Synonyms of lick

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noun

1

as in blow

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument

gave the ball a solid lick with the bat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blow
• slap
• swipe
• thump
• hit
• knock
• punch
• stroke
• spank
• pound
• thud
• smack
• poke
• whack
• bang
• beat
• slam
• clap
• licking
• clip
• swat
• kick
• hook
• chop
• switch
• lash
• crack
• smash
• pick
• bop
• sock
• bat
• dab
• plump
• pelt
• slug
• hack
• stripe
• douse
• welt
• belt
• wham
• biff
• box
• whop
• cuff
• thwack
• bash
• rap
• knee
• buffet
• stinger
• pounding
• fillip
• wallop
• bust
• clout
• whap
• haymaker
• hand
• swing
• beating
• left
• larrup
• right
• counter
• shiver
• whip
• body blow
• hammering
• counterstroke
• counterpunch
• whipping
• roundhouse
• counterblow
• thrashing
• sucker punch
• battering
• rabbit punch
• pummeling
• uppercut
• clobbering
• flogging
• cruncher
• bastinado
• sidewinder
• knockout
• knockdown
• bludgeoning
• pasting
• drubbing
• walloping
• kayo
• lambasting
• one-two
• pummelling
• cudgelling
• cudgeling
• bastinade
• KO
• right-hander

2

as in little

a very small amount

the soup needs just a lick more of salt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• little
• splash
• shred
• touch
• sprinkling
• hint
• glimmer
• speck
• bit
• dab
• trace
• smack
• bite
• tad
• smell
• spark
• pinch
• spatter
• particle
• nip
• crumb
• handful
• streak
• ounce
• fleck
• drop
• smidgen
• peanuts
• sliver
• spot
• taste
• dram
• snap
• scruple
• ray
• scintilla
• mite
• dash
• nibble
• ace
• smidgeon
• whit
• smidgin
• minimum
• shade
• soupçon
• strain
• portion
• dose
• smidge
• drop in the bucket
• suspicion
• skosh
• grain
• jot
• driblet
• shadow
• patch
• modicum
• syllable
• dot
• morsel
• mote
• molecule
• nubbin
• semblance
• granule
• part
• iota
• scrap
• hoot
• atom
• tittle
• flake
• fragment
• minim
• shiver
• vestige
• section
• splinter
• smattering
• scattering
• chip
• shaving
• flyspeck
• smatter
• shard
• tatter
• clipping
• paring
• smithereens
• shot

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• peck
• mess
• pile
• loads
• bucket
• deal
• mountain
• plenty
• quantity
• gobs
• stack
• barrel
• wad
• wealth
• abundance
• lot
• mass
• fistful
• heaps
• bushel
• bundle
• raft
• reams
• lashings
• oodles
• profusion
• scads
• volume
• boatload
• passel
• potful
• surplus
• excess
• much
• lashins
• embarrassment
• overflow
• slab
• surfeit
• superfluity
• lump
• chunk
• superabundance
• bonanza
• overabundance
• hunk
• overmuch
• overkill
• oversupply
• overage

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• peck
• mess
• pile
• loads
• bucket
• deal
• mountain
• plenty
• quantity
• gobs
• stack
• barrel
• wad
• wealth
• abundance
• lot
• mass
• fistful
• heaps
• bushel
• bundle
• raft
• reams
• lashings
• oodles
• profusion
• scads
• volume
• boatload
• passel
• potful
• surplus
• excess
• much
• lashins
• embarrassment
• overflow
• slab
• surfeit
• superfluity
• lump
• chunk
• superabundance
• bonanza
• overabundance
• hunk
• overmuch
• overkill
• oversupply
• overage

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3

as in damn

the smallest amount or part imaginable

you haven't done a lick of work all day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damn
• whit
• hoot
• little
• shred
• fig
• jot
• touch
• whoop
• darn
• bit
• modicum
• squat
• syllable
• hint
• continental
• beans
• rap
• iota
• diddly
• tittle
• speck
• diddly-squat
• ghost
• doodly-squat
• bupkes
• pin
• durn
• ounce
• bubkes
• dab
• nip
• trace
• doodley-squat
• sprinkling
• glimmer
• bupkus
• crumb
• smidgen
• particle
• streak
• snap
• peanuts
• scrap
• semblance
• spot
• scruple
• mite
• ray
• smidgeon
• smidgin
• ace
• strain
• skosh
• smidge
• shade
• suspicion
• driblet
• shadow

lick

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verb

1

as in to pound

to strike repeatedly

your father will lick you good if he hears you using swear words

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pound
• hide
• whip
• slap
• lash
• do
• knock
• beat
• spank
• thump
• hit
• batter
• pelt
• punch
• smash
• bat
• attack
• slam
• maul
• pummel
• smack
• chop
• assault
• swipe
• bludgeon
• flog
• curry
• thrash
• hammer
• punch out
• wound
• paddle
• bash
• lather
• tan
• slate
• switch
• baste
• work over
• box
• wallop
• lace
• whack
• tromp
• birch
• whap
• raid
• whup
• drub
• club
• buffet
• whale
• swat
• crack
• whop
• belabor
• fib
• thresh
• storm
• belt
• beat up on
• pommel
• bung up
• lambaste
• rush
• lambast
• slog
• paste
• sock
• thwack
• lay on
• strap
• wham
• leather
• rough (up)
• assail
• mess (up)
• cane
• cuff
• cudgel
• lacerate
• flagellate
• clobber
• whomp
• bust
• clout
• mutilate
• lam
• gore
• maim
• descend (on or upon)
• mangle
• rawhide
• horsewhip
• scourge
• jump (on)
• blackjack
• pounce (on or upon)
• beset
• pistol-whip
• cowhide
• fustigate

2

as in to master

to achieve a victory over

he's determined to do everything he can to lick the cancer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• master
• defeat
• beat
• overcome
• get
• take
• stop
• conquer
• dispatch
• subdue
• trim
• surmount
• bury
• best
• finish
• get around
• skunk
• upend
• succeed
• overmatch
• overbear
• worst
• sweep
• whip
• do down
• crush
• get the better of
• blow out
• cream
• skin
• win (against)
• thrash
• flatten
• annihilate
• slaughter
• trounce
• overwhelm
• score
• knock for a loop
• surpass
• bomb
• wax
• drub
• break
• clobber
• top
• shellac
• blow away
• pip
• smoke
• exceed
• wallop
• prevail (over)
• cap
• triumph (over)
• subjugate
• excel
• snow under
• nose out
• better
• upset
• outdo
• flourish
• vanquish
• rout
• overpower
• knock over
• excel
• overthrow
• transcend
• unseat
• outstrip
• outshine
• overtop
• edge (out)
• outdistance
• knock off
• eclipse
• outfight
• ace (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lose (to)
• fall
• fail
• fold
• give up
• wash out
• flunk
• collapse
• go under
• flop
• go down

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• lose (to)
• fall
• fail
• fold
• give up
• wash out
• flunk
• collapse
• go under
• flop
• go down

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