Synonyms of swiped

swiped

verb

past tense of swipe

1

as in bumped

to come into usually forceful contact with something

a blindfolded partygoer swiping at the piñata with a stick

spent most of the camping trip swiping mosquitos

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• skirted

2

as in slapped

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

that car just swiped the fender of our car

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

3

as in stole

to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep

somebody swiped the stop sign that used to be on the corner

left his phone at the library and it got swiped

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stole
• grabbed
• lifted
• pilfered
• snatched
• filched
• robbed
• purloined
• pocketed
• pinched
• nicked
• appropriated
• nipped
• hooked
• ripped off
• misappropriated
• hijacked
• heisted
• thieved
• snitched
• picked
• took
• boosted
• ran off with
• made off with
• made away with
• seized
• walked off with
• plundered
• looted
• knocked over
• pillaged
• sacked
• burglarized
• rifled
• poached
• grasped
• rustled
• kidnapped
• nailed
• shoplifted
• sponged
• carjacked
• abducted
• collared
• spirited
• mooched
• shanghaied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• purchased
• bought
• presented
• gave
• contributed
• donated
• bestowed
• handed over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of swiped

Three different players swiped a base, and the defense was generally crisp. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 28 July 2026

In his first 50 days on the job, Gansey has now swiped three players that could have helped his old team, including Dean Wade. — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 25 July 2026

One person noted that their work badge must be swiped or inspected multiple times to enter the building. — Mark Morales, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

Ildemaro Vargas walked on four pitches with one out, swiped second and scored on a 75-mph ball that Gabriel Moreno dumped down the right-field line for a double. — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026

Two weeks before Maria hit, Hurricane Irma swiped past the island’s northeast corner as a Category 5 storm, also knocking out power. — ABC News, 1 July 2026

That tactic may situate this work within a lineage that includes Jacques Villeglé and Mimmo Rotella, artists who used swiped, torn ads during the postwar era. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 30 June 2026

Remember, the heroic symbols that Ronald Reagan deployed so effectively were swiped from liberalism’s salad days in the Thirties and Forties. — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026

The grim optimism of a woman who knew the score but swiped right anyway. — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026