Synonyms for dig
verb
To stir the earth
delve, shovel, spade, mine, excavate, fork, elevate, channel, deepen, till, drive (a shaft), clean, undermine, burrow, dig out, dig down, depress, gouge, dredge, drill, bore, scoop out, tunnel, hollow out, clean out, muck*, grub, bulldoze, cat*, put a whirler to work, stope; see also shovel.
Antonyms embed*, fill, bury.
To remove by digging
dig up, discover, uncover, bring to the surface, empty, exhume, unearth, turn up, produce, bring to light, excavate, quarry, dredge up, investigate, sift; see also harvest.
*To like
enjoy, love, groove on*; see like 1, 2.
*To understand
comprehend, recognize, follow; see understand 1.
See dig in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To break, turn over, or remove (earth or sand, for example) with or as if with a tool:
delve, excavate, grub, scoop, shovel, spade. See enterTo make by digging:
excavate, scoop, shovel. See makeTo go into or through for the purpose of making discoveries or acquiring information:
delve, explore, inquire, investigate, look into, probe, reconnoiter, scout1. See investigateTo find by investigation.
Out or up: turn up, uncover, unearth. See showTo cause to penetrate with force:
drive, plunge, ram, run, sink, stab, stick, thrust. See put inTo thrust against or into:
jab, jog, nudge, poke, prod. See touch- (Slang)
To perceive and recognize the meaning of:
accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, take in, understand. (Informal) savvy. (Chiefly British) twig. (Scots) ken. Idioms: get (or have) a handle on, get the picture. See understand - (Slang)
To receive pleasure from:
enjoy, like1, relish, savor. (Informal) go for. See like
noun
An act of thrusting into or against, as to attract attention:
jab, jog, nudge, poke. See touchA flippant or sarcastic remark:
crack, quip. (Slang) wisecrack. See respect, words- (Chiefly British)
A building or shelter where one lives.
Used in plural: abode, domicile, dwelling, habitation, home, house, lodging (often used in plural), place, residence. See protection
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