Thesaurus

drill

noun

1 an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity shuttling the kids between extracurricular activities is all part of the suburban drill Synonyms routine, grind, groove, lockstep, pattern, rote, rut, treadmillRelated Words daily dozen, regimen; housekeeping; custom, fashion, habit, practice (also practise), trick, wont; approach, manner, method, procedure, strategy, style, tack, technique, way; design, plan, program, scheme; convention, policy, tradition
2 something done over and over in order to develop skill doing vocabulary drills all afternoon in preparation for the test Synonyms exercise, practice (also practise), routine, training, workoutRelated Words assignment, homework, lesson; brushup, refresher, review

verb

1 to make a hole or series of holes in the nerve-jangling sound when a dentist drills a tooth Synonyms bore, drill, hole, pierce, punch, puncture, riddleRelated Words broach, tap; poke, prick, prickle; penetrate; burrow (into), excavate, gouge, groove, hollow; break, cut, gash, notch, rend, rupture, slash, slit, splitNear Antonyms fill, patch, plug, seal
2 to strike with a missile from a gun drilled the target from 100 yards away Synonyms drill, gun, plug, popRelated Words blow away, bring down, drop, pick off, shoot down; blaze, pepper, potshot, snipe (at); blast (at), fire (at); pistol, shotgun; machine-gun, tommy-gun; croak [slang], destroy, dispatch, do in, fell, ice [slang], kill, slay; annihilate, blot out, butcher, decimate, massacre, slaughter, wipe out

verb

to put or set into the ground to grow he drills soybeans in the same rows with corn Synonyms drill, put in, seed, sowRelated Words bed; replant, transplant; broadcast, scatter; pot; overseed, reseedNear Antonyms gather, harvest, reap