KICK AROUND Synonyms: 208 Similar and Opposite Words

kick around

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as in to debate

to give serious and careful thought to the board spent the afternoon kicking around the feasibility of opening an overseas office

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as in to play

to spend time in aimless activity I really can't do much but kick around at work until I get the rest of the submissions

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as in to kill time

to spend time doing nothing spent the afternoon kicking around, while his wife bought out the mall

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as in to roam

to move about from place to place aimlessly after spending a year in Europe kicking around, the backpacker was ready to return home

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as in to abuse

to inflict physical or emotional harm upon children who were raised by an alcoholic father who regularly kicked them around

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Recent Examples of kick around Both tracks — which had been kicking around since the Chinese Democracy sessions and were demoed even earlier — were finally released in December 2025 to coincide with GNR’s 2026 tour announcement. —

Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2026 People were kicked around in the pit, pancaked at the front of the stage, and the crowd surfing had a 90% fail rate. —

Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026 Heading into Tuesday, March 17, daily highs will kick around the upper 60s. —

Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026 Like Prince William and Kate Middleton often do on sportier engagements, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex showed off their soccer skills, kicking around a ball on Wednesday. —

Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for kick around

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In an individual sport, removed from any team dynamic, the results board made the fairness debate hard to ignore.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
In a Facebook group with more than 17,000 members dedicated to discussing Florida’s sargassum, travelers regularly debate whether to keep or change their plans to avoid the rotten-egg-smelling seaweed.

— Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 9 May 2026