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strikes - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | strike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit hard |
| Synonyms: | bang, bash, beat, box, buffet, bump into, chastise, clash, clobber, clout, collide, conk*, crash, cuff*, drive, force, hammer, impel, knock, plant*, pop*, pound, pummel, punch, punish, slap, slug, smack, sock, swat, thrust, thump, touch, wallop, boff, bonk, percuss, run into, smash into, whop |
| Notes: | to put up a tent is to pitch it; to take down a tent is to strike it |
| Antonyms: | tap |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | strike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make an impact |
| Synonyms: | affect, carry, get*, hit*, impress, influence, inspire, look, move, reach, register*, seem, sway, touch, be plausible, come to mind, dawn on*, have semblance, occur to |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | strike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find, discover |
| Synonyms: | achieve, attain, catch, come across, come upon, effect, encounter, reach, seize, take, turn up*, uncover, unearth, arrive at, chance upon, dig up, happen upon, hit upon, lay bare, light upon, open up, stumble across |
| Antonyms: | lose, miss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | strike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devastate, affect |
| Synonyms: | afflict, assail, assault, attack, beset, hit, invade, martyr, rack, smite, storm, torment, torture, try, wring, aggress, deal a blow, excruciate, fall upon, harrow, set upon |
| Antonyms: | not touch, pass up |
| Main Entry: | strike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk out of job in protest |
| Synonyms: | arbitrate, boycott, hold out, mediate, mutiny, negotiate, picket, quit, resist, revolt, stick out, stop, tie up, be on strike, go on strike, hit the bricks, refuse to work, sit down, sit in*, slow down |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | behave in a certain way |
| Synonyms: | appear, behave, carry, carry out, conduct, do, enact, execute, exert, function, go about, operate, perform, react, seem, serve, strike, take on, carry oneself, comport, give the appearance, impress as, play part, represent oneself |
| Main Entry: | afflict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause or become hurt |
| Synonyms: | agonize, annoy, beset, bother, burden, crucify, distress, grieve, harass, harry, irk, lacerate, martyr, oppress, pain, pester, plague, press, rack, smite, strike, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, worry, wound, harrow |
| Antonyms: | aid, comfort, help, solace, stay away from, take care of |
| Main Entry: | amaze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surprise |
| Synonyms: | affect, alarm, astonish, astound, bewilder, blow away, blow one's mind, bowl over*, daze, dumbfound, electrify, flabbergast*, impress, move, perplex, put one away, shock, stagger, startle, strike, stun, stupefy, touch* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appeal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | request |
| Synonyms: | address, adjure, advance, apply, ask, beg, beseech, bid, call, claim, contest, crave, demand, entreat, implore, importune, petition, plead, pray, propose, proposition, question, refer, require, solicit, strike, submit, sue, supplicate, urge, call upon, hit on, resort to |
| Antonyms: | deny, disclaim, recall, refuse, renounce, retract, revoke |
| Main Entry: | assault |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attack |
| Synonyms: | advance, aggression, charge, incursion, invasion, offensive, onset, onslaught, rape, storm, strike, violation, storming |
| Main Entry: | assault |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack |
| Synonyms: | abuse, advance, assail, bash, beset, blast, blitz, bushwhack, charge, come down on*, go for, haul off on, invade, jump, jump down one's throat, jump on one's case, lay into, let have it, light into*, rape, ruin, set upon, shoot down, slam, slap around, storm, strike, trash, violate, work over, zap* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical assault |
| Synonyms: | advance, aggression, barrage, blitz, charge, defilement, drive, encounter, encroachment, foray, incursion, initiative, inroad, intervention, intrusion, invasion, irruption, offense, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught, outbreak, push, raid, rape, rush, skirmish, strike, thrust, violation, volley, assailing, assailment, blitzkrieg, dirty deed, mugging, storming |
| Antonyms: | aid, defense, flight, protection, resistance, retreat, shelter, shield, support, surrender, sustenance |
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assault physically |
| Synonyms: | advance, ambush, assail, assault, bash, bat, bean*, beat, beset, besiege, blast, blister, bombard, boot*, brain*, bust, charge, clip, clock*, club, combat, cook*, harm, hit, hurt, infiltrate, invade, jump, kick, molest, mug, overwhelm, punch, raid, rush, slog, soak, stab, storm, strike, turn on, wallop*, aggress, biff, boff, bop, chop down, knock block off, knock cold, knock for a loop, larrup*, lay siege to, light into*, pounce upon, set upon, take the offensive, whop |
| Antonyms: | aid, defend, protect, resist, retreat, shelter, shield, submit, support, surrender, sustain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | awe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amaze |
| Synonyms: | alarm, appall, astonish, cow*, daunt, dazzle, flabbergast, frighten, grandstand, horrify, impress, intimidate, scare, startle, strike, stun, stupefy, terrify, blow away, hotdog, knock socks off, overawe, showboat |
| Antonyms: | expect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | moving by hitting hard |
| Synonyms: | bash, beat, bump, clatter, collide, crash, hammer, hit, knock, pound, pummel, rap, slam, smash, strike, thump, whack |
| Main Entry: | bash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit |
| Synonyms: | clobber*, pop*, punch, slam, slug, smash, strike, whack |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bashing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abuse against a group or individual based on identity or ideological beliefs |
| Synonyms: | assault, attack, beating, censure, charge, condemnation, criticism, harassment, jumping, offensive, persecution, strike, torment, beating up, bias crime, denigration, hate crime, hounding |
| Main Entry: | bat |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | a hit with a solid object |
| Synonyms: | bang, belt, blow, crack, knock, rap, slam, smack, sock, strike, swat, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, bop, whop |
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blow, stroke |
| Synonyms: | hit, lash, punch, shake, slap, strike, swing, thump |
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | injure by striking |
| Synonyms: | bang, bash, bat, batter, belt, box, break, bruise, buffet, cane, castigate, clout, club, collide, crush, cudgel, drub, flagellate, flail, flog, hammer, hit, knock, lambaste*, lash, lick*, maltreat, mash, maul, pelt, pound, pummel, punch, punish, ram, rap, slap, slug, smack, spank, strike, swat, thrash, thump, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale*, whip, thresh |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, guard, help, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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