Synonyms of pelts

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noun (1)

plural of pelt

as in blows

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

• blows
• punches
• pounds
• thuds
• swipes
• thumps
• hits
• slaps
• whacks
• strokes
• licks
• knocks
• pokes
• bangs
• spanks
• smacks
• clips
• hooks
• lashes
• beats
• chops
• bats
• socks
• belts
• claps
• hands
• cuffs
• slams
• welts
• swats
• haymakers
• slugs
• thwacks
• stripes
• raps
• switches
• stingers
• clouts
• lickings
• fillips
• bops
• boxes
• kicks
• knees
• dabs
• busts
• buffets
• biffs
• cracks
• picks
• plumps
• whams
• bashes
• smashes
• hacks
• whops
• wallops
• beatings
• douses
• larrups
• swings
• shivers
• counters
• whips
• counterstrokes
• counterpunches
• rights
• rabbit punches
• counterblows
• uppercuts
• lefts
• sucker punches
• body blows
• roundhouses
• whippings
• batterings
• knockdowns
• sidewinders
• thrashings
• crunchers
• pastings
• KOs
• bastinadoes
• right-handers
• kayos
• drubbings
• knockouts
• wallopings
• one-twos

pelts

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noun (2)

plural of pelt

as in furs

the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value

caught beavers and sold the pelts to fur traders

Synonyms & Similar Words

• furs
• leathers
• hides
• seals
• beavers
• sheep
• skins
• raccoon
• rabbit
• mink
• otters
• marten
• badgers
• deerskins
• sealskins
• muskrat
• sheepskins
• sables
• goatskins
• chinchillas
• chamois
• ermines
• foxes
• lambskins
• bearskins
• fleeces
• fishers
• calfskins
• pigskins
• snakeskins
• alligators
• cowhides
• buckskins
• rawhides
• horsehides
• crocodiles
• coonskins
• kidskins
• doeskins
• moutons
• Persian lambs
• suedes
• sharkskins
• patent leathers
• karakuls
• kolinskies
• cordovans
• moroccos

pelts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of pelt

1

as in races

to proceed or move quickly

pelted away when the cops arrived

Synonyms & Similar Words

• races
• rushes
• flies
• scurries
• zips
• speeds
• travels
• hurries
• drives
• chases
• trots
• jumps
• barrels
• blows
• runs
• darts
• rams
• tears
• bowls
• buzzes
• scoots
• hares
• dashes
• scuttles
• rips
• blasts
• bolts
• belts
• shoots
• bundles
• jets
• rustles
• steps
• humps
• motors
• zooms
• rockets
• breezes
• hustles
• cracks (on)
• whirls
• nips
• bombs
• courses
• hurls
• blazes
• jogs
• hies
• careers
• bustles
• beats it
• hastens
• hurtles
• cannonballs
• highballs
• whisks
• steps on it
• makes tracks
• beetles
• careens
• gets a move on
• shakes a leg
• gallops
• hotfoots (it)
• streaks
• scuds
• scampers
• flits
• stampedes
• arrows
• sprints
• whizzes
• accelerates
• scuffles
• outruns
• overtakes
• steps out
• catches up
• outstrips
• outpaces
• quickens
• beelines
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creeps
• pokes
• crawls
• drags
• hangs (around or out)
• lags
• lingers
• pokes
• loiters
• strolls
• tarries
• dallies
• dawdles
• saunters
• shuffles
• ambles
• lumbers
• slows (down or up)
• plods
• decelerates
• dillydallies

2

as in throws

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

• throws
• tosses
• hurls
• flings
• fires
• slings
• bowls
• launches
• casts
• guns
• pegs
• heaves
• catapults
• pitches
• dashes
• darts
• lofts
• chucks
• rifles
• lobs
• lets fly
• hurtles
• rolls
• hooks
• flips
• passes
• shoots
• precipitates
• projects
• thrusts
• bucks
• ejects
• propels
• impels

3

as in hides

to strike repeatedly

pelted the other kids with pebbles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hides
• licks
• pounds
• lashes
• whips
• bats
• beats
• hits
• slaps
• punches
• knocks
• batters
• thumps
• attacks
• mauls
• does
• chops
• smashes
• assaults
• spanks
• paddles
• whales
• raids
• hammers
• belts
• tans
• slams
• boxes
• clubs
• bludgeons
• slates
• pummels
• bashes
• wounds
• threshes
• curries
• bastes
• works over
• laces
• punches out
• switches
• wallops
• lathers
• thrashes
• buffets
• storms
• whacks
• flogs
• belabors
• smacks
• swipes
• drubs
• fibs
• slogs
• pommels
• lambastes
• roughs (up)
• socks
• cracks
• leathers
• birches
• tromps
• rushes
• whops
• swats
• messes (up)
• beats up on
• descends (on or upon)
• lams
• thwacks
• whups
• straps
• cuffs
• clouts
• jumps (on)
• pastes
• bungs up
• cudgels
• cowhides
• canes
• busts
• lays on
• whams
• lacerates
• flagellates
• scourges
• clobbers
• assails
• besets
• pounces (on or upon)
• horsewhips
• gores
• rawhides
• mutilates
• whomps
• maims
• blackjacks
• pistol-whips
• mangles
• fustigates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pelts

Noun

These passages are called portages, a term derived from English and French trappers who, alongside Indigenous nations like the Ojibwe and the Dakota, collected pelts for the lucrative fur trade from the late 17th century to the early 19th. — John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026

The beautiful array of their divergent sizes and pelts coalesced as oils on canvas and rendered their exploits almost dreamlike. — Literary Hub, 20 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

The PlayLab staff will host a story time featuring books inspired by bison, along with a coloring craft event and a touch-and-feel experience with bison pelts. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026

Avoid storing fur in plastic garment bags, warm, dry closets, or dank, humid areas like the basement, as this can dry out pelts and lead to cracking or shedding. — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2026

Only Ralph could make tweed, velvet, fur pelts and suiting sexy and recognizable and stylishly sumptuous. — Anika Reed, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026

But humans have been lethal to stoats in return, especially when their pelts turn white. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026

Natural fur coats come from the pelts of animals, and the fur is a protein fiber like human hair. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 14 Jan. 2026

Verb

Not so much because Paul puts on-again, off-again partner Dakota Mortensen into a headlock and then pelts him with metal bar stools — sadly, this is a scene that would not be out of place on many reality shows — but because a small child is in the room. — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026