Definition for Scissors:

• Instrument for cutting fabrics, paring nails, &c., made of two blades with handles for thumb& one finger or the fingers& so pivoted that their cutting edges work by leverage against each other( often pair of s.; I want a pair of, some, s.; where are my s.?; buttonhole s., with gaps in blades near pivot so that cutting begins inside edge of cloth; lamp, nail, -s., of special shapes for trimming wicks, nails; s. & paste, compiling of books out of cutting from others); scissor bill, the bird skimmer; scissor-bird or -tail, kinds of bird with long forked tail esp. forktailed fly-catcher; scissor-tooth, tooth in carnivora acting like s. against one in other jaw. Hence scissorwise adv. [ middle English]

Synonyms for Scissors:

• n.

  •
  • blowtorch,
  • blowlamp,
  • bellows,
  • bradawl,
  • bit,
  • applicator,
  • pair of shears,
  • cutting instrument.
  •cutting instrument (noun)
  • shears,
  • clippers,
  • trimmer.
  •scissors (noun)
  • scissor grip,
  • scissors grip,
  • pair of scissors,
  • scissors hold.
  •tool (noun)
  • hammer,
  • punch,
  • bench drill,
  • screwdriver,
  • lug wrench,
  • crowbar,
  • pliers,
  • awl,
  • sickle,
  • handsaw,
  • miter box,
  • crosscut saw,
  • file,
  • snips,
  • spanner,
  • coping saw,
  • pick,
  • tire iron,
  • pipe wrench,
  • trowel,
  • gouge,
  • tool,
  • chain saw,
  • shears,
  • hoe,
  • welder,
  • drill,
  • wrench,
  • monkey wrench,
  • calipers,
  • wedge,
  • shovel,
  • spade,
  • table saw,
  • saw,
  • jointer,
  • hatchet,
  • buzz saw,
  • ripsaw,
  • back saw,
  • planer,
  • vise,
  • posthole auger,
  • Drill press,
  • cold chisel,
  • lathe,
  • pickax,
  • square,
  • arc welder,
  • keyhole saw,
  • jackknife,
  • axe,
  • mallet,
  • hacksaw,
  • circular saw,
  • plane,
  • level,
  • auger,
  • wrecking bar,
  • edger,
  • stapler,
  • band saw,
  • jigsaw,
  • radial arm saw,
  • scythe,
  • grapnel,
  • hedge trimmer,
  • claw hammer,
  • tin snips,
  • emery wheel,
  • grindstone,
  • scroll saw,
  • sledgehammer,
  • chisel,
  • spoke shave,
  • ball-peen hammer,
  • machete,
  • knife.
  •tools (noun)
  • crosscut saws,
  • hatchets,
  • Knives,
  • planes,
  • hedge trimmers,
  • chisels,
  • pipe wrenches,
  • miter boxes,
  • table saws,
  • planers,
  • hoes,
  • ripsaws,
  • spanners,
  • jointers,
  • bow saws,
  • hammers,
  • staplers,
  • ball-peen hammers,
  • punches,
  • grapnels,
  • claw hammers,
  • emery wheels,
  • awls,
  • saws,
  • Drills,
  • jackknives,
  • pickaxes,
  • augers,
  • buzz saws,
  • sickles,
  • spoke shaves,
  • trowels,
  • levels,
  • machetes,
  • squares,
  • keyhole saws,
  • crowbars,
  • back saws,
  • bench drills,
  • circular saws,
  • radial arm saws,
  • scythes,
  • Axes,
  • lug wrenches,
  • sledgehammers,
  • files,
  • posthole augers,
  • cold chisels,
  • drill presses,
  • wrecking bars,
  • welders,
  • vises,
  • wedges,
  • scroll saws,
  • jigsaws,
  • handsaws,
  • shovels,
  • chain saws,
  • hacksaws,
  • grindstones,
  • picks,
  • band saws,
  • wrenches,
  • tire irons,
  • monkey wrenches,
  • lathes,
  • arc welders,
  • edgers,
  • mallets,
  • screwdrivers,
  • tools,
  • coping saws,
  • spades,
  • gouges.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • eclecticism,
  • bit,
  • bodkin,
  • straight razor,
  • extirpate,
  • colter,
  • clippers,
  • cut,
  • paper cutter,
  • pares,
  • scalpel,
  • stranglehold,
  • lock,
  • coulter,
  • carves,
  • trims,
  • cuts,
  • cutting tool,
  • cutter,
  • tinsnips,
  • snuffers,
  • bradawl,
  • safety razor,
  • quench,
  • scissors grip,
  • plowshare,
  • cuttings,
  • eradicate,
  • bushwhacker,
  • trimmer,
  • microtome,
  • applicator,
  • wrestling hold,
  • cutting edge,
  • slices,
  • eliminate,
  • blowtorch,
  • blade,
  • exterminate,
  • Clips,
  • clipper,
  • Drawing knife,
  • sections,
  • cutters,
  • sword,
  • bowie knife,
  • gill,
  • Excerption,
  • lop,
  • kill,
  • excrete,
  • tongs,
  • extinguish,
  • scissor,
  • mattock,
  • partitions,
  • sever,
  • Bistoury,
  • electric razor,
  • best,
  • excerpta,
  • nail clippers,
  • snip,
  • scissors hold,
  • razor blade,
  • pair of shears,
  • quash,
  • Perforator,
  • paring knife,
  • razor,
  • adze,
  • destroy,
  • cleaver,
  • bellows,
  • demolish,
  • ax,
  • pair of scissors,
  • crops,
  • whittle,
  • cutting instrument,
  • nail clipper,
  • gleanings,
  • headlock,
  • penknife,
  • chop,
  • hedge clippers,
  • forceps,
  • billhook,
  • cutlery,
  • compound lever,
  • blowlamp,
  • toehold,
  • scissor hold,
  • imputations,
  • Gleaning,
  • lancet,
  • slashes,
  • selection,
  • wire cutters,
  • annul,
  • arms,
  • half nelson,
  • prune,
  • guillotine,
  • decimate,
  • cutting implement,
  • edge tool,
  • pruning shears,
  • obliterate,
  • scissor grip,
  • abolish,
  • divisions,
  • annihilate,
  • limiter,
  • truncate.