Synonyms of licked

licked

verb

past tense of lick

1

as in pounded

to strike repeatedly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pounded
• whipped
• lashed
• slapped
• knocked
• thumped
• spanked
• pelted
• attacked
• battered
• hit
• punched
• batted
• smashed
• beat
• mauled
• slammed
• did
• assaulted
• hided
• smacked
• chopped
• pummeled
• lathered
• bashed
• thrashed
• hammered
• paddled
• buffeted
• swiped
• bludgeoned
• tanned
• punched out
• clubbed
• flogged
• curried
• whacked
• laced
• worked over
• basted
• whupped
• switched
• walloped
• boxed
• raided
• tromped
• threshed
• slated
• wounded
• slogged
• fibbed
• lambasted
• cracked
• belted
• roughed (up)
• belabored
• whopped
• whaled
• swatted
• messed (up)
• birched
• stormed
• drubbed
• bunged up
• pommeled
• rushed
• pasted
• beat up on
• socked
• descended (on or upon)
• strapped
• laid on
• assailed
• clobbered
• cuffed
• jumped (on)
• busted
• thwacked
• scourged
• caned
• clouted
• pounced (on or upon)
• beset
• whammed
• lammed
• lacerated
• flagellated
• horsewhipped
• whomped
• mutilated
• gored
• leathered
• mangled
• cudgeled
• maimed
• blackjacked
• pistol-whipped
• fustigated
• cowhided
• rawhided

2

as in defeated

to achieve a victory over

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defeated
• overcame
• mastered
• took
• got
• beat
• conquered
• stopped
• dispatched
• surmounted
• trimmed
• subdued
• succeeded
• bested
• won (against)
• overmatched
• upended
• triumphed (over)
• got the better of
• got around
• prevailed (over)
• finished
• swept
• buried
• worsted
• crushed
• whipped
• skunked
• overwhelmed
• did down
• slaughtered
• flattened
• creamed
• scored
• surpassed
• knocked for a loop
• thrashed
• annihilated
• overbore
• blew out
• skinned
• exceeded
• bombed
• topped
• smoked
• clobbered
• capped
• waxed
• excelled
• upset
• shellacked
• trounced
• flourished
• vanquished
• broke
• routed
• walloped
• pipped
• blew away
• edged (out)
• subjugated
• snowed under
• transcended
• knocked over
• overthrew
• overpowered
• eclipsed
• outdid
• drubbed
• outstripped
• unseated
• knocked off
• nosed out
• outshone
• outdistanced
• overtopped
• bettered
• aced (out)
• outfought

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lost (to)
• fell
• went down
• gave up
• folded
• failed
• collapsed
• washed out
• went under
• flopped
• flunked

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of licked

In Huntington Beach and San Clemente, the messy, wild waves licked the bottom of the pier structures. — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 9 June 2026

When the tiffin is returned licked clean, Ila sends another meal but with a note, leading to a rich correspondence between the two. — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 3 June 2026

Just outside the room, Hadley eagerly licked it up. — Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026

Just outside the room, Hadley eagerly licked it up. — Laura Ungar, Fortune, 23 May 2026

Gilgeous-Alexander licked his chops at what Game 1 presented. — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 6 May 2026

When a boy had licked her neck at a party during the first week of college, a stranger! — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026

There was one girl who licked doorknobs. — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026

Rumor has it the fashion crowd licked the shelves clean in Paris as soon as the first designs hit stores. — Christina Holevas, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2026