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Synonyms & Antonyms of cracking
(Entry 1 of 3)
- a writer renowned for her cracking tales of mystery and suspense
Synonyms for cracking
- A-OK,
- A1,
- awesome,
- bang-up,
- banner,
- beautiful,
- blue-chip,
- blue-ribbon,
- boffo,
- bonny
- (also bonnie)
- [chiefly British],
- boss
- [slang],
- brag,
- brave,
- bully,
- bumper,
- capital,
- choice,
- classic,
- cool
- [slang],
- corking,
- crackerjack,
- dandy,
- divine,
- dope
- [slang],
- down
- [slang],
- dynamite,
- excellent,
- fab,
- fabulous,
- famous,
- fantabulous
- [slang],
- fantastic,
- fine,
- first-class,
- first-rate,
- first-string,
- five-star,
- four-star,
- frontline,
- gangbusters
- (also gangbuster),
- gilt-edged
- (or gilt-edge),
- gone
- [slang],
- grand,
- great,
- groovy,
- heavenly,
- high-class,
- hot,
- hype
- [slang],
- immense,
- jim-dandy,
- keen,
- lovely,
- marvelous
- (or marvellous),
- mean,
- neat,
- nifty,
- noble,
- number one
- (also No. 1),
- numero uno,
- out-of-sight
- [slang],
- par excellence,
- peachy,
- peachy keen,
- phat
- [slang],
- prime,
- primo
- [slang],
- prize,
- prizewinning,
- quality,
- radical
- [slang],
- righteous
- [slang],
- sensational,
- slick,
- splendid,
- stellar,
- sterling,
- superb,
- superior,
- superlative,
- supernal,
- swell,
- terrific,
- tip-top,
- top,
- top-notch,
- top-of-the-line,
- top-shelf,
- topflight,
- topping
- [chiefly British],
- unsurpassed,
- wizard
- [chiefly British],
- wonderful
Words Related to cracking
- acceptable,
- adequate,
- all right,
- decent,
- good,
- OK
- (or okay),
- passable,
- satisfactory,
- tolerable
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Antonyms for cracking
cracking
adverbSynonyms & Antonyms of cracking (Entry 2 of 3)
- tells a cracking good tale of a search for a lost city
Synonyms for cracking
- achingly,
- almighty,
- archly,
- awful,
- awfully,
- badly,
- beastly,
- blisteringly,
- bone,
- colossally,
- corking,
- damn,
- damned,
- dang,
- deadly,
- desperately,
- eminently,
- enormously,
- especially,
- ever,
- exceedingly
- (also exceeding),
- extra,
- extremely,
- fabulously,
- fantastically,
- far,
- fiercely,
- filthy,
- frightfully,
- full,
- greatly,
- heavily,
- highly,
- hugely,
- immensely,
- incredibly,
- intensely,
- jolly,
- majorly,
- mightily,
- mighty,
- monstrous
- [chiefly dialect],
- mortally,
- most,
- much,
- particularly,
- passing,
- rattling,
- real,
- really,
- right,
- roaring,
- roaringly,
- seriously,
- severely,
- so,
- sore,
- sorely,
- spanking,
- specially,
- stinking,
- such,
- super,
- supremely,
- surpassingly,
- terribly,
- that,
- thumping,
- too,
- unco,
- uncommonly,
- vastly,
- very,
- vitally,
- way,
- whacking,
- wicked,
- wildly
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Antonyms for cracking
cracking
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of cracking (Entry 3 of 3)
- the tree branch unexpectedly cracked under our weight
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- after hours of tough questioning the suspect finally cracked and blurted out a confession
Synonyms for cracking
- breaking down,
- breaking up,
- flipping (out)
- [slang],
- freaking (out),
- melting down,
- wigging (out)
- [slang]
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Phrases Synonymous with cracking
- the United States military used the Navajo language as a code during World War II, and the enemy never cracked it
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Antonyms for cracking
- cracked the bow of the ship with a champagne bottle
Synonyms for cracking
- banging,
- bashing,
- batting,
- belting,
- biffing,
- bludgeoning,
- bobbing,
- bonking,
- bopping,
- boxing,
- busting,
- clapping,
- clipping,
- clobbering,
- clocking,
- clouting,
- hammering,
- hitting,
- knocking,
- nailing,
- pasting,
- pounding,
- punching,
- rapping,
- slamming,
- slapping,
- slogging,
- slugging,
- smacking,
- smiting,
- socking,
- striking,
- swatting,
- swiping,
- tagging,
- thumping,
- thwacking,
- walloping,
- whacking,
- whaling,
- zapping
Words Related to cracking
- battering,
- beating,
- buffeting,
- bunging,
- chopping,
- cuffing,
- drubbing,
- lacing,
- lambasting,
- licking,
- mangling,
- mauling,
- pelting,
- peppering,
- pommeling
- (or pommelling),
- pummeling
- (also pummelling),
- roughing
- bowling (down or over),
- creaming,
- decking,
- dumping
- [slang],
- felling,
- flooring,
- knocking down,
- leveling
- (or levelling)
Phrases Synonymous with cracking
- I've been mulling this riddle, but I just can't crack it
Synonyms for cracking
Words Related to cracking
- cracked by years in solitary confinement, the prisoner could only maunder incoherently
Synonyms for cracking
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Near Antonyms for cracking
- calming,
- quieting,
- relaxing,
- settling,
- soothing,
- tranquilizing
- (also tranquillizing)
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The first known use of cracking was in 1830
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