HITS Synonyms: 266 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of hit

as in knocks

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner a good carpenter hits a nail just two or three times to drive it in

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as in bumps

to come into usually forceful contact with something when she fell on the ice, she hit hard and badly bruised her elbow

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as in wins

to obtain (as a goal) through effort the rock band hit "the big time" with their third album

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hits

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noun

plural of hit

as in successes

a person or thing that is successful the new babysitter turned out to be a hit with the kids

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as in blows

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument the quarterback can't take too many more hits like that and escape permanent injury

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Recent Examples of hits

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While this tends to be the case for any Mercury retrograde, those themes are bolstered by the fact that this Mercury retrograde hits your twelfth house of spirituality. —

Maressa Brown, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026 The star produces x-rays as its stellar wind hits the cooler interstellar medium surrounding the star. —

Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 25 Feb. 2026 The toe is always the coldest part of the foot because that’s what hits the wind first. —

Jakob Schiller, Outside, 25 Feb. 2026 The only hits that King surrendered were after retiring the first six batters on 23 pitches. —

Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026 Florida's Urban Klavzar hits a baseline 3 to give the Gators the lead, Texas coach Sean Miller hangs his head and takes a timeout. —

Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026 On Wednesdays, Aiken picks up any leftover papers before the new issue hits the stands. —

Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2026 For all of the song’s swings at zeitgeisty sloganeering and earnest eulogizing and singalong choruses, the line that hits the hardest is a passing thought in one of the verses. —

Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 25 Feb. 2026 Some schools in northern Minnesota have announced closures and delays on Wednesday as a winter storm hits the area. —

Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026

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Castellanos, who could platoon with Gavin Sheets during the season, made his second Cactus League start at first base on Tuesday afternoon and had two hits. —

Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026 Six of Newport Harbor’s eight hits came from the six through nine spots in the batting order and those players combined for five RBIs. —

Michael Huntley, Oc Register, 25 Feb. 2026 Dylan Seward, Jordan Ayala and Jayden Serna each had two hits. —

Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026 Sheridan, a former actor, has created a slew of hits for Paramount, though none as large as Yellowstone. —

Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 24 Feb. 2026 Warren also totaled four hits, zero walks and four strikeouts over 49 pitches. —

Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026 Pittsburgh tallied 21 hits as a team. —

Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2026 This case underscores a broader market reality that the most successful brands are not those with the most hits, but those that know how to make a hit last. —

Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 24 Feb. 2026 When Lucy confesses to sleeping with Evan, Pippa’s insults for Lucy could rival even some of Stephen’s greatest hits. —

Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hits

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But then, during the challenge, when Ozzy knocks the key off a post, Coach weasels in and grabs it even after Ozzy has been slapping his limp pole at it for the better part of an hour.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
In another, a woman knocks the MAGA cap off of the one provocateur’s head.

— Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026