation, digging, dignoun
the act of digging
«there’s an interesting excavation going on near Princeton»
Synonyms:
barb, excavation, jab, slam, shot, shaft, archeological site, digging, jibe, gibe, mining -
dig, jabverb
the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow
«she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs»
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barb, thrust, excavation, jabbing, jab, slam, shot, thrusting, poking, poke, shaft, archeological site, digging, jibe, gibe -
dig, delve, cut into, turn oververb
turn up, loosen, or remove earth
«Dig we must»; «turn over the soil for aeration»
Synonyms:
compass, delve, bowl over, toil, grind, debate, flip, drudge, moil, dig up, consider, jab, reach, cut into, roll, poke, turn, grasp, moot, prod, pass on, give, deliberate, tip over, overturn, travail, labour, pass, hollow, stab, apprehend, upset, comprehend, flip over, turn over, excavate, savvy, labor, tump over, grok, get the picture, knock over, hand, dig out -
dig, dig outverb
create by digging
«dig a hole»; «dig out a channel»
Synonyms:
stab, savvy, dig up, cut into, prod, grind, travail, turn over, jab, delve, hollow, labour, compass, comprehend, poke, apprehend, get the picture, grok, toil, excavate, labor, dig out, grasp, moil, drudge -
labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moilverb
work hard
«She was digging away at her math homework»; «Lexicographers drudge all day long»
Synonyms:
compass, comminute, tug, boil, roil, toil, grind, craunch, drudge, moil, dig up, tire, wear out, poke, cut into, crunch, churn, cranch, jab, grasp, weary, prod, jade, tire out, wear upon, fatigue, travail, delve, get the picture, drive, hollow, stab, apprehend, outwear, comprehend, turn over, excavate, labor, mash, wear down, savvy, push, grok, wear, bray, dig out, grate, fag out, labour -
dig, dig up, dig outverb
remove, harvest, or recover by digging
«dig salt»; «dig coal»
Synonyms:
stab, savvy, dig up, cut into, prod, grind, travail, turn over, jab, delve, hollow, labour, compass, comprehend, poke, apprehend, get the picture, turn up, grok, toil, excavate, labor, dig out, grasp, moil, drudge -
digverb
thrust down or into
«dig the oars into the water»; «dig your foot into the floor»
Synonyms:
stab, savvy, dig up, cut into, prod, grind, travail, turn over, jab, delve, hollow, labour, compass, comprehend, poke, apprehend, get the picture, grok, toil, excavate, labor, dig out, grasp, moil, drudge -
excavate, dig, hollowverb
remove the inner part or the core of
«the mining company wants to excavate the hillside»
Synonyms:
stab, cut into, prod, grind, travail, core out, turn over, jab, delve, hollow, labour, savvy, excavate, comprehend, compass, poke, apprehend, get the picture, grok, unearth, turn up, labor, dig out, grasp, hollow out, drudge, moil, toil, dig up -
jab, prod, stab, poke, digverb
poke or thrust abruptly
«he jabbed his finger into her ribs»
Synonyms:
compass, nose, incite, toil, pry, grind, drudge, moil, dig up, jab, poke, horn in, delve, nudge, grasp, prod, egg on, thump, cut into, knife, travail, labour, get the picture, hollow, stab, apprehend, pound, comprehend, turn over, excavate, savvy, labor, grok, intrude, poke at, dig out -
grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehendverb
get the meaning of something
«Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?»
Synonyms:
quail at, compass, delve, embrace, toil, grind, nail, drudge, moil, encompass, dig up, arrest, jab, poke, cut into, nab, collar, grasp, prod, travail, labour, get the picture, hollow, stab, apprehend, cop, hold on, comprehend, turn over, excavate, pick up, perceive, cover, savvy, labor, grok, circumnavigate, dig out
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- Creating By Removal
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- Remark
- Remove
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- Understand
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digverb
Synonyms:
excavate, delve, scoop, SCRATCH, hollow out -
digverb
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break up (with a spade, hoe, &c.) -
digverb
Synonyms:
delve, work with a spade, hoe, &c -
dignoun
Synonyms:
[Low.] punch, poke, thrust -
dignoun
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[Colloquial.] innuendo, insinuation, oblique hint, sly remark -
dignoun
Synonyms:
[at colleges, U. S.] plodding student
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dignoun
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digverb
Synonyms:
delve, excavate, scoop, thrust, poke, punch, jab, exhume (dig up)
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List of paraphrases for «dig»:
digging, excavate, digs, excavation, widen, widening, drilling, burrow, dug, burrowing
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How to use dig in a sentence?
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Jeffery Lewis:
The telltale sign is the pile of spoil in front of the tunnel. That’s rock from inside the mountain as they dig the new tunnel.
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Brian Fitzpatrick:
I hope everyone is responsible enough to not play a game of chicken, this is not a license to dig into an ideological corner. This a mandate to compromise.
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Elissa Slotkin:
The issue that got to me was this idea that the President, the most powerful man in the world, reached out to a foreigner, a foreign leader, and asked him to dig up dirt on an American.
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Edgar Albert Guest:
It matters not what goal you seek Its secret here reposes You’ve got to dig from week to week To get Results or Roses.
