Synonyms for needle
ˈnid lnee·dle

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1. needleverb

   To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.

   Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples.

   Synonyms:
   goad, tease

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1. acerate leaf, needlenoun

   the leaf of a conifer

   Synonyms:
   acerate leaf, phonograph needle

2. needlenoun

   a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument

   Synonyms:
   phonograph needle, acerate leaf

3. needlenoun

   a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)

   Synonyms:
   phonograph needle, acerate leaf

4. phonograph needle, needleverb

   a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record

   Synonyms:
   phonograph needle, acerate leaf

5. needle, goadverb

   goad or provoke,as by constant criticism

   "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"

   Synonyms:
   spur, goad, prick

6. needleverb

   prick with a needle

   Synonyms:
   goad

Matched Categories

1. • Implement
   • Pointer
   • Prick
   • Sewing
   • Simple Leaf

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1. List of paraphrases for "needle":

   syringe, semi-sparkling, needles, pointer, filament, leaf, foliar, pin

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1. Amesh Adalja:

   It's moved the needle a little bit for me -- I think that it shows that it's safe, i anxiously await Phase 2 trial data, which is much more useful to us in trying to demonstrate whether or not this vaccine will ultimately be effective.

2. Republican Rep. Ed Clere:

   Unfortunately we're back here, not just with needle exchange as a hypothetical theory, but with a real situation where a needle exchange (program) could make a difference.

3. Randall Matthew:

   Right now, were really threading the needle with this storm, it could go from, Man, that was close, to something that is really awful.

4. Brittany Combs:

   Some people were scared to come to the needle-exchange because they were afraid that either the cops were there waiting to arrest them or that we had video cameras to videotape them for later, others thought we were going to be able to track them — and none of that is true.

5. Ian Hewson:

   There are 10 million viruses in a drop of seawater, so discovering the virus associated with a marine disease can be like looking for a needle in a haystack, Not only is this an important discovery of a virus involved in a mass mortality of marine invertebrates, but this is also the first virus described in a sea star.