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Synonyms & Antonyms of smack
(Entry 1 of 3)
- add just a smack of vanilla to the whipped cream and the dessert will be perfect
Synonyms for smack
- ace,
- bit,
- crumb,
- dab,
- dram,
- driblet,
- glimmer,
- hint,
- lick,
- little,
- mite,
- nip,
- ounce,
- particle,
- peanuts,
- ray,
- scintilla,
- scruple,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shred,
- skosh,
- smell,
- smidgen
- (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge),
- snap,
- soupçon,
- spark,
- spatter,
- speck,
- splash,
- spot,
- sprinkling,
- strain,
- streak,
- suspicion,
- tad,
- touch,
- trace
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Near Antonyms for smack
- abundance,
- barrel,
- boatload,
- bucket,
- bundle,
- bushel,
- deal,
- fistful,
- gobs,
- heaps,
- lashings
- (also lashins)
- [chiefly British],
- loads,
- lot,
- mass,
- mess,
- mountain,
- much,
- oodles,
- passel,
- peck,
- pile,
- plenty,
- potful,
- profusion,
- quantity,
- raft,
- reams,
- scads,
- stack,
- wad,
- wealth
smack
noun (2)Synonyms of smack (Entry 2 of 3)
- the cook gave him a smack on the wrist when he tried to sneak an early taste of the sauce
Synonyms for smack
- 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,
- rap,
- slam,
- slap,
- slug,
- smash,
- sock,
- spank,
- stinger,
- stripe,
- stroke,
- swat,
- swipe,
- switch,
- thud,
- thump,
- thwack,
- wallop,
- welt,
- whack,
- wham,
- whop
- (also whap)
Words Related to smack
- 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
smack
verbSynonyms of smack (Entry 3 of 3)
- he smacked the punching bag one final time before heading to the showers
Synonyms for smack
Words Related to smack
- 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
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