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Synonyms & Antonyms of rap
(Entry 1 of 6)
- the headlines in the paper today are all about the mayor facing an embezzlement rap
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- the doctor used a little hammer to give me a rap on the knee to test my reflexes
Synonyms for rap
- bang,
- bash,
- bat,
- beat,
- belt,
- biff,
- blow,
- bop,
- box,
- buffet,
- bust,
- chop,
- clap,
- clip,
- clout,
- crack,
- cuff,
- dab,
- douse
- [British],
- fillip,
- hack,
- haymaker,
- hit,
- hook,
- knock,
- larrup
- [dialect],
- lash,
- lick,
- pelt,
- pick,
- plump,
- poke,
- pound,
- punch,
- slam,
- slap,
- slug,
- smack,
- smash,
- sock,
- spank,
- stinger,
- stripe,
- stroke,
- swat,
- swipe,
- switch,
- thud,
- thump,
- thwack,
- wallop,
- welt,
- whack,
- wham,
- whop
- (also whap)
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- body blow,
- hand,
- kick,
- knee,
- left,
- one-two,
- rabbit punch,
- right,
- right-hander,
- roundhouse,
- shiver,
- sidewinder,
- sucker punch,
- swing,
- uppercut
- bastinado
- (or bastinade),
- battering,
- beating,
- bludgeoning,
- clobbering,
- cudgeling
- (or cudgelling),
- drubbing,
- hammering,
- lambasting,
- licking,
- pasting,
- pounding,
- pummeling
- (also pummelling),
- thrashing
- would sooner take the rap for the missing money than tell on his friend
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- blame,
- culpability,
- fault,
- guilt,
- onus
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rap
noun (2)Synonyms of rap (Entry 2 of 6)
- after our pickup softball game, I had a friendly rap with a couple of the guys in the park
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- backchat,
- cackle,
- causerie,
- chat,
- chatter,
- chin music,
- chin-wag
- [slang],
- chitchat,
- confab,
- confabulation,
- gab,
- gabfest,
- gossip,
- jangle,
- jaw,
- natter
- [chiefly British],
- palaver,
- patter,
- schmooze,
- small talk,
- table talk,
- talk,
- tête-à-tête
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rap
noun (3)Synonyms of rap (Entry 3 of 6)
- I don't care a rap about losing that old jacket
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rap
verb (1)Synonyms of rap (Entry 4 of 6)
- a childhood memory of the time he got his knuckles rapped for trying to steal candy from the corner store
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- batter,
- beat,
- buffet,
- bung,
- chop,
- cuff,
- drub,
- lace,
- lambaste
- (or lambast),
- lick,
- mangle,
- maul,
- pelt,
- pepper,
- pommel,
- pummel,
- rough
- bowl (down or over),
- cream,
- deck,
- dump
- [slang],
- fell,
- floor,
- knock down,
- level
Phrases Synonymous with rap
- the impatient man was rapping his knuckles on the door, hoping to wake up the sleeping attendant
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rap
verb (2)Synonyms of rap (Entry 5 of 6)
- the guys at the gym never seem to tire about rapping about basketball
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rap
verb (3)Synonyms & Antonyms of rap (Entry 6 of 6)
- concertgoers were utterly rapped by the power of Handel's oratorio
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- suddenly the hawk swooped down and rapped the unwary rodent
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“Rap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rap. Accessed 23 May. 2022.
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