Synonyms of lash

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noun

1

as in blow

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument

a sailor punished for disobedience with lashes from the captain's whip

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blow
• slap
• thump
• punch
• swipe
• stroke
• hit
• whack
• thud
• knock
• smack
• spank
• pound
• poke
• lick
• bang
• beat
• slam
• clip
• hook
• clap
• chop
• bat
• switch
• belt
• swat
• pelt
• welt
• kick
• cuff
• stripe
• crack
• sock
• thwack
• stinger
• bash
• smash
• dab
• plump
• box
• slug
• bop
• biff
• hack
• knee
• wham
• clout
• wallop
• rap
• buffet
• haymaker
• fillip
• pick
• douse
• bust
• licking
• swing
• pounding
• whop
• whap
• hand
• beating
• whip
• larrup
• whipping
• left
• counter
• counterstroke
• shiver
• right
• hammering
• body blow
• counterblow
• sucker punch
• thrashing
• knockdown
• roundhouse
• battering
• flogging
• uppercut
• bastinado
• one-two
• pummeling
• sidewinder
• counterpunch
• knockout
• rabbit punch
• cruncher
• KO
• drubbing
• pummelling
• cudgelling
• bludgeoning
• pasting
• cudgeling
• clobbering
• right-hander
• walloping
• kayo
• bastinade
• lambasting

2

as in whip

a long thin or flexible tool for striking

the rider repeatedly struck the horse with the lash to force it to go faster

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whip
• strap
• cane
• flogger
• baton
• switch
• scourge
• bat
• knout
• birch
• quirt
• hickory
• bullwhip
• crop
• rattan
• rawhide
• blacksnake
• bastinado
• bludgeon
• flail
• cudgel
• billy
• cowhide
• nightstick
• staff
• billy club
• cat-o'-nine-tails
• bastinade
• club

lash

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verb (1)

1

as in to whip

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

the cat's tail nervously lashed the table leg

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whip
• hide
• slash
• flick
• leather
• slap
• switch
• horsewhip
• spank
• scourge
• hit
• cut
• flail
• flog
• flagellate
• tan
• thrash
• punch
• knock
• lick
• bat
• birch
• smack
• rawhide
• bang
• strap
• cowhide
• whale
• maul
• swipe
• whack
• quirt
• clip
• pound
• cane
• clap
• knout
• beat
• thump
• swat
• box
• pelt
• cudgel
• smite
• club
• paddle
• crack
• touch up
• thwack
• cuff
• pummel
• clobber
• rough
• hammer
• bash
• sock
• clout
• batter
• belt
• bludgeon
• slug
• bung
• bop
• wallop
• lather
• blackjack
• paste
• lam
• mangle
• drub
• work over
• lambast
• whop
• slate
• bust
• lambaste
• lace
• baste
• buffet
• fustigate
• thresh
• pommel
• slog
• belabor
• fib
• whup
• whap
• pistol-whip
• tromp

2

as in to lick

to strike repeatedly

all night long sheets of rain lashed the windows

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lick
• whip
• hide
• pound
• pelt
• slap
• beat
• batter
• bat
• hit
• spank
• punch
• attack
• assault
• knock
• thump
• do
• maul
• smash
• chop
• slam
• paddle
• pummel
• hammer
• smack
• bash
• storm
• punch out
• bludgeon
• belt
• flog
• tan
• thrash
• raid
• lather
• curry
• club
• switch
• birch
• box
• drub
• wallop
• lambast
• whack
• whop
• rough (up)
• work over
• wound
• swipe
• lambaste
• slate
• lace
• baste
• buffet
• pommel
• thresh
• whale
• slog
• fib
• belabor
• whap
• whup
• mess (up)
• beat up on
• bung up
• swat
• strap
• crack
• tromp
• rush
• thwack
• cane
• assail
• descend (on or upon)
• cuff
• clobber
• cudgel
• leather
• clout
• horsewhip
• sock
• paste
• lay on
• scourge
• jump (on)
• wham
• beset
• lam
• flagellate
• pounce (on or upon)
• lacerate
• bust
• whomp
• rawhide
• cowhide
• gore
• blackjack
• maim
• mutilate
• mangle
• fustigate
• pistol-whip

lash

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verb (2)

as in to tie

to prevent (someone or something) from moving freely by or as if by means of a line or cord

The raft was made from several logs lashed together with a rope.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tie
• strap
• knot
• rope
• tether
• cord
• bind
• wire
• coil
• leash
• thread
• band
• truss
• cinch
• girt
• snarl
• wind
• gird
• tangle
• intertwine
• twist
• entangle
• lace
• interweave
• interlace

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unleash
• untie
• undo
• unbind
• unloose
• unfasten
• unlace
• unstrap
• unravel
• disentangle
• untether
• untwist
• unwind
• untangle
• unsnarl
• unloosen
• uncoil
• unstring
• unlash
• unthread
• untwine
• unspool