lancing

The word “lancing” has 2 syllables: lan-cing

It's pronounced as /ˈlænsɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for lancing?

In the thesaurus, “lancing” has 37 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for lancing along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for lancing

  • bayoneting
  • bayonetting
  • cutting
  • dirking
  • gimleting
  • goring
  • harpooning
  • impaling
  • jabbing
  • knifing
  • pecking
  • perforating
  • picking
  • piercing
  • piking
  • pinking
  • pinpricking
  • poking
  • poniarding
  • pricking
  • pronging
  • punching
  • puncturing
  • quilling
  • riddling
  • running through
  • skewering
  • slicing
  • spearing
  • spiking
  • spindling
  • spitting
  • stabbing
  • sticking
  • thrusting
  • transfixing
  • transpiercing

Meanings of lancing

  • verb
    1. To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
    2. To open with a lancet; to pierce.
    3. To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.
  • noun
    1. The act by which something is lanced.

Example Sentences

  • The doctor was skilled at lancing boils to relieve his patients' discomfort.
  • In medieval tournaments, knights demonstrated their prowess by accurately lancing targets.
  • The procedure involved carefully lancing the abscess to drain the pus and alleviate swelling.
  • During the reenactment, the actor portrayed a brave soldier lancing his opponent in a fierce battle.
  • The technique of lancing involves puncturing the skin to draw out fluid or blood for analysis.

On this page you'll find 37 synonyms or another words to lancing, such as: bayoneting, bayonetting, cutting, dirking, gimleting, goring, harpooning.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

accommodating

  • abetting
  • acclimating
  • acclimatizing
  • accommodative
  • accustoming
  • acquainting
  • adapting
  • adjusting
  • agreeable
  • aiding
  • aligning
  • alining
  • altering
  • amenable
  • appeasing
  • arranging
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  • barracking
  • bending
  • bestowing
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  • coddling
  • combining
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  • delighting
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  • domiciling
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  • friendly
  • fusing
  • gearing
  • generous
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  • gracious
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  • habilitating
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  • handy
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  • naturalizing
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  • on deck
  • on tap
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  • overindulgent
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  • quartering
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  • reclaiming
  • reconciling
  • recycling
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  • satisfying
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  • tailoring
  • taking
  • taking in
  • tenting
  • thoughtful
  • toughening
  • training
  • transforming
  • tuning
  • unifying
  • uniting
  • unselfish
  • user friendly

accounting

balancing

  • acclimation
  • acclimatization
  • accommodating
  • adjusting
  • aid
  • allegory
  • alteration
  • amendment
  • amends
  • analogizing
  • analogy
  • analysis
  • analyzing
  • arrangement
  • assistance
  • association
  • atonement
  • atoning
  • backing down
  • balanced
  • bringing together
  • change
  • check
  • checking
  • clearing
  • collating
  • collation
  • comparability
  • compensating
  • compensatory
  • conciliation
  • conformance
  • connection
  • consideration
  • considering
  • contrast
  • controlling
  • correcting
  • correction
  • correlation
  • counterbalancing
  • cure
  • dallying
  • dawdling
  • debating
  • deciding
  • delaying
  • deliberating
  • deliberation
  • democratizing
  • determining
  • directing
  • directive
  • discharging
  • discrimination
  • distinguishing
  • dithering
  • dividing
  • ease
  • equalizing
  • equating
  • equilibrating
  • equipoising
  • equivocating
  • estimation
  • evaluating
  • evening
  • examination
  • example
  • exemplification
  • faltering
  • feats
  • fitting
  • fixing
  • footing
  • gymnastics
  • halting
  • hanging back
  • hawing
  • hedging
  • hemming
  • hesitating
  • homogenizing
  • identification
  • illustration
  • improvement
  • indemnity
  • investigation
  • judging
  • justice
  • juxtaposition
  • leveling
  • levelling
  • likeness
  • likening
  • lingering
  • liquidating
  • measuring
  • meeting
  • mending
  • metaphor
  • modification
  • normalizing
  • observation
  • offsetting
  • opposition
  • ordering
  • organization
  • organizing
  • orientation
  • oscillating
  • paralleling
  • pausing
  • paying
  • paying off
  • paying up
  • payment
  • pondering
  • ponying up
  • procrastinating
  • pussyfooting
  • quittance
  • quitting
  • ratio
  • readjustment
  • recompense
  • recompensing
  • rectification
  • redress
  • reestablishment
  • reflection
  • reformation
  • regularizing
  • regulating
  • regulation
  • regulative
  • rehabilitation
  • reimbursing
  • relating
  • relation
  • relief
  • remedy
  • remission
  • remodeling
  • renewal
  • repair
  • repairing
  • reparation
  • repaying
  • report
  • reprisal
  • requital
  • resemblance
  • restitution
  • retribution
  • return
  • review
  • revision
  • reward
  • reworking
  • satisfaction
  • scrupling
  • scrutiny
  • segregation
  • separation
  • setting
  • settling
  • shaping
  • shifting
  • shilly-shallying
  • similarity
  • somersaults
  • staggering
  • standardization
  • standardizing
  • standing
  • stunts
  • survey
  • swaying
  • teetering
  • testing
  • thinking over
  • tumbling
  • turning
  • vacillating
  • vengeance
  • verification
  • view
  • wabbling
  • waffling
  • waiting
  • wavering
  • weighing
  • wobbling

