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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• generalize

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