Synonyms of strikes

strikes 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of strike

1

as in walks

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

• walks
• walks out
• sits in
• locks out

2

as in affects

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

• affects
• influences
• impresses
• touches
• impacts
• reaches
• inspires
• sways
• moves
• involves
• interests
• tells (on)
• bothers
• gets to
• attracts
• disturbs
• dazzles
• fascinates
• plagues
• penetrates
• stirs
• engages
• concerns
• troubles
• tries
• afflicts
• transports
• entrances
• smites
• carries away
• worries
• upsets
• pierces
• colors
• harasses
• perturbs
• ravishes
• stresses
• biases
• enchants
• distresses
• enraptures
• captivates
• enthralls
• agitates
• disquiets
• harries
• wrings
• flusters
• pesters
• charms
• discomposes
• bewitches
• allures
• discomforts
• strains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bores
• wearies
• palls
• tires
• jades
• underwhelms

3

as in occurs (to)

to enter the mind of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• occurs (to)
• crosses
• comes (to)
• appears
• arrives
• remembers
• recalls
• dawns (on)
• emerges
• recollects
• learns
• memorizes
• reminisces
• materializes
• cons

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• forgets
• ignores
• neglects
• disregards
• overlooks
• unlearns

4

as in collides

to come into usually forceful contact with something

the thump of hailstones striking the cars in the parking lot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collides
• slams
• bumps
• smashes
• bangs
• hits
• knocks
• crashes
• rams
• impinges
• swipes
• impacts
• thuds
• bashes
• bounces
• glances
• sweeps
• skips
• ricochets
• lands
• contacts
• scrapes
• touches
• rebounds
• pushes
• brushes
• grazes
• nudges
• skims
• caroms
• kisses
• jostles
• muscles
• shaves
• clunks
• presses
• bulldozes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misses
• skirts

5

as in hits

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

• hits
• knocks
• smacks
• slaps
• slams
• punches
• claps
• bangs
• whacks
• swipes
• pounds
• clips
• kicks
• bats
• cracks
• bashes
• smites
• nails
• hammers
• thumps
• pokes
• pushes
• taps
• zaps
• swats
• jabs
• boxes
• shoves
• bludgeons
• licks
• flicks
• thwacks
• clouts
• stabs
• clobbers
• wallops
• socks
• raps
• clocks
• belts
• tags
• bops
• slugs
• bonks
• chops
• strokes
• slogs
• busts
• pastes
• bobs
• whales
• biffs
• bumps
• batters
• beats
• pummels
• mauls
• hangs one on
• slashes
• mangles
• jostles
• buffets
• knees
• cuffs
• stamps
• roughs
• drubs
• dumps
• lambastes
• bunts
• lashes
• prods
• whips
• peppers
• scuffs
• laces
• pelts
• decks
• clubs
• bowls (down or over)
• flails
• levels
• butts
• saps
• knocks down
• thrashes
• switches
• fells
• pommels
• conks
• spears
• cudgels
• floors
• brains
• bungs
• flogs
• beans
• creams
• sucker punches
• canes
• skulls
• sledges
• sledgehammers
• rabbit-punches

6

as in dismantles

to take apart

the stagehands struck the sets the morning after the play closed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dismantles
• disconnects
• detaches
• divides
• dismounts
• dismembers
• disassembles
• knocks down
• takes down
• demounts
• breaks down
• disengages
• separates
• disarticulates
• disaggregates
• disunites
• disjoins
• breaks up
• dissevers
• disjoints

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• builds
• constructs
• assembles
• combines
• unites
• erects
• pitches

7

as in attacks

to take sudden, violent action against

a rattlesnake strikes its prey with lightning speed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacks
• assaults
• raids
• storms
• robs
• ambushes
• invades
• assails
• charges
• turns (on)
• rushes
• descends (on or upon)
• besets
• jumps (on)
• sets at
• swarms
• sets upon
• goes in (on)
• sets on
• flies at
• tears into
• rounds on
• trashes
• pounces (on or upon)
• goes at
• pitches into
• bombs
• bushwhacks
• beats up on
• lights into
• sics
• surprises
• waylays
• besieges
• bombards
• ravages
• batters
• mobs
• plunders
• sacks
• flanks
• nukes
• blitzes
• gangs up (on)
• barrages
• harries
• loots
• bum-rushes
• buffets
• cannons
• cannonades
• envelops
• pillages
• forays
• beleaguers
• mugs
• presses
• ambuscades
• overruns
• plasters
• bangs away (at)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protects
• covers
• shields
• defends
• secures
• guards

