Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun spear

2 senses of spear

Sense 1
spear, lance, shaft -- (a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon)
       => weapon, arm, weapon system -- (any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon")

Sense 2
spear, gig, fizgig, fishgig, lance -- (an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish)
       => implement -- (instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb spear

2 senses of spear

Sense 1
spear -- (pierce with a spear; "spear fish")
       => transfix, impale, empale, spike -- (pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer")

Sense 2
spear, spear up -- (thrust up like a spear; "The branch speared up into the air")
       => stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project -- (extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff")