What is another word for penetrating?
917 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ pˈɛnɪtɹˌe͡ɪtɪŋ], [ pˈɛnɪtɹˌeɪtɪŋ], [ p_ˈɛ_n_ɪ_t_ɹ_ˌeɪ_t_ɪ_ŋ]
Penetrating is a word that describes a sharp, intense and invasive quality. Some synonyms for penetrating include piercing, sharp, cutting, powerful, strong, severe, intense, deep, forceful, and acute. These words all convey a sense of strong presence and impactful nature. A penetrating sound can be felt in your chest, while a penetrating look can give you goosebumps. A penetrating intellect can unravel the mysteries of the universe, while a penetrating gaze can see through deception. Whatever the context, the word penetrating captures a sense of depth and intensity that leaves an unforgettable impression on those who experience it.
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Similar words for penetrating:
- clairvoyant (adjective)
- cold (adjective)
- critical (adjective)
- deep (adjective)
- high (adjective)
- intelligent (adjective)
- inward (adjective)
- overcritical (adjective)
- pungent (adjective)
- searching (adjective)
- sharp (adjective)
- shrill (adjective)
- subtle (adjective)
- trenchant (adjective)
- witty (adjective)
- acute (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- analytic/analytical (adjective)
- analytical (adjective)
- biting (adjective)
- brilliant (adjective)
- chilly (adjective)
- crisp (adjective)
- cutting (adjective)
- discerning (adjective)
- earsplitting (adjective)
- freezing (adjective)
- impressive (adjective)
- incisive (adjective)
- insightful (adjective)
- intimate (adjective)
- keen (adjective)
- observant (adjective)
- perceptive (adjective)
- perspicacious (adjective)
- piercing (adjective)
- poignant (adjective)
- profound (adjective)
- quick-witted (adjective)
- right (adjective)
- shrewd (adjective)
- stinging (adjective)
- stinging, harsh (adjective)
- infusing (verb)
- inserting (verb)
- perforating (verb)
Synonyms for Penetrating:
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adj.
• clairvoyant- Long-sighted ,
- clear-sighted ,
- clearsighted ,
- extrasensory ,
- second-sighted ,
- spiritualistic ,
- telepathic ,
- far-sighted ,
- sibylline ,
- visionary .
- Caterwauling ,
- clanging ,
- clangorous ,
- creaky ,
- ear-piercing ,
- grating ,
- harsh ,
- high-pitched ,
- hoarse ,
- jangling ,
- jarring ,
- rasping ,
- raucous ,
- reedy ,
- scraping ,
- scratching ,
- screaming ,
- screeching ,
- shrieking ,
- squeaky ,
- squealing ,
- strident ,
- whining ,
- whistling .
- dis criminating ,
- dis-criminating ,
- in tense ,
- in tenser ,
- in tensest ,
- in-tense ,
- in-tenser ,
- in-tensest ,
- more acute .
- de tailed ,
- de-tailed ,
- dis crete ,
- dis-crete ,
- in quiring ,
- in-quiring ,
- logical ,
- more dissecting ,
- more precise ,
- more problem solving ,
- more problem-solving ,
- more problemsolving ,
- more questioning ,
- more reasonable ,
- more testing ,
- more thorough ,
- more valid ,
- most dissecting ,
- most problem solving ,
- most problem-solving ,
- most problemsolving ,
- most questioning ,
- most testing ,
- most thorough ,
- problem solving ,
- problemsolving ,
- questioning ,
- ratiocinative ,
- valid ,
- well grounded ,
- wellgrounded .
- more eggheaded ,
- more einstein ,
- more genius ,
- more talented ,
- most eggheaded ,
- most einstein ,
- most genius ,
- most knowledgeable ,
- whippest .
- In-going ,
- in going ,
- in goinger ,
- in goingest ,
- in-goinger ,
- in-goingest ,
- ingoinger ,
- ingoingest ,
- more wounding ,
- most wounding .
- gnostic ,
- in sighted ,
- in-sighted ,
- more gnostic ,
- more insighted ,
- more percipient ,
- most gnostic ,
- most insighted ,
- most percipient .
- frost bound ,
- more frost bound ,
- more frost-bound ,
- more frostbound ,
- most frost bound ,
- most frost-bound ,
- most frostbound .
