Synonyms of whipping

whipping 1 of 2

noun

ˈ(h)wi-piŋ 

as in beating

failure to win a contest

suffered a whipping that took them out of competition

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beating
• defeat
• loss
• trimming
• licking
• setback
• overthrow
• plastering
• rout
• drubbing
• trouncing
• shellacking
• failure
• lump
• upset
• collapse
• fiasco
• flop
• debacle
• shutout
• lurch
• washout
• whitewash
• nonsuccess
• fizzle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• victory
• success
• triumph
• win
• achievement
• accomplishment
• sweep
• runaway
• blowout
• landslide
• romp
• cakewalk
• walkover
• walkaway

whipping

2 of 2

verb

present participle of whip

1

as in hiding

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

whipped the animal when it did not move fast enough to please him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hiding
• slashing
• lashing
• flicking
• slapping
• flogging
• switching
• cutting
• thrashing
• hitting
• spanking
• flailing
• scourging
• flagellating
• knocking
• licking
• punching
• smacking
• tanning
• banging
• pounding
• horsewhipping
• whacking
• strapping
• leathering
• clipping
• birching
• beating
• whaling
• mauling
• batting
• swiping
• clapping
• cowhiding
• thumping
• rawhiding
• caning
• swatting
• boxing
• pelting
• battering
• cracking
• cudgeling
• thwacking
• pummeling
• clubbing
• socking
• bashing
• hammering
• paddling
• cuffing
• quirting
• clobbering
• slugging
• smiting
• bopping
• pasting
• knouting
• clouting
• mangling
• bludgeoning
• lathering
• roughing
• walloping
• touching up
• buffeting
• busting
• belting
• pistol-whipping
• slogging
• drubbing
• basting
• lambasting
• whopping
• working over
• whupping
• blackjacking
• threshing
• slating
• lacing
• bunging
• fustigating
• lamming
• fibbing
• tromping
• belaboring
• pommeling

2

as in throwing

to defeat by a large margin

we whipped them 13-0 in the last game

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beating
• throwing
• overcoming
• burying
• thrashing
• dusting
• trimming
• bombing
• creaming
• flattening
• upsetting
• pasting
• smothering
• annihilating
• mastering
• routing
• taking
• walloping
• topping
• skinning
• smoking
• clobbering
• waxing
• whupping
• whopping
• blowing away
• whomping
• sweeping
• trouncing
• tromping
• drubbing
• scoring
• shellacking
• conquering
• overwhelming
• destroying
• exceeding
• licking
• succeeding
• dispatching
• crushing
• surpassing
• beating the pants off
• eating alive
• capping
• running circles around
• skunking
• subduing
• slaughtering
• wiping the floor with
• finishing
• snowing under
• subjugating
• surmounting
• overthrowing
• vanquishing
• hurdling
• prevailing (over)
• overpowering
• winning (against)
• upending
• outdoing
• besting
• transcending
• triumphing (over)
• eclipsing
• knocking over
• outshining
• bettering
• outdistancing
• outstripping
• breaking
• excelling
• knocking off
• overtopping
• flourishing
• overbearing
• overmatching
• edging (out)
• sinking
• pipping
• worsting
• outfighting
• acing (out)
• doing in
• nosing out

3

as in swinging

to change the course or direction of (something)

any more complaints and I'm whipping this car around and heading back home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swinging
• turning
• deflecting
• shifting
• diverting
• redirecting
• veering
• moving
• whirling
• wheeling
• switching
• twisting
• swiveling
• deviating
• shunting
• swaying
• zigzagging
• averting
• transferring
• swerving
• curving
• bending
• reversing
• rechanneling
• sidetracking
• turning back

4

as in flapping

to move or cause to move with a striking motion

her hair whipped in the wind

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flapping
• fluttering
• flailing
• beating
• waving
• swinging
• flopping
• flicking
• knocking
• swaying
• smacking
• pounding
• banging
• battering
• thumping
• flickering
• flitting
• spanking
• oscillating
• fanning
• throbbing
• buffeting
• pulsing
• undulating
• palpitating

5

as in licking

to strike repeatedly

huge raindrops whipped the windows

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licking
• lashing
• pounding
• hiding
• beating
• battering
• slapping
• pelting
• hitting
• knocking
• doing
• spanking
• punching
• thumping
• attacking
• smashing
• slamming
• assaulting
• chopping
• pummeling
• batting
• flogging
• mauling
• smacking
• thrashing
• hammering
• paddling
• bashing
• bludgeoning
• whacking
• lathering
• raiding
• buffeting
• storming
• switching
• clubbing
• belting
• tanning
• walloping
• slogging
• currying
• drubbing
• lambasting
• basting
• whupping
• whopping
• working over
• punching out
• boxing
• slating
• swiping
• threshing
• lacing
• birching
• fibbing
• cracking
• tromping
• whaling
• wounding
• belaboring
• swatting
• messing (up)
• roughing (up)
• rushing
• strapping
• thwacking
• pommeling
• pasting
• cuffing
• socking
• clobbering
• cudgeling
• clouting
• caning
• assailing
• beating up on
• bunging up
• flagellating
• scourging
• descending (on or upon)
• busting
• jumping (on)
• whomping
• whamming
• laying on
• lacerating
• besetting
• pouncing (on or upon)
• mutilating
• horsewhipping
• pistol-whipping
• lamming
• leathering
• mangling
• maiming
• goring
• blackjacking
• cowhiding
• rawhiding
• fustigating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of whipping

Noun

They could also be seen transporting French fries, thick-cut onion rings, red and orange peppers, romaine and other produce, eggs, heavy whipping cream and whole milk. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026

Reynolds cites the early-18th-century diary of William Byrd II, who read Homer in the morning and administered whippings to refractory slaves in the afternoon. — James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

Verb

Harrison Ford is whipping back into blockbuster shape, as the 84-year-old is set to return as iconic adventurer Indiana Jones in a new Disney project. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Aug. 2026

He’s spent the last week whipping senators to support it and even enlisted former Alabama football coach Nick Saban to dial up undecided lawmakers, according to people familiar with the matter. — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Phrases Containing whipping

• whipping boy