Synonyms of lick

lick 1 of 2

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

2

as in shred

a very small amount

the soup needs just a lick more of salt

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

lick

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verb

ˈlik 

1

as in to hide

to strike repeatedly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hide
• pound
• whip
• lash
• slap
• beat
• do
• knock
• spank
• hit
• thump
• batter
• pelt
• punch
• smash
• attack
• bat
• slam
• assault
• maul
• chop
• pummel
• smack
• bludgeon
• curry
• punch out
• thrash
• swipe
• flog
• tan
• slate
• paddle
• hammer
• bash
• whup
• lather
• work over
• wound
• drub
• switch
• baste
• box
• whop
• rough (up)
• raid
• club
• whack
• lambaste
• lace
• wallop
• beat up on
• buffet
• belabor
• thresh
• tromp
• belt
• birch
• whale
• crack
• fib
• swat
• mess (up)
• pommel
• slog
• storm
• bung up
• rush
• paste
• lay on
• descend (on or upon)
• jump (on)
• sock
• strap
• clobber
• thwack
• assail
• pounce (on or upon)
• leather
• whomp
• cane
• wham
• cuff
• clout
• cudgel
• flagellate
• horsewhip
• lacerate
• bust
• lam
• beset
• mutilate
• maim
• scourge
• gore
• rawhide
• mangle
• blackjack
• cowhide
• pistol-whip
• 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
• overcome
• take
• beat
• get
• stop
• worst
• conquer
• best
• dispatch
• subdue
• surmount
• trim
• win (against)
• get around
• get the better of
• upend
• bury
• skunk
• succeed
• prevail (over)
• overbear
• finish
• overmatch
• triumph (over)
• do down
• sweep
• whip
• crush
• overwhelm
• blow out
• slaughter
• cream
• knock for a loop
• better
• skin
• surpass
• flatten
• annihilate
• trounce
• thrash
• score
• exceed
• blow away
• clobber
• break
• bomb
• drub
• wax
• smoke
• edge (out)
• shellac
• upset
• pip
• excel
• top
• snow under
• cap
• nose out
• wallop
• flourish
• subjugate
• rout
• vanquish
• outdo
• overpower
• overthrow
• knock over
• transcend
• unseat
• outstrip
• outshine
• overtop
• outdistance
• knock off
• eclipse
• ace (out)
• outfight

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lick

Noun

Still, the 7-foot-3 giant still got his licks in on Mysterio. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Opening with the title track, feedback-heavy licks set the temperature as Dillom catches us up on the escapades of recent years. — Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026

Verb

Teams have to be licking their chops after seeing what Tampa Bay did to Dallas last Thursday night, especially considering the defense (or lack thereof) that the Cowboys have shown through five weeks. — Jonathan Rubin, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026

Carter is licking his wounds after the rest of the tribe sent Ana home in a blindside. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026