Synonyms of pelt

pelt 1 of 3

noun (1)

as in blow

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

gave the dog a sharp pelt on the nose with her rolled up newspaper

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

pelt

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noun (2)

ˈpelt 

as in fur

the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value

caught beavers and sold the pelts to fur traders

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fur
• leather
• hide
• beaver
• seal
• sheep
• skin
• raccoon
• rabbit
• badger
• otter
• mink
• marten
• muskrat
• sealskin
• ermine
• chinchilla
• sheepskin
• bearskin
• fox
• fleece
• deerskin
• sable
• chamois
• pigskin
• goatskin
• fisher
• doeskin
• karakul
• horsehide
• alligator
• rawhide
• coonskin
• calfskin
• buckskin
• snakeskin
• kidskin
• crocodile
• Persian lamb
• cowhide
• lambskin
• sharkskin
• suede
• patent leather
• mouton
• kolinsky
• morocco
• cordovan

pelt

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verb

1

as in to scurry

to proceed or move quickly

pelted away when the cops arrived

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scurry
• race
• rush
• hurry
• speed
• fly
• trot
• chase
• drive
• travel
• zip
• jump
• run
• dart
• blow
• scuttle
• scoot
• tear
• ram
• hare
• rip
• hurl
• dash
• buzz
• blast
• bolt
• shoot
• bowl
• step
• barrel
• rocket
• zoom
• rustle
• bundle
• belt
• blaze
• breeze
• hump
• jet
• jog
• course
• hasten
• hurtle
• crack (on)
• motor
• hie
• whirl
• beat it
• hustle
• career
• get a move on
• nip
• bomb
• whisk
• highball
• gallop
• careen
• make tracks
• cannonball
• bustle
• shake a leg
• step on it
• hotfoot (it)
• beetle
• scamper
• streak
• flit
• stampede
• accelerate
• scud
• sprint
• outrun
• step out
• scuffle
• whiz
• catch up
• overtake
• quicken
• outstrip
• arrow
• outpace
• beeline
• fast-forward

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creep
• drag
• crawl
• poke
• hang (around or out)
• linger
• poke
• lag
• tarry
• loiter
• dawdle
• stroll
• lumber
• saunter
• amble
• shuffle
• plod
• slow (down or up)
• decelerate
• dillydally
• dally

2

as in to throw

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm

pelted snowballs at each other while waiting for the bus

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throw
• hurl
• toss
• fling
• sling
• fire
• launch
• cast
• heave
• chuck
• let fly
• lob
• catapult
• pitch
• dart
• dash
• hurtle
• gun
• peg
• bowl
• loft
• rifle
• flip
• roll
• precipitate
• thrust
• eject
• shoot
• pass
• hook
• propel
• project
• buck
• impel

3

as in to hide

to strike repeatedly

pelted the other kids with pebbles

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pelt

Noun

The company’s machine, called Fusion, can theoretically handle 360 bowls per hour—far more than even a team of humans at full pelt. — Billy Perrigo, Time, 8 May 2026

There’s no alternative; there are too many tasty cadavers, plus squirrel pelts coughed up by hawks in the trees after they’ve been picked clean of meat and tissue. — Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 22 Apr. 2026

Verb

Police fired tear gas and pepper spray at protesters who were pelting them with rocks, eggs and other objects. — Hameraldi Agolli, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Les Bleus returned to play looking refreshed — practically pelting the Swedish goal with attempts, and yet somehow nothing went in. — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 30 June 2026