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beat
Synonyms and Antonyms of beat
- can we pick this up tomorrow, because I'm beat?
all in, aweary [archaic], beaten, bleary, burned-out (or burnt-out), bushed, dead, done, drained, exhausted, fatigued, jaded, knackered [British], limp, logy (also loggy), played out, pooped [slang], prostrate, spent, tapped out, tired, tuckered (out), washed-out, wearied, weary, wiped out, worn, worn-out
worn to a frazzle
beat
Synonyms and Antonyms of beat
- delivered one hard beat on the drums
bang, bash, bat, 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)
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
- a single beat of the heart is said to be all that separates the vice president from the presidency
- moved to the beat of the music
- within a beat he was on the phone complaining about an error in his bill
beat
Synonyms and Antonyms of beat
- they attacked and beat him, but fortunately he'll be fine
bash, baste, bat, batter, 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
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
beat up on
- she always beats everyone at checkers, but she's not as good at chess
edge (out), nose out, pip [British]
annihilate, blow away, blow out, bomb, break, bury, clobber, cream, crush, drub, finish, flatten, overwhelm, rout, shellac, skin, slaughter, smoke [slang], snow under, thrash, trounce, upset, wallop, wax [slang], whip
cap, excel, flourish, score, succeed
knock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, subjugate, unseat, vanquish
ace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, excel, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend
get the better of, knock for a loop
- this new animated feature sure beats everything else that's ever been done in animation
go one better, run circles around (or run rings around)
- the bird's wings beat strongly as it soared in the air
- you beat me to it
- the tropical sun beat down on our heads without mercy
- beat the drum in a marching rhythm
- it beats me how that slipup happened
abash, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattle
agitate, bother, chagrin, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, stun, unhinge, unsettle, upset
beguile, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, misguide, mislead, snow, string along, take in, trick
blow one's mind, go to one's head
- he spends all of his time trying to beat the system
- years of pounding had beaten the pebbles to a fine dust
- the screenwriter has filed a lawsuit, accusing the production company of beating him out of his share of the film's net profits
bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, gaff, gyp, hose [slang], hustle, mulct, nobble [British slang], pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, victimize
sell a bill of goods to, take for a ride, take to the cleaners
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