crack

Synonyms

break, decipher, decode, decrypt;

Antonyms

cipher, code, encipher, encode, encrypt;

Near Antonyms

garble, jumble (up), mix (up);

Related Words

descramble, unscramble;

render, translate;

dope (out), figure out, puzzle (out), solve, unravel, unriddle, work, work out;

Synonyms

bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, blow, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, cuff, dab, fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, lash, lick, pelt, plump, poke, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, stinger, stripe, stroke, swat, swipe, switch, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, welt, whack, wham, whop (also whap);

Related Words

counter, counterblow, counterpunch, counterstroke;

body blow, hand, kick, knee, left, one-two, rabbit punch, right, right-hander, roundhouse, shiver, sidewinder, sucker punch, swing, uppercut;

cruncher, kayo, knockdown, knockout, KO;

battering, beating, bludgeoning, clobbering, cudgeling (or cudgelling), drubbing, hammering, lambasting, licking, pasting, pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), thrashing;

flogging, walloping, whip, whipping;

Synonyms

accomplished, ace, adept, complete, consummate, crackerjack, educated, experienced, expert, good, great, master, masterful, masterly, practiced (also practised), proficient, skilled, skillful, versed, veteran, virtuoso;

Antonyms

amateur, amateurish, inexperienced, inexpert, jackleg, unprofessional, unseasoned, unskilled, unskillful;

Near Antonyms

incapable, incompetent, inept, unfit, unfitted, unqualified, weak;

artless, crude, rude;

ineffective, ineffectual, inefficient;

talentless, ungifted, untalented;

ignorant, unschooled, untaught, untrained, untutored;

beginning, green, inexperienced, new, raw, unseasoned, untested, untried, would-be;

primitive, rough, unpolished;

awkward, clumsy, heavy-handed;

Related Words

adroit, clever, deft, dexterous (also dextrous), handy, sure-handed;

gifted, talented;

polished, refined;

effective, effectual, efficient, workmanlike;

able, capable, competent, fit, fitted, qualified;

educated, knowledgeable, schooled, taught, trained, tutored;

all-around (also all-round), well-rounded;

multiskilled, multitalented;