Synonyms of strike

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verb (1)

1

as in to walk

to refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet demands

the union is calling for its members to strike until the mining company agrees to meet safety standards

Synonyms & Similar Words

• walk
• walk out
• sit in
• lock out

2

as in to affect

to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response

we were struck by the willingness of total strangers to go out of their way to help us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• affect
• influence
• impact
• impress
• touch
• reach
• move
• sway
• tell (on)
• get to
• inspire
• interest
• involve
• bother
• attract
• disturb
• entrance
• penetrate
• dazzle
• plague
• carry away
• fascinate
• worry
• concern
• engage
• try
• stir
• bias
• transport
• trouble
• smite
• harass
• upset
• afflict
• distress
• pierce
• enthral
• ravish
• color
• discomfort
• stress
• enrapture
• enchant
• enthrall
• perturb
• agitate
• charm
• wring
• pester
• discompose
• captivate
• fluster
• harry
• disquiet
• strain
• bewitch
• allure

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bore
• weary
• pall
• tire
• jade
• underwhelm

3

as in to occur (to)

to enter the mind of

it struck her later that no one at the bank had asked for identification

Synonyms & Similar Words

• occur (to)
• come (to)
• cross
• appear
• arrive
• remember
• recall
• dawn (on)
• emerge
• recollect
• learn
• memorize
• reminisce
• con
• materialize

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• forget
• ignore
• disregard
• overlook
• neglect
• unlearn

4

as in to bump

to come into usually forceful contact with something

the thump of hailstones striking the cars in the parking lot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bump
• collide
• bang
• slam
• smash
• hit
• knock
• crash
• ram
• impinge
• impact
• swipe
• bash
• thud
• glance
• bounce
• contact
• rebound
• sweep
• skip
• scrape
• push
• ricochet
• touch
• brush
• land
• kiss
• graze
• nudge
• muscle
• carom
• shave
• skim
• jostle
• clunk
• press
• bulldoze

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• miss
• skirt

5

as in to hit

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner

the driver of the car behind me applied his brakes too late and struck my car from the rear

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hit
• knock
• slap
• smack
• punch
• slam
• bang
• clap
• whack
• swipe
• bat
• clip
• pound
• crack
• kick
• nail
• hammer
• smite
• box
• tap
• clock
• bash
• push
• lick
• thump
• bludgeon
• flick
• swat
• poke
• zap
• jab
• shove
• stab
• clobber
• clout
• belt
• tag
• slug
• chop
• stroke
• thwack
• bob
• bop
• sock
• bonk
• rap
• bust
• whale
• wallop
• bump
• paste
• slog
• rough
• biff
• beat
• pummel
• maul
• hang one on
• batter
• slash
• pepper
• cuff
• lash
• lambast
• buffet
• stamp
• fell
• mangle
• dump
• knee
• lambaste
• bunt
• drub
• jostle
• pelt
• scuff
• whip
• bung
• butt
• deck
• pommel
• club
• spear
• prod
• cane
• switch
• floor
• lace
• brain
• flail
• knock down
• cudgel
• thrash
• cream
• bean
• level
• bowl (down or over)
• conk
• sucker punch
• sap
• flog
• skull
• sledge
• sledgehammer
• rabbit-punch

6

as in to dismantle

to take apart

the stagehands struck the sets the morning after the play closed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dismantle
• disconnect
• detach
• dismount
• divide
• take down
• dismember
• disassemble
• knock down
• break down
• disengage
• demount
• separate
• disaggregate
• disarticulate
• disunite
• dissever
• break up
• disjoin
• disjoint

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• construct
• build
• assemble
• erect
• combine
• unite
• pitch

7

as in to attack

to take sudden, violent action against

a rattlesnake strikes its prey with lightning speed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attack
• assault
• raid
• storm
• rob
• ambush
• charge
• set at
• turn (on)
• sick
• assail
• set on
• invade
• descend (on or upon)
• rush
• set upon
• swarm
• beset
• fly at
• jump (on)
• go in (on)
• pounce (on or upon)
• tear into
• round on
• sic
• pitch into
• bushwhack
• beat up on
• surprise
• trash
• mob
• sack
• bomb
• light into
• go at
• flank
• waylay
• nuke
• besiege
• barrage
• blitz
• surprize
• bombard
• gang up (on)
• ravage
• batter
• plunder
• loot
• cannon
• buffet
• bum-rush
• pillage
• mug
• plaster
• ambuscade
• foray
• harry
• overrun
• envelop
• cannonade
• bang away (at)
• beleaguer
• press

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protect
• secure
• defend
• cover
• guard
• shield

8

as in to possess

to cast a spell on

the only way that she's going to get a man is if she strikes one

Synonyms & Similar Words

• possess
• spell
• tempt
• seduce
• curse
• charm
• enchant
• bewitch
• hex
• ensorcel
• ensorcell
• attract
• overlook
• lure
• jinx
• entice
• captivate
• mesmerize
• fascinate
• beguile
• spellbind
• voodoo

