Dictionary Entry
penetration
penetration is a 11-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult.
- 2noun
Acuteness; insight; sharp discoverment; sagacity; as, a person of singular penetration.
- 3noun
the act of entering into or through something
"the penetration of upper management by women"
- 4noun
the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman
- 5noun
an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
Synonyms
- 6noun
the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target)
- 7noun
the ability to make way into or through something
"the greater penetration of the new projectiles will result in greater injuries"
- 8noun
clear or deep perception of a situation
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