Synonyms of flog

flog

verb

ˈfläg 

1

as in to whip

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

a graphic depiction of a sailor being flogged by the captain for disobeying orders

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whip
• hide
• slash
• slap
• lash
• spank
• flick
• flagellate
• hit
• flail
• horsewhip
• cut
• switch
• thrash
• lick
• leather
• knock
• tan
• scourge
• smack
• punch
• bang
• maul
• whack
• whale
• rawhide
• birch
• pound
• bat
• strap
• beat
• cowhide
• clip
• quirt
• clap
• swipe
• cane
• thump
• swat
• box
• clobber
• pummel
• knout
• pelt
• smite
• bludgeon
• cudgel
• touch up
• crack
• bash
• club
• mangle
• lambaste
• bung
• rough
• thwack
• clout
• slug
• sock
• paste
• whup
• paddle
• hammer
• bop
• drub
• lam
• bust
• slate
• baste
• fustigate
• whop
• slog
• work over
• cuff
• belt
• thresh
• lather
• blackjack
• belabor
• wallop
• batter
• tromp
• buffet
• lace
• pistol-whip
• pommel
• fib

2

as in to lick

to strike repeatedly

was fined heavily for flogging a horse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lick
• whip
• lash
• hide
• pound
• beat
• slap
• do
• pelt
• spank
• hit
• knock
• thump
• smash
• pummel
• attack
• chop
• punch
• maul
• bludgeon
• assault
• slam
• batter
• bat
• bash
• lambaste
• thrash
• smack
• whup
• whack
• paddle
• hammer
• tan
• drub
• punch out
• whop
• baste
• switch
• slate
• slog
• club
• raid
• work over
• box
• rough (up)
• curry
• lather
• thresh
• belt
• belabor
• beat up on
• tromp
• lace
• buffet
• wallop
• fib
• pommel
• whale
• birch
• clobber
• mess (up)
• swipe
• wound
• crack
• assail
• storm
• bung up
• swat
• rush
• descend (on or upon)
• lay on
• strap
• cudgel
• paste
• thwack
• flagellate
• horsewhip
• clout
• cane
• beset
• jump (on)
• sock
• leather
• wham
• lam
• pounce (on or upon)
• bust
• mutilate
• maim
• cuff
• lacerate
• whomp
• scourge
• mangle
• rawhide
• fustigate
• gore
• blackjack
• pistol-whip
• cowhide

3

as in to stomp

British to move heavily or clumsily

for most of the night, searchers flogged through the marsh, crying out for the lost child

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stomp
• shuffle
• stumble
• haul
• stamp
• lump
• barge
• trudge
• weave
• drag
• slough
• clump
• lurch
• shamble
• tramp
• stump
• scuff
• pound
• flounder
• plod
• stagger
• slog
• galumph
• lumber
• scuffle
• tromp
• sway
• flop
• reel
• totter
• waddle
• blunder
• careen
• dodder
• wobble
• teeter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coast
• slide
• breeze
• whisk
• glide
• hang
• float
• drift
• waltz
• hover
• waft
• poise

4

as in to stumble

British to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually

ignoring the groans and catcalls that his speech was provoking, the backbencher flogged away

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stumble
• struggle
• trudge
• limp
• shuffle
• flounder
• blunder
• plod
• lurch
• jog
• lumber
• sway
• reel
• fumble
• wallow
• stagger
• falter
• shamble
• bumble
• totter
• muddle
• welter
• teeter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sail
• fly
• coast
• glide
• zip
• zoom
• kilt

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flog

Aikens has a modest staff, including a host and a house dom, a professional dominant who performs demonstrations such as flogging and wax play for the 30-and-over crowd. — Victoria M. Walker, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 May 2026

The same day that the nanny allegedly beat Walter, other caregivers slapped and flogged his siblings, including with shoes and wooden sticks. — Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 11 May 2026

In an even more meta moment, Amazon interrupted its own Upfront with actual ads with Summer House star Paige DeSorbo flogging certain items to an increasingly frustrated audience. — Peter White, Deadline, 11 May 2026

The media flagged and flogged it for AI incompetence. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026