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

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

The Antarctic fur seal — once hunted to near extinction by humans seeking their pelts — was also moved to the endangered category, their numbers having plunged more than 50% since 1999. — CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026

Verb

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

The explosion had balled me up, shoved me aside, and pelted me with hot stones. — Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026