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shoot

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of shoot

1 a branch of a main stem especially of a plant
  • collected the most tender shoots for the vegetable dish he was making
Synonyms of shoot

offshoot, outgrowth, sprout
Words Related to shoot

excrescence, growth

bough, branchlet, limb, twig

bud, floret

spray, sprig, spur
2 a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body
  • there'd be a shoot of pain from that molar whenever I bit down
Synonyms of shoot

ache, pain, pang, prick, smart, sting, stitch, throe, tingle, twinge
Words Related to shoot

discomfort, distress, soreness, tenderness

affliction, agony, anguish, misery, sufferance, suffering, torment, torture

inflammation, sore, swelling

damage, detriment, harm, hurt, injury

backache, bellyache, charley horse, colic, complaint, earache, gripe, headache, stomachache, toothache
Near Antonyms of shoot

comfort, ease, easiness

shoot

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of shoot

1 to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force
  • BB guns shoot small round metal pellets
Synonyms of shoot

blast, discharge, fire, loose, squeeze off
Words Related to shoot

launch, project

blaze (at), snipe (at)

cast, catapult, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, lob, pelt, pitch, sling, throw, toss
2 to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force
  • soldiers train extensively to learn to shoot accurately and quickly
Synonyms of shoot

blast, discharge, fire
Words Related to shoot

blaze, pepper

plink, potshot, snipe
3 to strike with a missile from a gun
  • hunters can shoot deer only during the legally specified open season
Synonyms of shoot

drill, gun, plug, pop
Words Related to shoot

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
4 to proceed or move quickly
  • some show-off shot past all the other skiers on the slope
Synonyms of shoot

barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb [slang], bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurry, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom
Words Related to shoot

beetle, dart, flit, scamper, scud, scuffle

stampede, streak, whiz (or whizz)

gallop, jog, sprint

accelerate, quicken, step out

catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake

arrow, beeline
Phrases Synonymous with shoot

beat it, get a move on, make tracks, shake a leg, step on it
Near Antonyms of shoot

dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, hang (around or out), lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry

amble, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stroll

decelerate, slow (down or up)
Antonyms of shoot

crawl, creep, poke
5 to take a photograph of
  • shooting the lakeside scene while the light lasted
Synonyms of shoot

mug, photo, photograph, snap
Words Related to shoot

image, picture, rephotograph, retake

film, videotape
6 to throw or give off
  • suddenly the old, broken-down toaster began shooting out sparks
Synonyms of shoot

cast, discharge, emanate, emit, evolve, exhale, expel, expire [archaic], give out, irradiate, issue, radiate, release, send (out), throw out, vent
Words Related to shoot

eliminate, evacuate, excrete, exude, ooze, secrete

eject, erupt, gush, jet, outpour, pour, spew, spout, spray, spurt, squirt
Near Antonyms of shoot

absorb, inhale, soak (up), sponge, suck (up), take up
7 to voice oneʼs opinions freely with force
  • you've been wanting to say something since this meeting started, so shoot
Synonyms of shoot

pipe up, sound off, speak out, speak up, spout (off), talk up
Words Related to shoot

bawl, bay, bellow, call, cry, holler, roar, shout, sing (out), thunder, vociferate, yell

articulate, enounce, enunciate
Phrases Synonymous with shoot

speak oneʼs mind
Near Antonyms of shoot

belt up [British], clam up, dummy up, hush, shut up, suppress

quiet
8 to mark with small spots especially unevenly
  • hazel eyes that were brown shot with green
Synonyms of shoot

blotch, dapple, dot, fleck, freckle, marble, mottle, pepper, speck, speckle, splotch, spot, sprinkle, stipple
Words Related to shoot

blot, dye, stain

band, bar, streak, stripe

intersperse, set, stud

bespatter, spatter
9 to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
  • shot a congratulatory e-mail to his friend as soon as he heard the good news
Synonyms of shoot

consign, dispatch, pack (off), send, ship, transfer, transmit, transport
Words Related to shoot

convey, deliver, hand over, pass, render

advance, drop, launch

address, forward

export, import

bestow, contribute, donate, give, present

resend, return
Near Antonyms of shoot

acquire, draw, earn, gain, garner, get, obtain, procure, secure
Antonyms of shoot

accept, receive

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