Synonyms of stripe

stripe 1 of 3

noun (1)

1

as in streak

a line or long narrow section differing in color from the background

the United States flag has seven red stripes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• streak
• band
• bar
• pinstripe
• blaze
• crossbar

2

as in type

a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common

singers of every stripe will perform at the benefit concert

Synonyms & Similar Words

• type
• kind
• sort
• variety
• genre
• breed
• nature
• species
• description
• kidney
• feather
• manner
• class
• strain
• ilk
• persuasion
• order
• like
• model
• category
• sample
• specimen
• group
• grouping
• bracket
• family
• suite
• set
• grade
• bunch
• division
• rank(s)
• lot

stripe

2 of 3

noun (2)

ˈstrīp 

as in swipe

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument

the prisoner was sentenced to receive 20 stripes with a bamboo pole

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swipe
• punch
• blow
• stroke
• thump
• slap
• hit
• thud
• whack
• knock
• pound
• lick
• poke
• spank
• smack
• clip
• bang
• beat
• sock
• switch
• belt
• slam
• hook
• cuff
• welt
• lash
• bat
• chop
• swat
• clap
• box
• hack
• kick
• crack
• buffet
• pelt
• slug
• stinger
• knee
• bop
• clout
• dab
• rap
• bash
• pick
• smash
• fillip
• plump
• biff
• bust
• licking
• wham
• thwack
• pounding
• swing
• wallop
• hand
• haymaker
• left
• larrup
• counter
• right
• whop
• douse
• beating
• counterstroke
• whip
• sucker punch
• body blow
• whipping
• one-two
• counterblow
• thrashing
• hammering
• sidewinder
• roundhouse
• shiver
• knockdown
• uppercut
• knockout
• counterpunch
• rabbit punch
• flogging
• pasting
• battering
• pummeling
• cruncher
• KO
• drubbing
• right-hander
• cudgeling
• clobbering
• bastinado
• walloping
• bludgeoning
• kayo
• lambasting

stripe

3 of 3

verb

as in to streak

to make stripes on

the children carefully striped the paper with red and blue paint

Synonyms & Similar Words

• streak
• bar
• band
• blaze

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stripe

Noun

Ryan Seacrest made the rounds, as did Martha Stewart, who was a vision in sparkly stripes. —Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 15 Apr. 2026

Still, Levack’s film offers terrors and troubles of a different stripe. —Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2026

Verb

Possibly the most popular summer annual, petunias can be found in every color of the rainbow, as well as striped and speckled. —Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2026

The musical takes place in a spectacular outdoor amphitheater that has stadium seating on one side of the stage and the jagged red-and-purple-striped formations of the Badlands rolling out for miles on the other. —Beverly Gage, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026