Synonyms of tick (off)

tick (off) 1 of 2

verb (1)

as in to list

to specify one after another

ticked off everything she would need to buy while her daughter wrote the items down on a list

Synonyms & Similar Words

• list
• recite
• detail
• outline
• reel off
• itemize
• enumerate
• catalog
• mention
• rehearse
• inventory
• numerate
• catalogue
• figure
• cite
• tabulate
• calculate
• chart
• compute
• estimate
• graph
• tally
• name
• diagram
• reckon

tick off

2 of 2

verb (2)

1

as in to admonish

to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault

she royally ticked the babysitter off for letting the child play outside unsupervised

Synonyms & Similar Words

• admonish
• reprimand
• get after
• blame
• scold
• get on
• criticize
• fault
• rail (at or against)
• chide
• reproach
• rebuke
• burn one's ears
• dress down
• chew out
• mock
• reprove
• jaw
• attack
• lecture
• condemn
• diss
• lambast
• rate
• minimize
• knock
• upbraid
• berate
• pan
• censure
• harangue
• put down
• flay
• lash
• abuse
• crucify
• keelhaul
• score
• assail
• slam
• belittle
• disparage
• ridicule
• denounce
• lambaste
• reprehend
• excoriate
• blast
• scoff
• bad-mouth
• castigate
• dis
• deride
• deprecate
• scorn

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• okay
• approve
• sanction
• endorse
• OK
• indorse
• salute
• praise
• applaud
• hail
• laud
• tout
• extol
• extoll

2

as in to anger

to make angry

it really ticks me off when someone says something like that

Synonyms & Similar Words

• anger
• infuriate
• enrage
• steam up
• outrage
• annoy
• irritate
• rub the wrong way
• mad
• ire
• enflame
• offend
• inflame
• incense
• rile
• rankle
• put out
• get one's goat
• madden
• roil
• aggravate
• burn (up)
• cross
• provoke
• ruffle
• exasperate
• vex
• affront
• peeve
• get
• huff
• nettle
• pique
• miff
• antagonize
• embitter
• envenom

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• please
• relieve
• delight
• gratify
• allay
• comfort
• console
• assuage
• soothe
• settle
• placate
• charm
• appease
• calm
• quiet
• conciliate
• lull
• pacify
• mollify
• disarm
• beguile
• captivate
• enchant
• bewitch

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tick (off)

Verb

To the person ticked off about people playing videos in waiting rooms… bring your own earbuds and play music/videos. —Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 June 2025

An antique cuckoo clock on the mantel ticked off the seconds, a kind of mechanical memento mori. —Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 13 June 2025

As the final seconds ticked off the clock on Monday night at TCO Stadium, the Mahtomedi girls flag football team started to celebrate. —Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 10 June 2025

Clarke ticked off a laundry list of immediate problems that New York Haitian families and businesses would face when the ban goes into effect as soon as Monday. —Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 8 June 2025