sewing needle

Questions about sewing needle

What does sewing needle mean?

sewing needle means "a needle used in sewing to pull thread through cloth". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for sewing needle?

Close synonyms include dragonfly, darning needle, devil's darning needle, snake feeder, snake doctor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sewing needle a common word?

sewing needle is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.