¹pry

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of PRY

to raise, move, or pull apart with or as if with a lever <it took some effort to pry up the trap door>

Synonyms jimmy, lever, prize

Related Words elevate, hoist, lift, uplift; break, break up, detach, disengage, disjoin, divide, part, pull, separate; shift

Near Antonyms connect, join

to draw out by force or with effort <a vain attempt to pry the cork out of a wine bottle>

Synonyms corkscrew, prize, pry, pull, root (out), tear (out), uproot, wrest, wring, yank

Related Words mine, pluck, remove, take (out), withdraw

Near Antonyms implant, insert, install, instill; cram, jam, ram, stuff, wedge

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