Synonyms of rips

rips 1 of 3

verb

present tense third-person singular of rip

1

as in tears

to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it

the dog ripped the sleeve of my shirt by grabbing it with his teeth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tears
• shreds
• rends
• breaks
• splits
• cuts
• rives
• tatters
• ribbons
• cleaves
• slashes
• ruptures
• lacerates
• dissects
• incises
• dismembers
• mangles
• hacks
• gashes
• butchers

2

as in slits

to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)

you can see where someone ripped the painting with a penknife

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slits
• slices
• slashes
• cuts
• pierces
• stabs
• bruises
• splits
• incises
• shears
• tears
• gashes
• severs
• cleaves
• chops
• rends
• carves
• crosscuts
• dissects
• lacerates
• scissors
• saws
• mangles
• rives
• chips
• haggles
• hacks
• sections
• minces
• notches
• anatomizes
• butchers
• amputates
• chisels
• hacksaws
• dices
• cuts off

3

as in rushes

to proceed or move quickly

the car went ripping down the road

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

4

as in grabs

to separate or remove by forceful pulling

rip a sheet off the pad of paper

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tears
• grabs
• yanks
• pulls
• snatches
• wrenches
• wrests
• pries
• seizes
• severs
• extracts
• snaps (up)
• cuts (off)
• uproots
• nabs
• forces
• lops (off)
• amputates
• nips
• jerks
• dissevers
• prizes
• roots (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reattaches

rips

2 of 3

noun (1)

plural of rip

as in scratches

a long deep cut

the hoe left rips in the lawn

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tears
• slits
• scratches
• fractures
• slashes
• rents
• lacerations
• injuries
• incisions
• gashes
• wounds
• scrapes
• scores
• cracks
• abrasions
• snags
• ruptures

rips

3 of 3

noun (2)

plural of rip

as in perverts

a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard

something of a rip in his youth, he eventually settled down

Synonyms & Similar Words

• perverts
• degenerates
• rakes
• deviates
• villains
• libertines
• backsliders
• playboys
• debauchers
• heels
• derelicts
• pervs
• decadents
• rakehells
• delinquents
• profligates
• debauchees
• incorrigibles
• bankrupts
• scoundrels
• blackguards
• reprobates
• knaves
• rogues
• cads
• miscreants
• rascals
• satyrs
• lechers
• playgirls

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• saints