Synonyms of pried

pried 1 of 2

verb (1)

past tense of pry

1

as in pulled

to raise, move, or pull apart with or as if with a lever

it took some effort to pry up the trap door

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pulled
• lifted
• prized
• jimmied
• levered
• broke
• divided
• separated
• elevated
• hoisted
• shifted
• parted
• detached
• uplifted
• disengaged
• broke up
• disjoined

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• connected
• joined

2

as in yanked

to draw out by force or with effort

a vain attempt to pry the cork out of a wine bottle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pulled
• yanked
• extracted
• plucked
• removed
• prized
• uprooted
• tore (out)
• wrested
• wrung
• corkscrewed
• mined
• took (out)
• rooted (out)
• withdrew

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inserted
• installed
• implanted
• instilled
• stuffed
• jammed
• crammed
• wedged
• rammed

pried

2 of 2

verb (2)

past tense of pry

as in interfered

to interest oneself in what is not one's concern

don't go prying into other people's business

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pried

Verb

My sternum was fractured, my rib cage pried open. — Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026

Lonnie has plenty stacked against him, not least of all his own son, who is inching closer to surpassing his status in the golf world — people are even starting to call him the Hawk, a torch that had to have been pried out of his father’s hand. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2026

Last year, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that thieves had pried off a bronze plaque dedicating the building to the history of philadelphia from its main entrance. — Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

When peacemakers finally pried apart Slaughter and Dropo, Slaughter had his jersey ripped, but Dropo had taken the more telling punches. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026

On May 5, three people dressed in waterproof hip waders and other protective gear pried open a maintenance hole cover and descended into the sewer on a street in Queens. — ABC News, 2 June 2026

Pleasure and pressure, individual desire and collective manipulation—these would-be poles all overlap on bitknot because they can’t be pried apart in life. — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 1 June 2026

But the best dishes attest to careful technique, like the lovingly fluffy housemade paneer that somehow melts and crumbles at once, and biryani under a lid sealed with a strip of dough, pried off with a knife at your table. — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026

In what was billed an organizational coup, the Braves pried Chuck Tanner from the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cox from the Jays. — Mark Bradley For The Ajc, AJC.com, 9 May 2026