Synonyms of pried

pried 1 of 2

verb (1)

past tense of pry

1

as in pulled

to raise, move, or pull apart with or as if with a lever

it took some effort to pry up the trap door

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pulled
• lifted
• prized
• jimmied
• levered
• broke
• divided
• separated
• elevated
• hoisted
• shifted
• parted
• detached
• uplifted
• disengaged
• broke up
• disjoined

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• connected
• joined

2

as in yanked

to draw out by force or with effort

a vain attempt to pry the cork out of a wine bottle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pulled
• yanked
• extracted
• plucked
• removed
• prized
• uprooted
• tore (out)
• wrested
• wrung
• corkscrewed
• mined
• took (out)
• rooted (out)
• withdrew

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inserted
• installed
• implanted
• instilled
• stuffed
• jammed
• crammed
• wedged
• rammed

pried

2 of 2

verb (2)

past tense of pry

as in interfered

to interest oneself in what is not one's concern

don't go prying into other people's business

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interfered
• poked
• messed
• snooped
• intruded
• nosed
• intervened
• meddled
• obtruded
• butted in
• interloped
• interceded
• mucked (about or around)
• intermeddled
• invaded
• interposed
• trespassed
• fooled
• encroached
• fiddled
• tampered
• infringed
• played
• monkeyed
• chiseled (in)
• barged (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoided
• ignored
• eschewed
• shunned
• neglected
• disregarded
• overlooked

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pried

Verb

Someone pried open the rear cover to a truck and stole a set of golf clubs for a loss of about $3,000. — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026

But maybe pried his focus and joy and freedom away just a little bit going into the year. — Will Sammon, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

The latest was on Sunday, when interior doors of the restaurant were forced and pried open and $1,300 was stolen, all while a cleaning crew was inside. — Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2026

The thieves moved through a massive vault door and pried open 146 large safe deposit boxes packed with millions of dollars' worth of cash, precious stones and metal, rare coins and stamps, jewelry and bars of silver. — Tom Mooney, The Providence Journal, 14 Aug. 2026

Security video of the early April 9 morning burglary shows three men entered the business through a broken window, smashed the machines with sledge hammers and pried out the boxes while a fourth man acted as lookout, the report said. — Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

Poole is a top-100 prospect from the Peach State and what makes his commitment to FSU even more impressive is the fact that the Noles pried him away from the home-state Georgia Bulldogs. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Once inside, the suspects smashed video poker machines with a sledgehammer and pried open an ATM, but did not leave with any money. — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 30 July 2026

After the Navy shipped out, hurricane-force Aleutian winds pried homes apart. — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 20 July 2026