Definition for Penetrate:

• To enter or pierce; to affect deeply; to reach by the intellect; to pass into the interior.

Synonyms for Penetrate:

• adj.

  •infest (adjective)
  • overspread,
  • infect,
  • teem.

• n.

  •
  • collaborate,
  • counterintelligence,
  • agent,
  • collaborator,
  • bug,
  • espionage,
  • collaboration,
  • seep.
  •
  • comprehend,
  • discern,
  • grasp,
  • perceive,
  • appear,
  • come out,
  • emerge.
  •
  • consummate,
  • bed,
  • break.
  •
  • squeeze,
  • bulldoze,
  • come in,
  • go in,
  • put in,
  • push.
  •penetrate (noun)
  • come home,
  • dawn,
  • get across,
  • get through,
  • bottom,
  • click,
  • fall into place.

• v.

  •infuse (verb)
  • imbue,
  • instill,
  • fill,
  • infuse,
  • glut,
  • seethe,
  • impregnate,
  • suffuse.
  •insert (verb)
  • interpose,
  • implant,
  • embed,
  • intrude,
  • inset,
  • insinuate,
  • insert,
  • inject,
  • lodge,
  • introduce.
  •perforate (verb)
  • needle,
  • spike,
  • point,
  • punch,
  • spear,
  • poke,
  • pierce,
  • skewer,
  • gouge.
  •pierce; get through physically (verb)
  • encroach,
  • access,
  • thrust,
  • run into,
  • drive,
  • go through,
  • impale,
  • bayonet,
  • ingress,
  • eat through,
  • prick,
  • barge in,
  • sink into,
  • force,
  • knife,
  • make a hole,
  • crack,
  • diffuse,
  • gore,
  • ream,
  • come,
  • filter in.
  •understand or be understood (verb)
  • touch,
  • come across,
  • affect,
  • work out,
  • impress,
  • put over,
  • get over,
  • decipher,
  • become clear,
  • unravel.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • broach,
  • see through.
  •
  • soak in.
  •bore
  • gouge out.
  •drill hole
  • bore.
  •enter
  • pop in,
  • set foot in,
  • burst in,
  • breeze in,
  • make an entrance,
  • pass into,
  • blow in,
  • bust in,
  • make way.
  •ferret out
  • be on to.
  •penetrate
  • break through.
  •perforate
  • honeycomb.
  •transfix
  • Transpierce.

Paraphrases for Penetrate:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, base form
    infiltrate, permeate, enter.

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    invade, traverse, break, capture, conquer, sneak, reach, crack, pierce, cross, puncture, expand, locate, tap, drill, unravel, access, storm, explore.

Antonyms for Penetrate:

• v.

  • pierce; get through physically
    misunderstand, take out, misconstrue, surrender, misinterpret, withdraw, retreat, yield.
  • understand or be understood
    neglect, overlook.
  • Other antonyms:
    leave, depart, exit.

Hypernym for Penetrate:

• v.

  • contact
    plunge, sneak in, storm, pierce, percolate, sink in, creep in, penetrate, force, cut, probe, foray, immerse, diffuse, ooze through, strike, imbue, interpenetrate, permeate, poke into, tunnel, dig into, ingrain, filter, break, honeycomb, pervade, riddle, thrust, grain.

Hyponym for Penetrate:

• v.

  • contact
    infix, enter, come in, introduce, go in, go into, get into, get in, move into, insert.
  • motion
    progress, advance, go on, march on, pass on, move on.