- awe inspiring ,
- aweinspiring ,
- ex cited ,
- ex citing ,
- ex-cited ,
- extra-ordinary ,
- in spiring ,
- in-spiring ,
- more well done ,
- more well-done ,
- more welldone ,
- most well done ,
- most well-done ,
- most welldone ,
- well done ,
- well-done ,
- welldone .
- ear ground ,
- ear the ground ,
- ear to ground ,
- knows what what ,
- knows whats what ,
- more penetrative ,
- most penetrative ,
- under standing ,
- under-standing .
- deep seated ,
- deepseated ,
- in born ,
- in bred ,
- in dwelling ,
- in most ,
- in-born ,
- in-bred ,
- in-dwelling ,
- in-grained ,
- in-most ,
- indwelling ,
- inmost ,
- inner most ,
- inner-most ,
- more viscerous ,
- most viscerous ,
- trusted ,
- up tight ,
- up-tight .
- more edged ,
- more honed ,
- more razor sharp ,
- more razor-sharp ,
- more razorsharp ,
- more unblunted ,
- most edged ,
- most honed ,
- most razor sharp ,
- most razor-sharp ,
- most razorsharp ,
- most unblunted ,
- razor sharp ,
- razorsharp ,
- un blunted ,
- un-blunted .
- dis covering ,
- dis-covering ,
- eagle eyed ,
- eagleeyed ,
- more advertent ,
- more contemplating ,
- more deducing ,
- more detecting ,
- more discovering ,
- more intentive ,
- more observative ,
- more sharp eyed ,
- more sharp-eyed ,
- more sharpeyed ,
- more surveying ,
- most advertent ,
- most contemplating ,
- most deducing ,
- most detecting ,
- most discovering ,
- most intentive ,
- most observative ,
- most sharp eyed ,
- most sharp-eyed ,
- most sharpeyed ,
- most surveying ,
- not missing trick ,
- on one toes ,
- on ones toes ,
- sharp eyed ,
- sharpeyed ,
- wide awake .
- more racking ,
- more shattering ,
- more shooting ,
- more stentorious ,
- most racking ,
- most shattering ,
- most shooting ,
- most stentorious ,
- roaring .
- more nimble witted ,
- more nimble-witted ,
- more nimblewitted ,
- more sharp sighted ,
- more sharp-sighted ,
- more sharpsighted ,
- most nimble witted ,
- most nimble-witted ,
- most nimblewitted ,
- most sharp sighted ,
- most sharp-sighted ,
- most sharpsighted ,
- nimble witted ,
- nimblewitted ,
- quick draw ,
- quick on draw ,
- quick on uptake ,
- quick the draw ,
- quick the uptake ,
- quick uptake ,
- quick witted ,
- quickwitted ,
- sharp as tack ,
- sharp sighted ,
- sharpsighted .
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v.
• infusing- Glutting ,
- Imbuing ,
- Impregnating ,
- Infusing ,
- Saturating ,
- Suffusing ,
- filling ,
- instilling ,
- pervading ,
- seething ,
- soaking .
Other synonyms:
- analytical ,
- cold ,
- critical ,
- intelligent ,
- inward ,
- observant ,
- probing ,
- thoughtful .
- trenchant .
- sensitive .
- east ,
- easterly ,
- following ,
- force ,
- gale-force ,
- gentle ,
- gusty ,
- the Beaufort scale .
