KICKED AROUND Synonyms: 214 Similar and Opposite Words

kicked around

verb

past tense of kick around

as in contemplated

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 played

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 hacked (around)

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

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as in roamed

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 abused

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 kicked around 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 The bestselling novelist specializes in women who have been kicked around by life. —

Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026 One of the ideas that has been kicked around is putting the playoff event in larger cities and more historic venues. —

Bob Buttitta, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026 One of the things that have been kicked around is a one-time 5% tax on billionaires. —

Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 6 Jan. 2026 As the college football season winds down, Penn State is still operating with an interim head coach after the dismissal of James Franklin, and Roethlisberger kicked around the idea of Tomlin heading to Happy Valley to take over that program. —

Patrick Damp, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025 The club had kicked around the idea of Suárez and Nola sharing an outing, but it was made official on Monday night after a gut-wrenching Game 2 loss. —

Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025 Other ideas kicked around over the years have been subsidized housing or even returning it to its history of entertainment, as a high-end theater and performing arts academy. —

Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025 The idea of an independent misconduct authority has been kicked around by the industry since the Noel Clarke scandal four years ago, but its existence has become more pressing amid a string of power abuse crises involving the likes of MasterChef presenter Wallace and ITV chef Gino D’Acampo. —

Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025

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By contrast, the SAVE America Act, as contemplated by the president, would ban most forms of mail voting and require photo ID and proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections.

— David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 26 Mar. 2026
Barry said that the landowners contemplated building a combination gas station/convenience store, but the property wasn’t quite large enough.

— Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026