Synonyms of belts

belts 1 of 3

noun (1)

plural of belt

1

as in punches

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

delivered a shattering belt to the rock with a hammer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• punches
• blows
• thumps
• thuds
• hits
• pounds
• strokes
• slaps
• swipes
• clips
• spanks
• whacks
• knocks
• hooks
• licks
• cuffs
• beats
• bangs
• smacks
• pokes
• claps
• socks
• slams
• stripes
• switches
• pelts
• chops
• hands
• knees
• raps
• welts
• boxes
• clouts
• buffets
• haymakers
• bats
• kicks
• lashes
• stingers
• swats
• fillips
• hacks
• slugs
• biffs
• cracks
• bops
• thwacks
• whams
• picks
• whops
• swings
• lickings
• whaps
• plumps
• smashes
• busts
• bashes
• dabs
• larrups
• wallops
• douses
• beatings
• counter-strokes
• counters
• counter-blows
• counterstrokes
• whips
• rights
• lefts
• counterblows
• roundhouses
• counterpunches
• rabbit punches
• body blows
• sidewinders
• uppercuts
• sucker punches
• shivers
• whippings
• batterings
• thrashings
• knockdowns
• crunchers
• pastings
• kayos
• right-handers
• knockouts
• KOs
• bastinadoes
• wallopings
• drubbings
• bastinades
• one-twos

2

as in drinks

the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time

he knocked back a belt of whiskey before leaving

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drinks
• sips
• gulps
• nips
• swallows
• slugs
• swigs
• drafts
• snorts
• sups
• shots
• drops
• swills
• quaffs
• drags
• drams

belts

2 of 3

noun (2)

plural of belt

1

as in sashes

a strip of flexible material (as leather) worn around the waist

a drugstore cowboy who loves his fancily decorated belt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sashes
• ribbons
• girdles
• cummerbunds
• cinctures
• waistbands
• self-belts
• loops
• ceintures
• cumberbunds
• bandoliers
• rings
• bands
• baldrics
• bandoleers
• circles
• Sam Browne belts
• obis
• cesti

2

as in parts

a broad geographical area

that part of the country is sometimes called "the farm belt" because of the number of farms there

Synonyms & Similar Words

• parts
• necks
• regions
• lands
• tracts
• zones
• corridors
• districts
• territories
• domains
• realms
• latitudes
• terrains
• ranges
• neighborhoods
• vicinities

belts

3 of 3

verb

present tense third-person singular of belt

1

as in clips

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

belted the baseball out of the park

Synonyms & Similar Words

• punches
• clips
• hits
• slaps
• claps
• bangs
• slams
• knocks
• smacks
• pounds
• strikes
• whacks
• boxes
• cracks
• nails
• bats
• swipes
• socks
• hammers
• tags
• clocks
• kicks
• taps
• thumps
• clouts
• raps
• jabs
• bludgeons
• licks
• bashes
• bobs
• slugs
• flicks
• chops
• thwacks
• shoves
• pastes
• pushes
• swats
• whales
• bops
• pokes
• wallops
• stabs
• zaps
• clobbers
• bonks
• busts
• cuffs
• bumps
• biffs
• smites
• strokes
• slogs
• laces
• knees
• beats
• stamps
• peppers
• mauls
• pelts
• buffets
• pommels
• butts
• whips
• batters
• pummels
• hangs one on
• decks
• mangles
• slashes
• roughs
• drubs
• clubs
• scuffs
• canes
• spears
• floors
• dumps
• jostles
• lashes
• prods
• bowls (down or over)
• switches
• lambasts
• levels
• beans
• creams
• bunts
• skulls
• knocks down
• sledges
• flails
• bungs
• brains
• conks
• lambastes
• cudgels
• saps
• fells
• thrashes
• flogs
• sledgehammers
• sucker punches
• rabbit-punches

2

as in wraps

to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt

belted the little boy's pants tightly so they would stay up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wraps
• bandages
• circles
• girts
• girths
• girdles
• tapes
• bands
• engirds
• engirdles
• loops
• girds
• begirds
• enwinds
• wires
• trusses
• ropes
• chains
• cords
• winds
• ties up
• enchains
• lashes
• wreathes
• shackles
• swathes
• enwreathes
• enswathes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unwraps
• unties
• unwinds
• ungirds
• unbinds
• unshackles
• unlashes

3

as in pounds

to strike repeatedly

belted the punching bag relentlessly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pounds
• licks
• whips
• hides
• lashes
• pelts
• beats
• punches
• batters
• hits
• thumps
• attacks
• does
• slaps
• bats
• knocks
• assaults
• spanks
• smashes
• clubs
• hammers
• paddles
• laces
• slams
• boxes
• mauls
• chops
• slates
• switches
• tans
• raids
• bludgeons
• works over
• buffets
• punches out
• threshes
• pummels
• pommels
• curries
• bashes
• straps
• whales
• thrashes
• storms
• flogs
• lathers
• wallops
• wounds
• drubs
• bastes
• whaps
• belabors
• lambasts
• smacks
• roughs (up)
• whacks
• socks
• fibs
• cuffs
• slogs
• swipes
• cracks
• tromps
• lambastes
• messes (up)
• whops
• beats up on
• birches
• bungs up
• leathers
• descends (on or upon)
• whups
• clouts
• canes
• pastes
• rushes
• swats
• jumps (on)
• lams
• thwacks
• cudgels
• whams
• flagellates
• clobbers
• lays on
• busts
• assails
• besets
• scourges
• lacerates
• gores
• pounces (on or upon)
• horsewhips
• whomps
• pistol-whips
• blackjacks
• cowhides
• rawhides
• mutilates
• fustigates
• mangles
• maims

4

as in races

to proceed or move quickly

the boy went belting along on his skateboard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• races
• zips
• speeds
• drives
• travels
• flies
• rushes
• scurries
• hurries
• trots
• jumps
• bowls
• chases
• buzzes
• bolts
• scoots
• runs
• barrels
• darts
• motors
• blows
• rams
• tears
• jets
• rips
• dashes
• steps
• courses
• careers
• whirls
• blasts
• zooms
• rustles
• pelts
• humps
• bundles
• rockets
• jogs
• scuttles
• shoots
• cracks (on)
• blazes
• bustles
• nips
• bombs
• whisks
• hustles
• beats it
• hies
• breezes
• hurls
• steps on it
• makes tracks
• hurtles
• hares
• hastens
• highballs
• cannonballs
• careens
• shakes a leg
• gallops
• hotfoots (it)
• beetles
• gets a move on
• streaks
• sprints
• flits
• stampedes
• scampers
• scuds
• accelerates
• whizzes
• arrows
• scuffles
• steps out
• overtakes
• outpaces
• outruns
• outstrips
• quickens
• catches up
• beelines
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawls
• drags
• pokes
• lags
• hangs (around or out)
• creeps
• lingers
• pokes
• strolls
• loiters
• tarries
• shuffles
• dawdles
• dallies
• saunters
• ambles
• slows (down or up)
• plods
• dillydallies
• decelerates
• lumbers