Synonyms of kicked around

kicked around

verb

past tense of kick around

1

as in contemplated

to give serious and careful thought to

the board spent the afternoon kicking around the feasibility of opening an overseas office

Synonyms & Similar Words

• contemplated
• considered
• entertained
• pondered
• debated
• studied
• questioned
• looked at
• chewed on
• wrestled (with)
• thought (about or over)
• eyed
• explored
• weighed
• chewed over
• mulled (over)
• reviewed
• perpended
• analyzed
• pored (over)
• deliberated
• cogitated
• ruminated
• reflected (on or upon)
• meditated
• revolved
• beat one's brains out (about)
• mused (upon)
• turned
• cudgeled one's brains (about)
• fixated (on or upon)
• digested
• obsessed (about or over)
• fretted (about or over)
• speculated (about)
• brooded (about or over)
• dwelled (on or upon)
• drank (in)
• reasoned
• reminisced
• concluded
• believed
• dwelt (on or upon)
• absorbed
• conceived
• opined
• assimilated
• second-guessed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignored
• disregarded
• overlooked
• dismissed
• rejected
• slighted
• poohed
• pooh-poohed

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• played
• fiddled (around)
• fooled around
• puttered (around)
• goofed (around)
• messed around
• pottered (around)
• hung about
• hanged (around or out)
• monkeyed (around)
• doodled
• fribbled
• trifled
• hung (around or out)
• horsed around
• lounged
• clowned (around)
• idled
• loafed
• dawdled
• diddled (with)
• dillydallied
• tinkered
• lolled
• dallied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• set (to)
• settled (down)
• buckled (down)
• knuckled down

3

as in hanged (around or out)

to spend time doing nothing

spent the afternoon kicking around, while his wife bought out the mall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hanged (around or out)
• hacked (around)
• kicked back
• hung (around or out)
• killed time
• lazied
• hung about
• goofed (off)
• chilled
• relaxed
• vegged out
• rested
• dillydallied
• bummed
• played
• lounged
• idled
• strolled
• loafed
• footled
• dawdled
• lazed
• fiddled (around)
• twiddled one's thumbs
• poked
• droned
• puttered (around)
• mucked
• pottered (around)
• messed
• lingered
• lolled
• dallied
• estivated
• fooled
• monkeyed
• aestivated
• trifled
• piddled
• truanted
• sauntered
• hibernated
• loitered
• dozed
• lagged
• ambled
• moseyed
• swanned
• goldbricked
• malingered
• tarried
• furloughed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• worked
• ground
• labored
• wrought
• plowed
• pegged
• plugged
• hustled
• toiled
• sweat
• sweated
• humped
• applied
• buckled (down)
• slaved
• plodded
• put out
• moiled
• grubbed
• travailed
• drudged
• exerted

4

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• roamed
• wandered
• knocked (about)
• drifted
• strolled
• cruised
• floated
• galavanted
• ranged
• meandered
• gadded (about)
• roved
• traipsed
• batted
• sauntered
• maundered
• rambled
• gallivanted
• ambled
• mooched
• milled (about or around)
• hoboed
• dawdled
• moped
• vagabonded
• gypsied
• strayed
• straggled
• tramped

5

as in abused

to inflict physical or emotional harm upon

children who were raised by an alcoholic father who regularly kicked them around

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abused
• bullied
• messed over
• tortured
• injured
• mistreated
• violated
• misused
• hurt
• took apart
• oppressed
• manhandled
• brutalized
• worked (over)
• mishandled
• maltreated
• persecuted
• ill-treated
• ill-used
• harassed
• burnt
• beat (up)
• outraged
• tormented
• molested
• harmed
• victimized
• wronged
• roughed (up)
• messed (up)
• burned
• sandbagged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cared (for)
• fostered
• cherished
• nurtured
• catered (to)
• favored
• gratified
• indulged
• spoiled
• spoilt
• pampered
• coddled
• humored
• babied
• mollycoddled