| Main Entry: | strike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit hard |
Synonyms: |
bang, bash, beat, boff, bonk, box, buffet, bump into, chastise, clash, clobber, clout, collide, conk, crash, cuff, drive, force, hammer, impel, knock, percuss, plant*, pop*, pound, pummel, punch, punish, run into, slap, slug, smack, smash into, sock, swat, thrust, thump, touch, wallop, whop |
| Notes: | to put up a tent is to pitch it; to take down a tent is to strike it |
Antonyms: |
tap |
| Main Entry: | strike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make an impact |
Synonyms: |
affect, be plausible, carry, come to mind, dawn on, get*, have semblance, hit*, impress, influence, inspire, look, move, occur to, reach, register*, seem, sway, touch |
| Main Entry: | strike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find, discover |
Synonyms: |
achieve, arrive at, attain, catch, chance upon, come across, come upon, dig up, effect, encounter, happen upon, hit upon, lay bare, light upon, open up, reach, seize, stumble across, take, turn up, uncover, unearth |
Antonyms: |
lose, miss |
| Main Entry: | strike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devastate, affect |
Synonyms: |
afflict, aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, deal a blow, excruciate, fall upon, harrow, hit, invade, martyr, rack, set upon, smite, storm, torment, torture, try, wring |
Antonyms: |
not touch, pass up |
| Main Entry: | strike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk out of job in protest |
Synonyms: |
arbitrate, be on strike, boycott, go on strike, hit the bricks, hold out, mediate, mutiny, negotiate, picket, quit, refuse to work, resist, revolt, sit down, sit in, slow down, stick out, stop, tie up |
| Main Entry: | striking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extraordinary; beautiful |
Synonyms: |
arresting, arrestive, astonishing, attractive, bizarre, charming, cogent, commanding, compelling, confounding, conspicuous, dazzling, distinguished, dynamite, electrifying, eye-catching, fascinating, forceful, forcible, handsome, impressive, jazzy, lofty, marked, memorable, noteworthy, noticeable, out of the ordinary, outstanding, powerful, prominent, remarkable, salient, showy, signal, singular, staggering, startling, stunning, surprising, telling, unusual, wonderful, wondrous |
Antonyms: |
homely, horrifying, ugly, unimpressive |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | behave in a certain way |
Synonyms: |
appear, behave, carry, carry oneself, carry out, comport, conduct, do, enact, execute, exert, function, give the appearance, go about, impress as, operate, perform, play part, react, represent oneself, seem, serve, strike, take on |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Main Entry: | activism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | action for change |
Synonyms: |
advocacy, boycotting, championing, effecting change, influence peddling, involvement, logrolling, militancy, moving and shaking, picketing, striking |
| Main Entry: | afflict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause or become hurt |
Synonyms: |
agonize, annoy, beset, bother, burden, crucify, distress, grieve, harass, harrow, harry, irk, lacerate, martyr, oppress, pain, pester, plague, press, rack, smite, strike, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, worry, wound |
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* |