Other relevant words:
• discerning
• noun
- Argute ,
- Asperous ,
- Bottoming ,
- Clacking ,
- Clear-headed ,
- Clicking ,
- Clucking ,
- Comprehending ,
- Ear-splitting ,
- Escharotic ,
- Familiarly ,
- Fathoming ,
- Filtering ,
- Flicking ,
- Hard-headed ,
- Intime ,
- Keen-witted ,
- Keener ,
- Longheaded ,
- Penetrant ,
- Percolating ,
- Pinching ,
- Punchy ,
- Sharp-witted ,
- Sinewed ,
- Transfixing ,
- Traversing ,
- Ululant ,
- abrupt ,
- absolutely ,
- absorbing ,
- acerb ,
- acerbate ,
- acerbic ,
- acid ,
- acidic ,
- acidulent ,
- acidulous ,
- acrid ,
- acrimonious ,
- acuate ,
- acuity ,
- acutely ,
- acuteness ,
- admission ,
- agile ,
- agonizing ,
- alert ,
- algid ,
- alive ,
- alive to ,
- analytic ,
- apparently ,
- appear ,
- apperceptive ,
- appercipient ,
- apt ,
- arch ,
- arctic ,
- ardor ,
- aromatic ,
- arresting ,
- article ,
- astringent ,
- astute ,
- attack ,
- awake ,
- aware ,
- badly ,
- barbed ,
- below zero ,
- biting ,
- bitter ,
- bitterly cold ,
- blatantly ,
- bleak ,
- boreal ,
- brainy ,
- brand ,
- bright ,
- brisk ,
- brumal ,
- bully ,
- businesslike ,
- calculating ,
- canny ,
- careful ,
- caustic ,
- chattering ,
- chill ,
- chilling ,
- chilly ,
- clear ,
- clear-cut ,
- clear-eyed ,
- clearly ,
- clever ,
- cogent ,
- cognizant ,
- cold as charity ,
- cold as death ,
- cold as ice ,
- cold as marble ,
- complete ,
- completely ,
- confidential ,
- consuming ,
- contacting ,
- cool ,
- corking ,
- correctly ,
- corroding ,
- corrosive ,
- covering ,
- cracking ,
- crisp ,
- crossing ,
- cultivate ,
- cunning ,
- damp ,
- dandy ,
- dawning ,
- daydream ,
- deafening ,
- deep-felt ,
- deeply ,
- deprive ,
- destroy ,
- detailed ,
- devastating ,
- diffusing ,
- directly ,
- discerning ,
- discriminate ,
- discriminating ,
- distinctly ,
- distressing ,
- door ,
- double-edged ,
- dream ,
- driving ,
- duly ,
- eagerness ,
- ear-shattering ,
- earsplitting ,
- edged ,
- edgy ,
- effective ,
- enter ,
- entering ,
- enthralling ,
- entirely ,
- entrance ,
- entrancing ,
- entry ,
- erudite ,
- erupting ,
- evidently ,
- excitable ,
- excruciating ,
- exhaustive ,
- explicit ,
- express ,
- exquisite ,
- fairly ,
- fanatical ,
- farseeing ,
- farsighted ,
- fascinating ,
- feverish ,
- fierce ,
- fine ,
- flatly ,
- flavourful ,
- foraying ,
- forceful ,
- forcefully ,
- forcible ,
- foreseeing ,
- foresighted ,
- forethoughtful ,
- frankly ,
- freezing ,
- frigid ,
- frosty ,
- fully ,
- gelid ,
- general ,
- gimlet ,
- glacial ,
- good ,
- great ,
- greatly ,
- gripping ,
- groovy ,
- guessing ,
- gutsy ,
- hard ,
- hard-nosed ,
- heartfelt ,
- hibernal ,
- hidden ,
- hiemal ,
- high ,
- high frequency ,
- highly ,
- homefelt ,
- honestly ,
- honeycombing ,
- hot ,
- howling ,
- hurtful ,
- hyperborean ,
- hysterical ,
- ice-cold ,
- ice-encrusted ,
- icelike ,
- icy ,
- imagination ,
- imperative ,
- impetuous ,
- impressive ,
- incision ,
- incisive ,
- inclement ,
- incursion ,
- indelible ,
- inescapable ,
- infiltration ,
- informed ,
- ingenious ,
- ingoing ,
- inroad ,
- insightful ,
- instantly ,
- intellectual ,
- intelligible ,
- intense ,
- interpenetrating ,
- intimate ,
- intimately ,
- intrusion ,
- invading ,
- invasion ,
- irritating ,
- judicious ,
- keen ,
- keening ,
- keenness ,
- knifelike ,
- knowing ,
- knowledgeable ,
- lancinate ,
- lancinating ,
- learned ,
- let out ,
- let through ,
- longsighted ,
- loud ,
- lowly ,
- lucid ,
- luminous ,
- manage ,
- manifestly ,
- methodical ,
- mordacious ,
- mordant ,
- moving ,
- neat ,
- needlelike ,
- nervous ,
- nifty ,
- nimble-witted ,
- nipping ,
- nippy ,
- numbing ,
- omnipresent ,
- openly ,
- oppressive ,
- outlook ,
- overcritical ,
- painful ,
- pass through ,
- peachy ,
- penetrate ,
- penetratingly ,
- penetration ,
- penetrative ,
- peppery ,
- perceptive ,
- percipient ,
- perfectly ,
- perforation ,
- permeative ,
- personal ,
- perspicacious ,
- perspicuous ,
- pervade ,
- pervasive ,
- pierce ,
- piping ,
- piquant ,
- plainly ,
- poignant ,
- pointed ,
- polar ,
- positively ,
