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

Tuxedo kitten Paolina bounced onto my chest and licked my fingers. — Solvej Schou, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

Her entire face got licked clean off her head when suburban floodwaters breached the cardboard hull protecting Kath’s basement memorabilia stack a few months before I was born. — Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Staff assured the journalists that there was no evidence of toads being licked in the United States, but the idea, like some invasive animal, took on a life of its own. — Kimon De Greef, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2026

Grande licked one of them, and fans were immediately outraged by the moment. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 16 July 2026

As flames licked at the fabric and smoke curled toward the ceiling, an overcapacity crowd of more than 1,800 panicked, rushing for the exits and jamming against doors that opened inward. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026

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

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