| Main Entry: | knock about/knock around |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | roam, wander |
Synonyms: |
drift, ramble, range, rove, traipse, travel, walk |
Antonyms: |
stay, wait |
| Main Entry: | knock about |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | roam |
Synonyms: |
drift, knock around, ramble, range, rove, traipse, travel, walk, wander |
| Main Entry: | gad |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | roam about |
Synonyms: |
cruise, gallivant, hit the road, hit the trail, jaunt, knock about, knock around, maunder, mooch, ramble, range, rove, run around, stray, traipse, wander |
| Main Entry: | journey |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | travel |
Synonyms: |
circuit, cruise, fare, fly, globe trot, go, go places, hie, hop, jaunt, jet, junket, knock about, pass, peregrinate, proceed, process, push on, ramble, range, repair, roam, rove, safari, take a trip, tour, traverse, trek, voyage, wander, wend |
Antonyms: |
stay, wait |
| Main Entry: | maul |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mangle, abuse |
Synonyms: |
bang, bash, batter, beat, beat up, bludgeon, break face, buffet, claw, clean, drub, flagellate, flail, handle roughly, hit, hurt, ill-treat, knock about, knock around, lacerate, lash, lean on, let have it, maltreat, molest, mug, muscle, paste, paw, pelt, pound, pummel, put in the hospital, rough up, skin, take care of, thrash, trample, wax, whip, work over |
Antonyms: |
guard, maintain, protect, take care |
| Main Entry: | punish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | penalize for wrongdoing |
Synonyms: |
abuse, attend to, batter, beat, beat up, blacklist, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, crack down on, cuff, debar, defrock, discipline, dismiss, do in, execute, exile, expel, fine, flog, give a going over, give the works, harm, hurt, immure, incarcerate, injure, knock about, lash, lecture, maltreat, misuse, oppress, paddle, rap knuckles, reprove, rough up, scourge, sentence, slap wrist, spank, switch, teach a lesson, throw the book at, train, whip |
Antonyms: |
award, exonerate, let go, praise, protect, reward |
| Main Entry: | ramble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wander about; travel aimlessly |
Synonyms: |
amble, bat around, be all over the map, branch off, clamber, climb, cruise, depart, digress, divagate, diverge, drift, excurse, extend, fork, gad, gallivant, get sidetracked, knock about, knock around, meander, perambulate, percolate, peregrinate, promenade, range, roam, rove, saunter, scramble, snake, sprangle, sprawl, spread, spread-eagle, straddle, straggle, stray, stroll, trail, traipse, turn, twist, walk, wind, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
be direct, stay |
| Main Entry: | rough up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | handle harshly |
Synonyms: |
abuse, bash, batter, beat up, hit, knock about, knock around, maltreat, manhandle, mishandle, mistreat, roughen, roughhouse, slap around, thrash |
Antonyms: |
aid, help, protect |
| Main Entry: | traipse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk |
Synonyms: |
amble, ambulate, gad, go on foot, hike, knock about, lumber, march, meander, pace, parade, plod, prance, promenade, roam, rove, shuffle, step, stride, stroll, strut, take a walk, tour, travel on foot, traverse, trek, troop, trudge, wander |
| Main Entry: | walk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move along on foot |
Synonyms: |
advance, amble, ambulate, canter, escort, exercise, file, foot, go, go on foot, hike, hit the road, hoof it, knock about, lead, leg*, locomote, lumber, march, meander, pace, pad, parade, patrol, perambulate, plod, prance, promenade, race, roam, rove, run, saunter, scuff, shamble, shuffle, slog, stalk, step, stride, stroll, strut, stump, take a walk, toddle, tour, traipse, tramp, travel on foot, traverse, tread, trek, troop, trudge, wander, wend one's way |
Antonyms: |
run |