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clout - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | clout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power |
| Synonyms: | authority, influence, prestige, pull*, standing, sway, weight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clout |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit |
| Synonyms: | blow, box, clip, clobber, cuff, rap, slap, smack, sock, strike, thump, wallop, whack |
| Main Entry: | brawn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | muscular strength and breadth |
| Synonyms: | beef, clout, energy, flesh, kick, meat, might, moxie*, muscle, power, punch, sock, steam, vigor, beefiness, muscularity, robustness, sinews, thew |
| Antonyms: | thinness, frailness, skinniness, slightness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | club |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit hard with object |
| Synonyms: | bash, baste, batter, beat, bludgeon, clobber, clout, cudgel, hammer, pommel, pound, pummel, strike, whack, blackjack, cosh, fustigate |
| Main Entry: | concussion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collision, shaking |
| Synonyms: | blast, blow, bump, clash, clout, crack, crash, hit, impact, injury, jar, jarring, jolt, jounce, punch, shock, trauma, buffeting, jolting, pounding |
| Main Entry: | control |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command, mastery |
| Synonyms: | ascendancy, authority, bridle, charge, check, clout, containment, curb, determination, direction, discipline, domination, dominion, driver's seat, force, government, guidance, inside track, juice, jurisdiction, limitation, management, manipulation, might, oversight, predomination, qualification, regimentation, regulation, restraint, restriction, ropes, rule, strings, subjection, subordination, superintendence, supervision, supremacy, sway, upper hand*, weight, wire pulling |
| Antonyms: | helplessness, powerlessness, relinquishment, renouncement, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cuff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beating with hands |
| Synonyms: | belt, box, buffet, chop, clip, clout, hit, knock, poke, punch, rap, slap, smack, sock, thump, wallop, whack, biff |
| Main Entry: | cuff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat with hands |
| Synonyms: | bat, belt, box, buffet, clap, clobber*, clout, hit, knock, pummel, punch, slap, smack, spank, thump, whack, biff |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | effectiveness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | influence |
| Synonyms: | capability, clout, cogency, effect, efficacy, efficiency, force, performance, point, potency, power, punch, strength, success, use, validity, verve, vigor, weight, forcefulness, validness |
| Antonyms: | ineffectiveness, unproductivity, uselessness |
| Main Entry: | hold |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grasp, possession |
| Synonyms: | authority, clasp, clench, clinch, clout, clutch, control, dominance, dominion, grip, influence, occupancy, occupation, ownership, pull, purchase, retention, sway, tenacity, tenure |
| Antonyms: | release, dispossession |
| Main Entry: | influence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, authority |
| Synonyms: | access, agency, ascendancy, character, clout, command, consequence, control, credit, direction, domination, dominion, drag, effect, esteem, fame, fix, force, grease*, guidance, hold, impact, importance, imprint, juice*, leadership, leverage, magnetism, mark, moment, money, monopoly, network, notoriety, predominance, prerogative, pressure, prestige, prominence, pull, repercussion, reputation, rule, significance, spell, supremacy, sway, weight*, connections, in, ropes |
| Antonyms: | impotence, incapacity, inferiority, weakness, powerlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | leverage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | influence |
| Synonyms: | advantage, ascendancy, authority, bargaining chip, break, clout, drag, edge, grease*, power, pull, rank, weight, jump on, ropes, suction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | might |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, power |
| Synonyms: | adequacy, arm, authority, capability, capacity, clout, command, competence, control, domination, efficacy, efficiency, energy, force, jurisdiction, mastery, moxie*, muscle*, potency, prowess, puissance, punch, qualification, sinew*, steam, strength, sway, valor, vigor, forcefulness, forcibleness, get-up-and-go, lustiness, peppiness, powerfulness, qualifiedness, strenuousness, strong arm, vigorousness |
| Notes: | may is more optimistic than might; may carries the idea of permission while might suggests likelihood |
| Antonyms: | inability, weakness, powerlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | publicity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promotion of something, someone |
| Synonyms: | advertising, announcement, attention, ballyhoo*, blurb*, boost*, broadcasting, clout*, commercial, currency, distribution, fame, handout, hoopla*, hype*, limelight*, noise*, notoriety, pitch, plug*, press, propaganda, public relations, puff*, puffery*, pushing, release, report, scratch*, spotlight*, spread, write-up, PR, announcing, big noise, billing, build-up, ink, press-agentry, promo, promulgation, public notice, réclame |
| Antonyms: | secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pummel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, pommel |
| Synonyms: | bash, batter, belt, clout, club, crush, cudgel, flog, hammer, hit, knock, lash, lick, mash, maul, pelt, pound, punch, ram, slug, smack, strike, swat, thrash, trounce, wallop, whale, wham, whip, let one have it |
| Main Entry: | skill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, talent to do something |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, address, adroitness, aptitude, art, artistry, cleverness, clout, command, competence, craft, cunning, deftness, dexterity, dodge*, ease, experience, expertise, expertism, expertness, facility, finesse, goods*, handiness, ingenuity, intelligence, job, knack*, know-how*, line, makings, moxie*, one's thing, profession, proficiency, prowess, quickness, readiness, right stuff*, savvy*, skillfulness, sleight, smarts*, stuff*, technique, trade, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, inability, incapability, incapacity, inexperience |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slap |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | hard hit, often with hand |
| Synonyms: | bang, bash, blip, blow, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clout, crack, cuff, pat, poke, punch, slam, smack, sock, spank, strike, swat, wallop, whack, wham, percuss, potch |
| Main Entry: | slug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit |
| Synonyms: | bang, bash, bat, batter, beat, belt, box*, bump, clobber, clock*, clout, club, crack, flail, flog, hammer*, jab, knock, lambaste, nail*, pelt, pop, pound, punch, slam, slap, smack, sock, swat, thrash, thwack, wallop, whack*, whale, KO, let have it |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | smack |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | strike, often with hand |
| Synonyms: | bang, blip, blow, box, buffet, chop, clap, clout, crack, cuff, hit, pat, punch, slap, snap, sock, spank, tap |
| Main Entry: | sock |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | hit hard |
| Synonyms: | beat, belt, buffet, chop, clout, cuff, ding, nail, paste, punch, slap, smack, smash, soak, whack, bop |
| Antonyms: | tap |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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