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stamp

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of stamp

1 a perceptible trace left by pressure
  • a stamp left in the mud by some prehistoric beast
Synonyms of stamp

impress, impression, imprint, print
Words Related to stamp

dent, hollow, indent, indentation, indenture

mark, sign
2 something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind
  • virtually without exception Van Gogh's portraits bear the stamp of genius
Synonyms of stamp

affection, attribute, attribution, character, characteristic, criterion, diagnostic, differentia, feature, fingerprint, hallmark, mark, marker, note, particularity, peculiarity, point, property, quality, specific, touch, trait
Words Related to stamp

badge, indication, sign

emblem, symbol, token

charm, grace

excellence, merit, virtue

eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, oddity, quirk

individuality, singularity, uniqueness

stamp

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of stamp

1 to move heavily or clumsily
  • stamping around in oversized boots
Synonyms of stamp

barge, clump, flog [British], flounder, galumph, lumber, lump, plod, pound, scuff, scuffle, shamble, shuffle, slog, slough, stomp, stumble, stump, tramp, tromp, trudge
Words Related to stamp

drag, flop, haul

blunder, careen, dodder, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, waddle, weave, wobble (also wabble)
Near Antonyms of stamp

drift, float, hang, hover, poise, waft
Antonyms of stamp

breeze, coast, glide, slide, waltz, whisk
2 to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure
  • stamped the grass down in a circle
Synonyms of stamp

champ, stomp, tramp, trample, tromp
Words Related to stamp

override, run down, run over, step (on)

mash, pulp, smash, squash, squelch

boot, hoof, kick

stamp (out)

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of stamp (out)

to destroy all traces of
  • working to stamp out racism in this country
Synonyms of stamp (out)

abolish, annihilate, black out, blot out, cancel, clean (up), efface, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, liquidate, obliterate, root (out), rub out, snuff (out), sweep (away), wipe out
Words Related to stamp (out)

decimate, demolish, destroy, devastate, ravage

dismantle, flatten, mow (down), raze, tear down

ruin, total, waste, wreck

blast, blow up, dash, dynamite, smash

atomize, consume, devour, dissolve, fragment, powder, pulverize, shatter, splinter

doom, finish, kill, kill off, terminate, zap

cancel, cut, discard, ditch, eject, excise, expel, jettison, oust, throw out
Near Antonyms of stamp (out)

conserve, preserve, protect, save

build, construct, create, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, make, manufacture, shape

fix, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renew, renovate, repair, restore, revamp

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