banging

  • agitation
  • barring
  • bashing
  • battering
  • batting
  • beaning
  • beating
  • belting
  • biffing
  • bludgeoning
  • bobbing
  • bolting
  • bonking
  • bopping
  • bouncing
  • boxing
  • braining
  • brouhaha
  • brushing
  • buffeting
  • bulldozing
  • bumping
  • bunging
  • bunting
  • busting
  • butting
  • caning
  • caroming
  • chaining
  • chopping
  • clapping
  • clipping
  • clobbering
  • clocking
  • closing
  • clouting
  • clubbing
  • clunking
  • colliding
  • confusion
  • conking
  • contacting
  • cracking
  • crashing
  • creaming
  • cudgeling
  • cudgelling
  • cuffing
  • decking
  • dither
  • drubbing
  • dumping
  • fastening
  • felling
  • flailing
  • flicking
  • flogging
  • flooring
  • fluster
  • flutter
  • fuss
  • glancing
  • grazing
  • hammering
  • hanging one on
  • hitting
  • impacting
  • impinging
  • jabbing
  • jostling
  • kicking
  • kissing
  • kneeing
  • knocking
  • knocking down
  • lacing
  • lambasting
  • landing
  • lashing
  • latching
  • lather
  • leveling
  • levelling
  • licking
  • locking
  • mangling
  • mauling
  • muscling
  • nailing
  • nudging
  • panic
  • pasting
  • pelting
  • peppering
  • poking
  • pommeling
  • pommelling
  • pother
  • pounding
  • pressing
  • prodding
  • pummeling
  • pummelling
  • punching
  • pushing
  • rabbit-punching
  • ramming
  • rapping
  • rebounding
  • ricocheting
  • ricochetting
  • roughing
  • sapping
  • scraping
  • scuffing
  • sealing
  • securing
  • shaving
  • shoving
  • shutting
  • skimming
  • skipping
  • skulling
  • slamming
  • slapping
  • slashing
  • sledgehammering
  • sledging
  • slogging
  • slugging
  • smacking
  • smashing
  • smiting
  • socking
  • spearing
  • stabbing
  • stamping
  • state
  • stew
  • stopping
  • striking
  • stroking
  • sucker punching
  • swatting
  • sweat
  • sweeping
  • swiping
  • switching
  • tagging
  • tapping
  • thrashing
  • thudding
  • thumping
  • thwacking
  • tizzy
  • to-do
  • touching
  • tumult
  • turbulence
  • turmoil
  • twitter
  • walloping
  • whacking
  • whaling
  • whipping
  • zapping

candescent

  • ablaze
  • agleam
  • aglitter
  • ardent
  • beaming
  • bedazzling
  • blazing
  • blinding
  • bright
  • brilliant
  • burning
  • burnished
  • clear
  • combusting
  • coruscant
  • dazzling
  • effulgent
  • fiery
  • flaming
  • flaring
  • flashing
  • flickering
  • fulgent
  • gemmy
  • glancing
  • glaring
  • gleaming
  • glimmering
  • glinting
  • glistening
  • glistering
  • glittering
  • glowing
  • hot
  • incandescent
  • lambent
  • lit
  • lucent
  • lucid
  • luminescent
  • luminous
  • lustrous
  • polished
  • radiant
  • red-hot
  • refulgent
  • scintillant
  • scintillating
  • sheeny
  • shimmering
  • shimmery
  • shined
  • shining
  • shiny
  • sparkling
  • splendid
  • sunny
  • superbright
  • twinkling
  • ultrabright
  • white
  • winking

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