POKED Synonyms: 180 Similar and Opposite Words

poked

verb

past tense of poke

as in protruded

to extend outward beyond a usual point saw his head poking through the window

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as in interfered

to interest oneself in what is not one's concern told him to stop poking into other people's business

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as in lingered

to move or act slowly just poked around all morning and didn't accomplish much

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as in dragged

to move slowly they were just poking along home

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Recent Examples of poked Bellingham poked in Gordon's cross midway through the first half. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026 George Lombard singled in a run, Jazz Chisholm poked one through the right side, Trent Grisham got a bunt down for a hit, knocking Crochet out of the game without getting an out. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Gray-green eyes poked up from its small, round shell, which was the color of sand, and its legs made a soft, scuttling sound. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026 Flip and continue to cook until the flesh begins to flake when poked with a fork, 1 to 2 minutes. — Kate Williams, AJC.com, 21 Sep. 2026 The dog’s ribs poked out, her skin was irritated and red, and patches of fur were missing — a possible sign of mange. — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026 In between, Arsenal had plenty of attacking joy, particularly when the slick positional rotations of their right flank poked at the weak spot on the left of Chelsea’s defence. — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026 Much of his work has poked at the idiosyncrasies and absurdities of modern business, some of it toeing the line between documentary and fiction. — Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 7 Sep. 2026 Daryl Dike passed the ball in toward Justin Ellis, who immediately poked it through for Griezmann to fire past goalkeeper Carlos Dos Santos for the 1-0 lead. — Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026

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The stranger’s hollow cheeks, his dark eyes, whose lashes always appeared wet, the bony shoulders that protruded from the singlet Chee Meng had lent him—all of it frightened Shawn.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
In several looks, the hips protruded impressively outward, but the silhouette appeared more subtle and somewhat suitable for everyday wear in the label’s delicate camisole tops.

— Kelly Niesen, Glamour, 24 July 2026

Definition of protruded

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He was supposed to be one-on-one with Reigns before Jimmy Uso interfered and cost him the title.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
The robot had to remove the lid, pick up the banana and place it on the plate, while adjusting its actions if a person interfered or an attempt failed.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of interfered

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In that case, too, Erica and Peter not only lived nine months rent-free in the apartment until, as the case dragged on, a judge ordered them to start paying for use of the space, but Erica also criticized the conditions there.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026
The Department of Homeland Security initially said the agent was dragged by Villegas Gonzalez' vehicle and then shot Villegas Gonzalez in self-defense.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of dragged

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In real-world tests, the hand crawled across 14 different surfaces including smooth floors, metal grates, grass, and gravel.

— Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Oct. 2026
OpenAI’s agents also crawled millions of pages and made thousands of data queries, which may have led to the partial outage of the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) in May, the post adds.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of crawled

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The cash conversion cycle has lengthened, inventory turnover has slowed, and average days on the lot have crept higher.

— Michael Khouw, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
Orange is 5-0 for the first time since 2017 and has also crept into the final spot of The Times’ top 25 rankings for the Southland.

— Caleb Otte, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026