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George Stone:
Things we highlight include new trails, new experiences, we definitely dig into conservation aspects and sustainability partly, because I think that in this time away from travel, people are reflecting on how they want to be, you know, a more responsible traveler in the future and what that might mean.
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archeological site, barb, blow, bump, digging, en.synonym.one, excavation, gibe, jab, jibe, lunge, nudge, plunge, poke, propulsion, punch, push, ram, shaft, shot, shove, slam, tap, thrust, touch, apprehend, bore, bump, burrow, butt, en.synonym.one, channel, chisel, clean, clear, collect, compass, comprehend, cut, cut into, deepen, delve, dig out, dig up, discover, disembowel, drill, drudge, elbow, enjoy, eviscerate, en.synonym.one, excavate, excise, exhume, extract, fag, follow, gather, get the picture, gouge, grasp, grind, grok, grub, hollow, hollow out, labor, labour, level, like, love, lower, mine, moil, nudge, pan, en.synonym.one, penetrate, perforate, pierce, plough, plow, poke, prod, punch, puncture, push, quarry, rake, recognise, recognize, rush through, savvy, scoop, scratch, shovel, sink, spade, stab, stir, tap, thrust, toil, touch, travail, tunnel, turn over, undermine, understand, unearth.
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- see
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- recognize
- take
- take in
On this page you’ll find 259 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dig, such as: gibe, crack, cut, innuendo, jeer, and quip.
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- misunderstand
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SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO DIG
- apply oneself to
- attend to
- concentrate on
- devote oneself to
- dig
- direct
- engage in
- focus on
- give
- go at
- go for
- hammer away
- have a go at
- have at
- knuckle down to
- peg away
- pitch into
- plug away at
- take care of
- take up
- throw oneself into
- try
- turn
- turn to
- undertake
- applied oneself to
- attended to
- concentrated on
- devoted oneself to
- directed
- dug
- engaged in
- focused on
- gave
- had a go at
- had at
- hammered away
- knuckled down to
- pegged away
- pitch into
- plugged away at
- threw oneself into
- took care of
- took up
- tried
- turned
- turned to
- undertook
- went at
- went for
- applies oneself to
- attends to
- concentrates on
- devotes oneself to
- digs
- directs
- engages in
- focuses on
- gives
- goes at
- goes for
- hammers away
- has a go at
- has at
- knuckles down to
- pegs away
- pitch into
- plugs away at
- takes care of
- takes up
- throws oneself into
- tries
- turns
- turns to
- undertakes
- admire
- be crazy about
- be gone on
- be mad for
- be nuts about
- be serious about
- be smitten with
- be stuck on
- be sweet on
- be wild about
- cherish
- delight in
- dig
- dote on
- esteem
- exalt
- fall for
- flip over
- glorify
- go for
- honor
- idolize
- prize
- revere
- reverence
- treasure
- venerate
- worship
- admires
- be goes on
- be smites with
- be sticks on
- cherishes
- delight in
- digs
- dote on
- esteems
- exalts
- falls for
- flips over
- glorifies
- goes for
- honors
- idolizes
- is crazy about
- is mad for
- is nuts about
- is serious about
- is sweet on
- is wild about
- prizes
- reverences
- reveres
- treasures
- venerates
- worships
- address
- be diligent
- be industrious
- bear down
- bend
- buckle down
- commit
- concentrate
- dedicate
- devote
- dig
- direct
- give
- give all one’s got
- give best shot
- give old college try
- grind
- hammer away
- hit the ball
- hustle
- knuckle down
- make effort
- peg away
- persevere
- plug
- pour it on
- pull out all stops
- scratch
- study
- sweat
- throw
- try
- turn
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What is another word for Dig?
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poke
touch, thrust
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excavate
hollow out, activity
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delve
investigate, activity
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prod
poke, touch
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jab
poke, touch
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stab
poke, put in
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comprehend
understand, action
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shovel
activity, make
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grub
activity, enter
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dig out
excavate, activity
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burrow
delve, mine
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scoop
make, enter
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understand
enjoy, action
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unearth
show, investigate
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grasp
understand
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barb
snide remark, cutting remark
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cut
hollow out, insult
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shove
poke, thrust
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push
poke, thrust
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nudge
touch, thrust
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apprehend
understand
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gibe
insult, cutting remark
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thrust
put in, drive
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like
feeling
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sink
put in, thrust object into
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ram
put in, drive
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mine
excavate, dig out
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bore
excavate, dig out
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excavation
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jibe
snide remark
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turn over
cultivate, delve into
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search
investigate, delve
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stick
put in, thrust object into
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taunt
insult, snide remark
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crack
respect, insult
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drive
delve into, thrust object into
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hollow
make deeper
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enjoy
like, feeling
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quarry
mine, excavate
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punch
thrust, jab
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Phrases with Dig
How Dig often is described
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archaeological dig
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archeological dig
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subtle dig
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sly dig
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obvious dig
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last dig
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fresh dig
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clear dig
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better dig
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single dig
Dig is the first word in phrase
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dig site
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dig dug
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dig attack
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dig sites
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dig team
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dig dogs
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dig rat
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dig champs
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dig baloney
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dig incident
Dig is the last word in phrase
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big dig
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fossil dig
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archaeology dig
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archeology dig
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paleontology dig
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valley dig
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garden dig
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tropes dig
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team dig
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killer dig