Drill Synonyms

drĭl
Exercise, especially in military formation
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. training
  2. maneuvers
  3. marching
  4. parade
  5. close-order drill
  6. open-order drill
  7. conditioning
  8. survival training
  9. guerilla training
  10. paratroop training
  11. drop training
  12. footslogging
  13. monkey drill
  14. push-and-pull
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A tool for boring holes
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. countersink
  2. borer
  3. wood bit
  4. gimlet
  5. steel drill
  6. steam drill
  7. electric drill
  8. diamond drill
  9. pneumatic drill
  10. turbo-corer
  11. cylindrical borer
  12. boring tool
  13. tap-borer
  14. auger
  15. corkscrew
  16. awl
  17. wimble
  18. trepan
  19. trephine
  20. riveter
  21. jackhammer
To instruct in a body of doctrine or belief
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. inculcate
  2. indoctrinate
To train
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. exercise
  2. practice
  3. bore
  4. rehearse
  5. discipline
  6. teach
  7. train
  8. auger
  9. bit
  10. borer
  11. channel
  12. hit
  13. instruct
  14. locating
  15. maneuvers
  16. perforate
  17. pierce
  18. punch
  19. puncture
  20. work out
  21. repetition
  22. tool
  23. tutor
  24. workout
  25. practise
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Device for planting seed in holes
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. planter
  2. seeder
  3. drill seeder
  4. dibble
Similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Mandrillus leucophaeus
To infuse knowledge of or skill in by repetitious instruction:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. teach

Words Related to Drill

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. march
  2. dig
  3. work
  4. broadcast
  5. penetrate
  6. the-drill
  7. UnderSwitch
  8. drilling
  9. weld
  10. bolt
  11. ZipperSwitch
  12. fretsaw
  13. overswitch
  14. rig

Drill Sentence Examples

  • He should have just become a steam drill operator!

  • It is now used as a depot for the Naval Reserve, for whom a large drill hall was added.

  • The drill is thus allowed to fall freely, instead of being partly upheld by the buoyancy of the water, as in earlier wells.

  • The drill was worked by a stock with a loose cap (53), rotated by a drill bow, in the XIIth to Roman dynasties.

  • Among the public buildings are the academy, Johnstone public school, the county buildings, town-hall, museum, Mackenzie hall and market cross, the lastnamed standing in front of the old court-house, which is now used as a drill hall and fire-station.

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