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bless

strike

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noun

1

as in walkout

a work stoppage by a body of workers intended to force an employer to meet their demands

the nurses will go on strike tomorrow unless they're finally given a pay raise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• walkout
• sympathy strike
• sympathetic strike
• sit-down
• slowdown
• lockout
• job action
• go-slow
• sick-out
• sit-in

2

as in attack

the act or action of setting upon with force or violence

the first strike was directed at a munitions warehouse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attack
• raid
• assault
• attempt
• onslaught
• offensive
• offense
• rush
• bombardment
• offence
• onset
• aggression
• blitz
• blitzkrieg
• counterattack
• charge
• invasion
• ambush
• incursion
• bombing
• coup de main
• barrage
• descent
• siege
• breakthrough
• sortie
• counteroffensive
• ambuscade
• volley
• sack
• air raid
• foray
• counterstrike
• sally
• storm
• counterassault
• hail
• envelopment
• pillage
• flanking
• counteraggression
• salvo
• ravage
• cannonade
• fusillade
• whammy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defense
• guard
• resistance
• opposition
• shield
• protection
• security
• defensive
• shelter

3

as in disadvantage

a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success

kids born into poverty already have a strike against them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disadvantage
• handicap
• debit
• shortcoming
• drawback
• liability
• negative
• downside
• minus
• incommodity
• disbenefit
• failing
• disability
• obstacle
• let
• stranglehold
• catch
• impairment
• albatross
• interference
• millstone
• hurdle
• obstruction
• rub
• stop
• hitch
• impediment
• hindrance
• clog
• shackle
• embarrassment
• crimp
• check
• trammel
• bar
• manacle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• advantage
• edge
• asset
• start
• control
• plus
• jump
• lead
• margin
• drop
• vantage
• opportunity
• command
• ascendancy
• head start
• mastery
• privilege
• superiority
• predominance
• upper hand
• transcendence
• supremacy
• break
• prerogative
• aid
• help
• assistance
• ascendency
• better

4

as in collision

a forceful coming together of two things

the strike of a hammer against a nail always has a satisfying sound when you're building something yourself

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collision
• jolt
• shock
• crash
• blow
• impact
• slam
• thump
• slap
• kick
• bump
• encounter
• pounding
• hit
• concussion
• knock
• impingement
• contact
• punch
• smash
• wallop
• jar
• jounce
• hammering
• buffet
• thrashing
• touch
• meeting
• bashing
• battering
• licking
• rap
• pummelling
• pummeling
• clobbering
• bludgeoning
• lambasting

5

as in accident

an unexpected benefit or advantage resulting from the uncertain course of events

she's made one strike after another since she began speculating in real estate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accident
• break
• chance
• fluke
• stroke of luck
• luck
• hazard
• happenstance
• circumstance
• hap
• happenchance

strike (into)

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verb (2)

as in to begin

to take the first step in (a process or course of action)

before you actually strike into your speech, you should introduce yourself

Synonyms & Similar Words

• begin
• fall (to)
• commence
• start
• enter (into or upon)
• get off
• get going
• open
• get to
• set about
• found
• launch
• embark (on or upon)
• lead off
• kick off
• create
• initiate
• generate
• originate
• adopt
• take up
• organize
• get around (to)
• get down (to)
• establish
• invent
• take on
• pioneer
• institute
• innovate
• inaugurate
• get round (to)
• set up
• spawn
• embrace
• father

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• end
• finish
• terminate
• stop
• conclude
• cease
• lay off
• complete
• quit
• halt
• discontinue
• close
• leave
• destroy
• abandon
• knock off
• desist
• abolish
• extinguish
• phase out
• forsake
• exterminate
• demolish

strike (out)

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verb (3)

as in to delete

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it

struck out all references to indecent matters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delete
• cross (out)
• stroke (out)
• cancel
• scratch (out)
• remove
• erase
• edit (out)
• x (out)
• kill
• wipe out
• censor
• blue-pencil
• blot out
• eradicate
• clean (up)
• obliterate
• elide
• suppress
• root (out)
• dele
• clip
• expunge
• rub out
• excise
• efface
• shorten
• cut
• crop
• bleep
• silence
• launder
• repress
• blip
• red-pencil
• abbreviate
• expurgate
• black out
• redact
• bowdlerize

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stet

strike out

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verb (4)

as in to collapse

to be unsuccessful

their joint venture in Las Vegas struck out, and they hurriedly dissolved the partnership

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapse
• fail
• flop
• fold
• struggle
• miss
• fall flat
• fall short
• wash out
• bomb
• come to grief
• lay an egg
• tank
• flame out
• come up empty
• come a cropper
• founder
• die on the vine
• flunk
• crater
• fall on one's face
• decline
• crash
• slip
• slump
• skid
• go under
• flounder
• crumble
• wane
• sink
• miscarry
• misfire
• implode
• self-destruct

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• work out
• go
• go over
• succeed
• deliver
• come off
• click
• pan out
• cook
• flourish
• thrive
• prosper
• win
• triumph
• prevail

Phrases Containing strike

• strike (into)
• strike (out)
• strike a bargain
• strike down
• strike out