penetrating Definition

penetrate
verb penetrated, penetrating

1. To find a way into it; to enter it, especially with difficulty.

Thesaurus: pierce, enter, bore into, perforate, go through, pass through.
Form: penetrate into something (also)
2. To gain access into and influence within (a country, organization, market, etc) for political, financial, etc purposes.
3. To find a way through something; to pierce or permeate.

Example: penetrate enemy lines
Example: penetrated the silence
Thesaurus: permeate, infiltrate, enter, seep through, percolate through, filter through, pervade.
intr
4. To be understood.

Example: The news didn't penetrate at first
5. To see through (a disguise).
6. To fathom, solve, or understand (a mystery).

Thesaurus: understand, comprehend, discern, perceive, grasp, fathom.
7. Said of a man: to insert his penis into the vagina of (a woman) or anus of (a man or a woman).

Derivative: penetrability
noun

Derivative: penetrable
adj

Able to be penetrated
Thesaurus: passable, permeable, porous, accessible.

Derivative: penetrably
adverb

Derivative: penetrator
noun

Etymology: 16c: from Latin penetrare to penetrate.

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penetrating
adj

1. Said of a voice, etc: all too loud and clear; strident; carrying.
2. Said of a person's mind: acute; discerning.

Thesaurus: shrewd, keen, incisive, perceptive, intelligent, sharp-witted, discerning, astute, perspicacious; Antonym: obtuse.
3. Said of the eyes or of a look: piercing; probing.

Derivative: penetratingly
adverb