Synonyms of pinhole

pinhole

noun

ˈpin-ˌhōl 

as in puncture

a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument

pinholes in a bedsheet will look like stars if you shine a light from behind it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• puncture
• slit
• punch
• prick
• tear
• perforation
• pinprick
• stab
• groove
• cut
• hollow
• rupture
• incision
• gouge
• break
• gash
• laceration
• slash
• rent
• notch
• rip

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pinhole

After it was repaired in April 2025, remaining pinhole tears caused by embers from the fire meant the reservoir had to be drained again, Collins said. — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026

Instead of dotting the same black scrim, like pinholes in a two-dimensional theater backdrop, the stars were scattered through space at dramatically varying distances, a vast swarm of them filling every last corner of an even vaster, more numinous, and emphatically three-dimensional darkness. — Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026

His pinhole view of both markets and states leaves little room for the more complicated, sometimes antagonistic interplay between them. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025

While lasers aren't the most energy-efficient tools, the beam vaporizes a mere pinhole of ice, meaning the drill uses far less total power than electric heaters. — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 30 Oct. 2025