- powerful ,
- practical ,
- pragmatic ,
- precipitous ,
- prevalent ,
- pricking ,
- private ,
- privy ,
- profoundly ,
- properly ,
- provident ,
- prying ,
- puncture ,
- pungent ,
- quick ,
- quick-witted ,
- quite ,
- rabid ,
- racking ,
- rapier ,
- raving ,
- raw ,
- realistic ,
- really ,
- reeking ,
- right ,
- rigorous ,
- rough ,
- sagacious ,
- sage ,
- sapid ,
- sarcastic ,
- sardonic ,
- satirical ,
- savage ,
- scathing ,
- scholarly ,
- scorching ,
- screaky ,
- screechy ,
- searching ,
- seasoned ,
- secret ,
- sensational ,
- severe ,
- sharp ,
- sharp-sighted ,
- sharp-worded ,
- sharpen ,
- sharply ,
- shivery ,
- shooting ,
- shrewd ,
- shrieky ,
- shrilly ,
- sight ,
- sincerely ,
- sinewy ,
- slashing ,
- sleety ,
- slushy ,
- smart ,
- smashing ,
- snapping ,
- snappy ,
- soprano ,
- sounding ,
- sour ,
- specific ,
- specter ,
- spellbinding ,
- spicy ,
- spiny ,
- squeaking ,
- stabbing ,
- stinging ,
- stone-cold ,
- striking ,
- stringent ,
- strive ,
- strong ,
- strongly ,
- subtle ,
- subzero ,
- succeeding ,
- sudden ,
- suffocating ,
- supercooled ,
- surviving ,
- sword ,
- systematic ,
- tangy ,
- tart ,
- tasty ,
- telling ,
- thin ,
- thorough ,
- thoroughly ,
- thundering ,
- ticking ,
- touching ,
- tough ,
- tracking ,
- transparence ,
- transparency ,
- truely ,
- truly ,
- ubiquitous ,
- uncompromising ,
- understand ,
- understandable ,
- understanding ,
- unemotional ,
- universal ,
- unmistakable ,
- unmistakeable ,
- upsetting ,
- vehement ,
- very good ,
- view ,
- vigorous ,
- violent ,
- virulent ,
- vision ,
- vital ,
- vitriolic ,
- wailing ,
- well-informed ,
- well-read ,
- wide-awake ,
- widespread ,
- wintery ,
- wintry ,
- wise ,
- withering ,
- witty .
- Acroamatic ,
- Astucious ,
- INDEPTH ,
- Intentive ,
- Observative ,
- Sophic ,
- Stentorious ,
- Unblunted ,
- aculeate ,
- acute ,
- advertent ,
- clear cut ,
- cutting ,
- drafty ,
- ear to the ground ,
- eggheaded ,
- extra ordinary ,
- frost-bound ,
- frostbound ,
- hawkish ,
- icebox ,
- in depth ,
- in good health ,
- in the know ,
- in the pink ,
- insighted ,
- knows what's what ,
- not missing a trick ,
- on one's toes ,
- on the inside ,
- on toes ,
- on top of ,
- piercing ,
- problem-solving ,
- quick on the draw ,
- quick on the uptake ,
- razor-sharp ,
- shark ,
- sharp as a tack ,
- sharp-eyed ,
- shrill ,
- streetwise ,
- tuned in ,
- up on ,
- up to par ,
- viscerous ,
- whipper ,
- wideawake ,
- wise to ,
- zesty .
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How to use "Penetrating" in context?
Penetrating: To go deeply into something or someone. Penetrating armor is designed to protect the wearer from projectiles and weapons. The armor is made from a Material with very low density so it will not stop bullets but it will stop knives and other sharp objects. The armor is designed to break up on impact and spread the forces out over a large area to protect the wearer.
Paraphrases for Penetrating:
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Equivalence
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Verb, gerund or present participle
entering, permeating.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
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Reverse Entailment
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Infiltrating.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
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Independent
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Verb, gerund or present participle
attacking, breaking, bringing, coming, crossing, cutting, deepening, exceeding, executing, flying, getting, going, incoming, intruding, invading, piercing, reaching, rolling, soaking, surpassing, topping, travelling, Accomplishing, Achieving, Attaining, Breaching, Capturing, Estimating, Furthering, Gaining, Traversing, Violating, accessing, inputting, unraveling, unlocking, deepgoing.
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Adjective
insightful.
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