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bash

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of bash

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

  • he hasn't been the same ever since he received that bash on his head
Synonyms of bash

bang, bat, beat, belt, biff, blow, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, douse [British], fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, larrup [dialect], lash, lick, pelt, pick, 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)
Words Related to bash

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

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

flogging, walloping, whip, whipping

2 chiefly British an effort to do or accomplish something

  • while golf isn't my game, I had to give it a bash while at Saint Andrews in Scotland
Synonyms of bash

assay [archaic], attempt, bid, crack, endeavor, essay, fling, go, offer, pass, shot, stab, trial, try, whack, whirl
Words Related to bash

striving, struggle, throes, undertaking

trial and error

3 a social gathering

  • I'm throwing a New Year's bash this year
Synonyms of bash

affair, binge, blast, blowout, do, event, fete (or fête), function, get-together, party, powwow, reception, shindig
Words Related to bash

benefit, fund-raiser

ball, dance, formal, prom

celebration, gala, occasion

bacchanal, bacchanalia, orgy, saturnalia

bake, clambake, cocktail party, hen party, house party, housewarming, icebreaker, kaffeeklatsch, kegger (also keg party), klatch (also klatsch), masquerade, meet and greet, mixer, salon, shower, social, soiree (or soirée), stag, supper, symposium, tea, tea party

bash

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of bash

1 to come into usually forceful contact with something

  • the car bashed into the tree with glass-shattering force
Synonyms of bash

bang, bump, collide, crash, hit, impact, impinge, knock, ram, slam, smash, strike, swipe, thud
Words Related to bash

bounce, carom, clunk, glance, rebound, ricochet, skim, skip

contact, land, touch

brush, graze, kiss, nudge, scrape, shave, sweep

bulldoze, jostle, muscle, press, push
Near Antonyms of bash

miss, skirt

2 to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner

  • you have to bash that door hard in order to get it open
Synonyms of bash

bang, bat, belt, biff, bludgeon, bob, bonk, bop, box, bust, clap, clip, clobber, clock, clout, crack, hammer, hit, knock, nail, paste, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, strike, swat, swipe, tag, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale, zap
Words Related to bash

batter, beat, buffet, bung, chop, cuff, drub, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lick, mangle, maul, pelt, pepper, pommel, pummel, rough

scuff

bunt, flick, stroke, tap

bump, butt, jab, jostle, kick, knee, poke, prod, push, shove, stamp

bowl (down or over), cream, deck, dump [slang], fell, floor, knock down, level

rabbit-punch, sucker punch

cane, club, cudgel, flail, flog, lash, sap, slash, sledge, sledgehammer, spear, stab, switch, thrash, whip

bean, brain, conk, skull
Phrases Synonymous with bash

hang one on

3 to strike repeatedly

  • the angry child kept bashing her toy with a hammer until it broke
Synonyms of bash

baste, bat, batter, beat, belabor, belt, birch, bludgeon, buffet, bung up, club, curry, do, drub, fib [British], flog, hammer, hide, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lash, lather, lick, maul, mess (up), paddle, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, punch out, rough (up), slate, slog, switch, tan, thrash, thresh, thump, tromp, wallop, whale, whip, whop (or whap), whup, work over
Words Related to bash

assail, assault, attack, beset, box, bust, chop, clobber, clout, crack, cudgel, cuff, descend (on or upon), hit, jump (on), knock, lam, lay on, paste, pounce (on or upon), punch, raid, rush, slam, slap, smack, smash, sock, spank, storm, swat, swipe, thwack, whack, wham, whomp

blackjack, cane, cowhide, flagellate, fustigate, horsewhip, leather, pistol-whip, rawhide, scourge, strap

gore, lacerate, wound

maim, mangle, mutilate
Phrases Synonymous with bash

beat up on

4 to criticize harshly and usually publicly

  • in all of talk radio no other host seems to enjoy bashing liberals as much as he does
Synonyms of bash

abuse, assail, attack, belabor, blast, castigate, excoriate, jump (on), lambaste (or lambast), potshot, savage, scathe, slam, trash, vituperate
Words Related to bash

berate, harangue, harass, harry, revile, scold, whip

blaspheme, curse, execrate, imprecate, profane

affront, insult, slur

asperse, bad-mouth, belittle, blackguard, disparage, put down

libel, slander, traduce, vilify

chastise, chide, criticize, lace (into), rebuke, reprimand, reproof

fulminate, lash (out)
Phrases Synonymous with bash

beat up on, light into, sail into, tie into
Near Antonyms of bash

acclaim, commend, compliment, hail, laud, praise

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