Synonyms of poked

poked

verb

past tense of poke

1

as in protruded

to extend outward beyond a usual point

saw his head poking through the window

Synonyms & Similar Words

• protruded
• bulged
• jutted
• swelled
• pouted
• billowed
• ballooned
• stood out
• bunched
• projected
• pouched
• bellied
• started
• stuck out
• beetled
• overhung
• pooched
• stretched
• bagged
• extended
• inflated
• lengthened
• distended
• dilated
• domed
• mushroomed
• expanded
• elongated
• blew up
• snowballed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• contracted
• compressed
• condensed
• shrank
• shrunk
• constricted

2

as in interfered

to interest oneself in what is not one's concern

told him to stop poking into other people's business

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interfered
• messed
• snooped
• pried
• intervened
• intruded
• meddled
• nosed
• obtruded
• butted in
• intermeddled
• interloped
• invaded
• interceded
• fooled
• mucked (about or around)
• fiddled
• encroached
• trespassed
• interposed
• played
• tampered
• infringed
• chiselled (in)
• chiseled (in)
• monkeyed
• barged (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoided
• ignored
• shunned
• eschewed
• neglected
• disregarded
• overlooked

3

as in lingered

to move or act slowly

just poked around all morning and didn't accomplish much

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lingered
• crawled
• dragged
• delayed
• strolled
• crept
• played
• shuffled
• loitered
• diddled
• dawdled
• lagged
• hung fire
• stalled
• fell behind
• lounged
• dropped behind
• lollygagged
• dallied
• marked time
• tarried
• lallygagged
• moped
• staggered
• dillydallied
• sauntered
• dragged one's heels
• idled
• ambled
• took one's time
• loafed
• dragged one's feet
• trifled
• shilly-shallied
• inched
• lolled
• hanged (around or out)
• fiddled (around)
• puttered (around)
• pottered (around)
• fooled around
• eased
• hung (around or out)
• decelerated
• lumbered
• plodded
• temporized
• messed around
• slowed (down or up)
• procrastinated
• monkeyed (around)
• filibustered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ripped
• flew
• rushed
• raced
• tore
• ran
• hurried
• scooted
• sped
• bolted
• whirled
• scurried
• dashed
• run
• whisked
• hastened
• whizzed
• darted
• zipped
• rocketed
• scrambled
• speeded
• scudded
• hustled
• coursed
• barreled
• humped
• hurtled
• trotted
• barrelled
• careered
• stampeded
• breezed
• ran
• bowled
• run
• jogged
• sprinted
• galloped
• accelerated
• quickened
• hotfooted (it)
• sped (up)
• speeded (up)
• overtook
• caught up
• outpaced
• outstripped
• outran
• fast-forwarded

4

as in dragged

to move slowly

they were just poking along home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dragged
• crawled
• crept
• shuffled
• slouched
• inched
• oozed
• limped
• nosed
• creaked (along)
• snailed
• plodded
• trudged
• shambled
• tramped
• lumbered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flew
• raced
• sped
• floated
• sailed
• speeded
• glided
• whizzed
• hurried
• zipped
• tore

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of poked

The clip poked fun at photos from the couple's recent cover shoot for Interview magazine. —Catherine Santino, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025

The muzzle of a hunting rifle poked out from the back seat, and a water bottle on the front console was filled with the brown swill of chewing tobacco. —Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025

Human study participants have even opted to squeeze a ball really hard or get poked by a burning hot stick to avoid mental labor. —Celia Ford, Vox, 10 Mar. 2025

Chris Kreider poked a puck away from Yegor Chinakhov. —Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025

With two minutes remaining, Jones jumped the gap and poked away a Heat pass for a steal at the perimeter, collecting the ball and driving for an uncontested layup to put the Bulls up by two. —Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025

Saturday Night Live poked fun at the legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, two weeks after the actress appeared on the show herself alongside her husband Ryan Reynolds. —Jen Juneau, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025

Ever since its first season in Maui, Mike White’s Emmy-winning Max series has poked not-so-subtle fun at the ridiculous expectations and bizarre social customs of the rich on vacation. —Emma Specter, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2025

This awards season, the actor's peers have also poked fun at him for his tendency to go over the allotted speech time. —Kyla Guilfoil, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2025