lance

/lˈæns/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
2. an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
3. a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions

verb

1. move quickly, as if by cutting one's way
   “Planes lanced towards the shore”
2. pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight
3. open by piercing with a lancet
   “lance a boil”

Synonyms for lance

• spear
• shaft
• gig
• fizgig
• fishgig
• lancet

Words that rhyme with lance

• advance
• romance
• chance
• dance
• finance
• prance
• circumstance
• freelance
• askance
• expanse
• glance
• trance
• enhance
• perchance
• stance
• happenstance
• nance
• refinance
• alamance
• anse
• crance
• flashdance
• hance
• lafrance
• mance
• mccance
• pomerance
• pomeranz
• rance
• schanz