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scissors has 5 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 3 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for scissors come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
a wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze
a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves his legs as the blades of scissors move