Synonyms of struck

struck

verb

past tense of strike

1

as in walked

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

• walked
• walked out
• sat in
• locked out

2

as in affected

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

• affected
• influenced
• impressed
• impacted
• touched
• reached
• swayed
• inspired
• interested
• moved
• told (on)
• involved
• got to
• bothered
• attracted
• fascinated
• disturbed
• concerned
• dazzled
• penetrated
• plagued
• stirred
• entranced
• worried
• carried away
• transported
• troubled
• afflicted
• engaged
• upset
• tried
• pierced
• enthralled
• enchanted
• smote
• biased
• ravished
• perturbed
• stressed
• harassed
• enraptured
• distressed
• colored
• captivated
• charmed
• flustered
• biassed
• wrung
• agitated
• harried
• pestered
• disquieted
• bewitched
• strained
• discomforted
• allured
• discomposed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tired
• bored
• wearied
• jaded
• palled
• underwhelmed

3

as in occurred (to)

to enter the mind of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• occurred (to)
• crossed
• appeared
• remembered
• came (to)
• arrived
• recalled
• dawned (on)
• emerged
• recollected
• learned
• reminisced
• memorized
• conned
• materialized

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• forgot
• ignored
• neglected
• disregarded
• overlooked
• unlearned

4

as in bumped

to come into usually forceful contact with something

the thump of hailstones striking the cars in the parking lot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bumped
• collided
• slammed
• banged
• smashed
• hit
• rammed
• knocked
• crashed
• impinged
• impacted
• swiped
• thudded
• bashed
• glanced
• ricocheted
• bounced
• landed
• swept
• rebounded
• contacted
• scraped
• touched
• brushed
• ricochetted
• pushed
• skipped
• grazed
• kissed
• clunked
• nudged
• caromed
• skimmed
• jostled
• shaved
• pressed
• muscled
• bulldozed

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• missed
• skirted

5

as in 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
• knocked
• smacked
• slapped
• slammed
• punched
• banged
• whacked
• pounded
• clapped
• clipped
• swiped
• batted
• cracked
• kicked
• hammered
• bashed
• thumped
• nailed
• tapped
• pushed
• flicked
• poked
• smote
• swatted
• shoved
• licked
• jabbed
• socked
• slugged
• clobbered
• thwacked
• stabbed
• zapped
• rapped
• bludgeoned
• clocked
• tagged
• bobbed
• bopped
• walloped
• boxed
• pasted
• bumped
• chopped
• whaled
• belted
• clouted
• busted
• stroked
• biffed
• bonked
• slogged
• clapt
• buffeted
• pummeled
• bust
• battered
• lashed
• pummelled
• mauled
• beat
• peppered
• slashed
• stamped
• mangled
• pelted
• hung one on
• lambasted
• roughed
• laced
• dumped
• jostled
• cuffed
• bunged
• levelled
• whipped
• scuffed
• drubbed
• prodded
• felled
• butted
• bunted
• decked
• speared
• floored
• pommelled
• sapped
• clubbed
• leveled
• thrashed
• kneed
• pommeled
• switched
• flailed
• conked
• cudgelled
• knocked down
• beaned
• creamed
• bowled (down or over)
• flogged
• sledged
• caned
• sucker punched
• sledgehammered
• brained
• cudgeled
• rabbit-punched
• skulled

6

as in dismantled

to take apart

the stagehands struck the sets the morning after the play closed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dismantled
• disconnected
• divided
• detached
• dismounted
• dismembered
• knocked down
• disassembled
• took down
• broke down
• demounted
• separated
• disengaged
• disaggregated
• dissevered
• disjointed
• disunited
• disarticulated
• disjoined
• broke up

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• constructed
• built
• assembled
• erected
• combined
• pitched
• united

7

as in attacked

to take sudden, violent action against

a rattlesnake strikes its prey with lightning speed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacked
• assaulted
• raided
• stormed
• robbed
• charged
• ambushed
• assailed
• swarmed
• rushed
• beset
• turned (on)
• invaded
• set at
• set on
• descended (on or upon)
• set upon
• jumped (on)
• bushwhacked
• went in (on)
• rounded on
• surprised
• flew at
• trashed
• sicked
• went at
• pounced (on or upon)
• pitched into
• tore into
• flanked
• sicced
• lit into
• bombed
• waylaid
• besieged
• mobbed
• sacked
• beat up on
• bombarded
• buffeted
• ravaged
• surprized
• battered
• mugged
• blitzed
• plundered
• barraged
• ganged up (on)
• cannonaded
• nuked
• looted
• enveloped
• plastered
• beleaguered
• pillaged
• cannoned
• pressed
• ambuscaded
• bum-rushed
• overran
• harried
• banged away (at)
• forayed

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• covered
• secured
• protected
• defended
• guarded
• shielded

8

as in possessed

to cast a spell on

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• possessed
• spelled
• cursed
• charmed
• tempted
• seduced
• enchanted
• bewitched
• attracted
• overlooked
• ensorceled
• hexed
• ensorcelled
• captivated
• lured
• fascinated
• enticed
• mesmerized
• jinxed
• voodooed
• spellbound
• beguiled

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• blessed
• blest