8

as in possesses

to cast a spell on

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• possesses
• spells
• tempts
• seduces
• curses
• enchants
• bewitches
• charms
• attracts
• ensorcells
• overlooks
• hexes
• captivates
• lures
• entices
• fascinates
• mesmerizes
• beguiles
• spellbinds
• jinxes
• voodoos

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blesses

strikes

2 of 2

noun

plural of strike

1

as in walkouts

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

• walkouts
• sympathetic strikes
• sympathy strikes
• lockouts
• slowdowns
• job actions
• sit-downs
• sick-outs
• sit-ins
• go-slows

2

as in assaults

the act or action of setting upon with force or violence

the first strike was directed at a munitions warehouse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacks
• assaults
• raids
• offensives
• offenses
• onslaughts
• attempts
• aggressions
• rushes
• bombardments
• onsets
• blitzes
• counterattacks
• blitzkriegs
• charges
• incursions
• invasions
• ambushes
• bombings
• barrages
• coups de main
• counterstrikes
• descents
• sieges
• counteroffensives
• sorties
• ambuscades
• ravages
• sallies
• forays
• breakthroughs
• air raids
• volleys
• envelopments
• counterassaults
• hails
• sacks
• pillages
• cannonades
• storms
• fusillades
• salvos
• counteraggressions
• whammies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shields
• defenses
• guards
• oppositions
• resistances
• defensives
• shelters
• securities
• protections

3

as in disadvantages

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

• disadvantages
• liabilities
• handicaps
• shortcomings
• debits
• drawbacks
• negatives
• downsides
• minuses
• obstacles
• incommodities
• disbenefits
• disabilities
• catches
• lets
• impairments
• albatross
• millstones
• hurdles
• failings
• obstructions
• rubs
• stops
• interferences
• strangleholds
• hitches
• clogs
• impediments
• shackles
• embarrassments
• trammels
• hindrances
• checks
• manacles
• crimps
• bars

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assets
• advantages
• edges
• starts
• jumps
• leads
• drops
• controls
• margins
• pluses
• vantages
• opportunities
• commands
• breaks
• privileges
• help
• prerogatives
• betters
• aids
• head starts
• transcendences
• ascendancies
• superiorities
• supremacies
• predominances
• upper hands
• masteries
• assistances

4

as in collisions

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

• collisions
• impacts
• jolts
• crashes
• blows
• slams
• thumps
• shocks
• kicks
• slaps
• encounters
• punches
• bumps
• hits
• knocks
• contacts
• concussions
• impingements
• jounces
• jars
• wallops
• smashes
• touches
• buffets
• raps
• meetings
• batterings
• bashings
• thrashings
• lickings

5

as in accidents

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

• accidents
• breaks
• flukes
• chances
• strokes of luck
• luck
• hazards
• circumstances
• haps
• happenstances
• happenchances

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of strikes

Verb

The offense comes out and strikes quick, two drives in a row. —Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026

Israel strikes Iranian nuclear facilities Bahreini’s announcement came just hours after Iranian state media said two nuclear facilities had come under attack. —Farnoush Amiri, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026

The Arak heavy water reactor, 155 miles southwest of Tehran, was never completed before those June strikes. —CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026

Occasionally, one of these photons strikes a nearby atomic nucleus. —Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026

The erratic pendulating weather strikes some as a harbinger of more unpredictable seasons to come. —Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026

From frontier technology and medical innovation to music, activism and the creator economy, the program strikes a strong balance between tension and harmony, ultimately cultivating a space for healthy debate. —Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026

The war, now in its fourth week, has already seen several dramatic turning points — the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, the bombing of a key Iranian gas field, and strikes targeting oil and gas facilities and other civilian infrastructure in Gulf Arab nations. —Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026

Israel strikes another bridge in Lebanon Israel's military struck another bridge in southern Lebanon Monday, according to Lebanese state media. —Npr Staff, NPR, 23 Mar. 2026

Noun

Drones take on expanding roles across modern battlefields Uncrewed systems are playing a growing role in modern warfare, handling missions from reconnaissance and artillery spotting to precision strikes. —Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 29 Mar. 2026

Israel announced waves of incoming strikes from Iran on Sunday and explosions could be heard throughout Tehran. —Sam Metz, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026

And just hours later, Iran reported overnight strikes by Israel on its nuclear facilities and steel factories. —ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026

Witnesses reported more strikes in Tehran on Sunday night. —Dallas Morning News, 29 Mar. 2026

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps threatened to hit US and Israeli university campuses in retaliation for strikes on Iranian educational institutions. —Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026

As Israel intensified its strikes on Gaza, Emma feared her sister's captors might retaliate, putting her life at greater risk. —Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026

With being to two strikes and that guy’s throwing 100 with the splitter. —Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026

In Israel, 15 people have been killed by Iranian strikes. —Arkansas Online, 23 Mar. 2026