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Synonyms & Antonyms of hit
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- a good carpenter hits a nail just two or three times to drive it in
Synonyms for hit
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- batter,
- beat,
- buffet,
- bung,
- chop,
- cuff,
- drub,
- lace,
- lambaste
- (or lambast),
- lick,
- mangle,
- maul,
- pelt,
- pepper,
- pommel,
- pummel,
- rough
- bowl (down or over),
- cream,
- deck,
- dump
- [slang],
- fell,
- floor,
- knock down,
- level
Phrases Synonymous with hit
- when she fell on the ice, she hit hard and badly bruised her elbow
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Near Antonyms for hit
- the rock band hit "the big time" with their third album
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hit
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of hit (Entry 2 of 2)
- the new babysitter turned out to be a hit with the kids
Synonyms for hit
Words Related to hit
- blue chip,
- blue chipper,
- corker,
- crackerjack
- (also crackajack),
- dandy,
- jim-dandy,
- pip,
- prizewinner
Near Antonyms for hit
Antonyms for hit
- the quarterback can't take too many more hits like that and escape permanent injury
Synonyms for hit
- bang,
- bash,
- bat,
- beat,
- belt,
- biff,
- blow,
- bop,
- box,
- buffet,
- bust,
- chop,
- clap,
- clip,
- clout,
- crack,
- cuff,
- dab,
- douse
- [British],
- fillip,
- hack,
- haymaker,
- 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 hit
- body blow,
- hand,
- kick,
- knee,
- left,
- one-two,
- rabbit punch,
- right,
- right-hander,
- roundhouse,
- shiver,
- sidewinder,
- sucker punch,
- swing,
- uppercut
- bastinado
- (or bastinade),
- battering,
- beating,
- bludgeoning,
- clobbering,
- cudgeling
- (or cudgelling),
- drubbing,
- hammering,
- lambasting,
- licking,
- pasting,
- pounding,
- pummeling
- (also pummelling),
- thrashing
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“Hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit. Accessed 1 Mar. 2021.
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The first known use of hit was before the 12th century
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