Synonyms of tick (off)

tick (off) 1 of 2

verb (1)

as in to list

to specify one after another

ticked off everything she would need to buy while her daughter wrote the items down on a list

Synonyms & Similar Words

• list
• recite
• detail
• outline
• reel off
• itemize
• enumerate
• catalog
• mention
• rehearse
• inventory
• numerate
• catalogue
• figure
• cite
• tabulate
• calculate
• chart
• compute
• estimate
• graph
• tally
• name
• diagram
• reckon

tick off

2 of 2

verb (2)

1

as in to admonish

to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault

she royally ticked the babysitter off for letting the child play outside unsupervised

Synonyms & Similar Words

• admonish
• reprimand
• get after
• blame
• scold
• get on
• criticize
• fault
• rail (at or against)
• chide
• reproach
• rebuke
• burn one's ears
• dress down
• chew out
• mock
• reprove
• jaw
• attack
• lecture
• condemn
• diss
• lambast
• rate
• minimize
• knock
• upbraid
• berate
• pan
• censure
• harangue
• put down
• flay
• lash
• abuse
• crucify
• keelhaul
• score
• assail
• slam
• belittle
• disparage
• ridicule
• denounce
• lambaste
• reprehend
• excoriate
• blast
• scoff
• bad-mouth
• castigate
• dis
• deride
• deprecate
• scorn

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• okay
• approve
• sanction
• endorse
• OK
• indorse
• salute
• praise
• applaud
• hail
• laud
• tout
• extol
• extoll

2

as in to anger

to make angry

it really ticks me off when someone says something like that

Synonyms & Similar Words

• anger
• infuriate
• enrage
• steam up
• outrage
• annoy
• irritate
• rub the wrong way
• mad
• ire
• enflame
• offend
• inflame
• incense
• rile
• rankle
• put out
• get one's goat
• madden
• roil
• aggravate
• burn (up)
• cross
• provoke
• ruffle
• exasperate
• vex
• affront
• peeve
• get
• huff
• nettle
• pique
• miff
• antagonize
• embitter
• envenom

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• please
• relieve
• delight
• gratify
• allay
• comfort
• console
• assuage
• soothe
• settle
• placate
• charm
• appease
• calm
• quiet
• conciliate
• lull
• pacify
• mollify
• disarm
• beguile
• captivate
• enchant
• bewitch

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tick (off)

Verb

Count me as another person ticked off about getting Informed Delivery emails from the post office later than my mail being delivered. —Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025

All the textbook tourist stuff was ticked off weeks into rehearsals. —Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2025

But in a year marked by acts of appeasement and capitulation, Paramount employees and viewers have questioned whether new management will support news coverage and entertainment content that ticks off Trump. —Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2025

Quarterback Nate Davis and his teammates scrambled to the line of scrimmage, Arizona’s 2-yard line, as the final seconds ticked off the clock. —Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025