Synonyms for penetration

Synonyms for (noun) penetration

Synonyms: penetration

Definition: the act of entering into or through something

Usage: the penetration of upper management by women

Similar words: entering, entrance, entry, ingress, incoming

Definition: the act of entering

Usage: she made a grand entrance


Synonyms: penetration

Definition: the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman

Similar words: intercourse, congress, copulation, coition, coitus, carnal knowledge, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation, relation

Definition: the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur


Synonyms: incursion, penetration

Definition: an attack that penetrates into enemy territory

Similar words: onrush, onset, onslaught, attack

Definition: (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)

Usage: the attack began at dawn


Synonyms: penetration

Definition: the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target)

Similar words: deepness, depth

Definition: the extent downward or backward or inward

Usage: the depth of the water; depth of a shelf; depth of a closet


Synonyms: penetration

Definition: the ability to make way into or through something

Usage: the greater penetration of the new projectiles will result in greater injuries

Similar words: ability

Definition: the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment


Synonyms: penetration, insight

Definition: clear or deep perception of a situation

Similar words: perception

Definition: knowledge gained by perceiving

Usage: a man admired for the depth of his perception


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