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Synonyms of pelts
(Entry 1 of 3)
- gave the dog a sharp pelt on the nose with her rolled up newspaper
Synonyms for pelts
- bangs,
- bashes,
- bats,
- beats,
- belts,
- biffs,
- blows,
- bops,
- boxes,
- buffets,
- busts,
- chops,
- claps,
- clips,
- clouts,
- cracks,
- cuffs,
- dabs,
- douses
- [British],
- fillips,
- hacks,
- haymakers,
- hits,
- hooks,
- knocks,
- larrups
- [dialect],
- lashes,
- licks,
- picks,
- plumps,
- pokes,
- pounds,
- punches,
- raps,
- slams,
- slaps,
- slugs,
- smacks,
- smashes,
- socks,
- spanks,
- stingers,
- stripes,
- strokes,
- swats,
- swipes,
- switches,
- thuds,
- thumps,
- thwacks,
- wallops,
- welts,
- whacks,
- whams,
- whops
- (also whaps)
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pelts
noun (2)Synonyms of pelts (Entry 2 of 3)
- caught beavers and sold the pelts to fur traders
Synonyms for pelts
Words Related to pelts
- badgers,
- beavers,
- chamois
- (also chamoix),
- chinchillas,
- ermines,
- fishers,
- foxes
- (also fox),
- marten
- (or martens),
- mink
- (or minks),
- muskrat
- (or muskrats),
- otters
- (also otter),
- Persian lambs,
- rabbit
- (or rabbits),
- raccoon
- (or raccoons also racoon or racoons),
- sables,
- seals
pelts
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of pelts (Entry 3 of 3)
- pelted away when the cops arrived
Synonyms for pelts
- barrels,
- belts,
- blasts,
- blazes,
- blows,
- bolts,
- bombs
- [slang],
- bowls,
- breezes,
- bundles,
- bustles,
- buzzes,
- cannonballs,
- careens,
- careers,
- chases,
- courses,
- cracks (on),
- dashes,
- drives,
- flies,
- hares,
- hastens,
- hies,
- highballs,
- hotfoots (it),
- humps,
- hurls,
- hurries,
- hurtles,
- hustles,
- jets,
- jumps,
- motors,
- nips,
- races,
- rams,
- rips,
- rockets,
- runs,
- rushes,
- rustles,
- scoots,
- scurries,
- scuttles,
- shoots,
- speeds,
- steps,
- tears,
- travels,
- trots,
- whirls,
- whisks,
- zips,
- zooms
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Near Antonyms for pelts
Antonyms for pelts
- pelted snowballs at each other while waiting for the bus
Synonyms for pelts
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Phrases Synonymous with pelts
- pelted the other kids with pebbles
Synonyms for pelts
- bashes,
- bastes,
- bats,
- batters,
- beats,
- belabors,
- belts,
- birches,
- bludgeons,
- buffets,
- bungs up,
- clubs,
- curries,
- does,
- drubs,
- fibs
- [British],
- flogs,
- hammers,
- hides,
- laces,
- lambastes
- (or lambasts),
- lashes,
- lathers,
- licks,
- mauls,
- messes (up),
- paddles,
- pommels,
- pounds,
- pummels,
- punches out,
- roughs (up),
- slates,
- slogs,
- switches,
- tans,
- thrashes,
- threshes,
- thumps,
- tromps,
- wallops,
- whales,
- whips,
- whops
- (or whaps),
- whups,
- works over
Words Related to pelts
- assails,
- assaults,
- attacks,
- besets,
- boxes,
- busts,
- chops,
- clobbers,
- clouts,
- cracks,
- cudgels,
- cuffs,
- descends (on or upon),
- hits,
- jumps (on),
- knocks,
- lams,
- lays on,
- pastes,
- pounces (on or upon),
- punches,
- raids,
- rushes,
- slams,
- slaps,
- smacks,
- smashes,
- socks,
- spanks,
- storms,
- swats,
- swipes,
- thwacks,
- whacks,
- whams,
- whomps
Phrases Synonymous with pelts
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“Pelts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pelts. Accessed 21 Oct. 2021.
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