Synonyms of whips

whips 1 of 2

noun

plural of whip

as in straps

a long thin or flexible tool for striking

a 100-year-old whip that was once used by a coachman

Synonyms & Similar Words

• straps
• canes
• batons
• floggers
• lashes
• switches
• scourges
• bullwhips
• quirts
• bats
• birches
• crops
• bludgeons
• rattans
• flails
• hickories
• knouts
• nightsticks
• cudgels
• rawhides
• billies
• cowhides
• blacksnakes
• staffs
• clubs
• cat-o'-nine-tails
• billy clubs
• bastinadoes

whips

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of whip

1

as in hides

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

• hides
• slashes
• flicks
• slaps
• flogs
• flails
• lashes
• spanks
• switches
• thrashes
• knocks
• leathers
• flagellates
• scourges
• hits
• licks
• cuts
• punches
• horsewhips
• tans
• smacks
• mauls
• whacks
• clips
• bangs
• straps
• whales
• bats
• pounds
• swipes
• claps
• beats
• birches
• cowhides
• thumps
• canes
• rawhides
• swats
• quirts
• boxes
• clubs
• cudgels
• bludgeons
• socks
• thwacks
• pelts
• smites
• paddles
• pummels
• cuffs
• bashes
• hammers
• cracks
• belts
• clouts
• clobbers
• knouts
• wallops
• bops
• pastes
• threshes
• touches up
• mangles
• lams
• batters
• slugs
• lathers
• buffets
• slates
• laces
• bastes
• roughs
• blackjacks
• busts
• lambastes
• works over
• belabors
• slogs
• pistol-whips
• fustigates
• tromps
• whups
• pommels
• fibs
• drubs
• whops
• bungs

2

as in bombs

to defeat by a large margin

we whipped them 13-0 in the last game

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bombs
• throws
• overcomes
• buries
• beats
• thrashes
• masters
• dusts
• tops
• upsets
• smokes
• clobbers
• routs
• wallops
• flattens
• smothers
• annihilates
• pastes
• trims
• takes
• waxes
• creams
• overwhelms
• skins
• blows away
• sweeps
• scores
• whups
• trounces
• whomps
• surpasses
• whops
• conquers
• destroys
• drubs
• licks
• beats the pants off
• exceeds
• tromps
• succeeds
• shellacs
• dispatches
• runs circles around
• subdues
• crushes
• eats alive
• caps
• wipes the floor with
• snows under
• skunks
• slaughters
• surmounts
• overpowers
• vanquishes
• overthrows
• subjugates
• hurdles
• finishes
• outdoes
• excels
• bests
• transcends
• overbears
• wins (against)
• eclipses
• outstrips
• breaks
• prevails (over)
• outshines
• upends
• knocks over
• outdistances
• flourishes
• overtops
• knocks off
• triumphs (over)
• betters
• sinks
• overmatches
• edges (out)
• worsts
• noses out
• pips
• aces (out)
• does in
• outfights

3

as in swings

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

• swings
• turns
• deflects
• wheels
• shifts
• veers
• diverts
• moves
• redirects
• whirls
• swivels
• switches
• deviates
• sways
• swerves
• averts
• twists
• zigzags
• shunts
• bends
• reverses
• curves
• transfers
• rechannels
• turns back
• sidetracks

4

as in flutters

to move or cause to move with a striking motion

her hair whipped in the wind

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flutters
• flaps
• flails
• flops
• waves
• beats
• flicks
• swings
• knocks
• sways
• smacks
• thumps
• bangs
• spanks
• flits
• flickers
• pounds
• batters
• oscillates
• fans
• undulates
• throbs
• buffets
• pulses
• palpitates

5

as in licks

to strike repeatedly

huge raindrops whipped the windows

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licks
• hides
• lashes
• pounds
• slaps
• beats
• spanks
• knocks
• pelts
• thumps
• punches
• batters
• hits
• smashes
• does
• slams
• mauls
• assaults
• attacks
• bludgeons
• flogs
• pummels
• bats
• paddles
• bashes
• hammers
• thrashes
• chops
• belts
• clubs
• threshes
• smacks
• whacks
• wallops
• switches
• lathers
• boxes
• raids
• buffets
• tans
• laces
• bastes
• slates
• storms
• lambastes
• punches out
• works over
• swipes
• curries
• drubs
• slogs
• belabors
• wounds
• tromps
• whups
• whales
• pommels
• swats
• rushes
• fibs
• whops
• roughs (up)
• cracks
• thwacks
• straps
• birches
• messes (up)
• beats up on
• cuffs
• socks
• assails
• clouts
• pastes
• clobbers
• cudgels
• canes
• whams
• descends (on or upon)
• bungs up
• lams
• jumps (on)
• flagellates
• leathers
• scourges
• besets
• lacerates
• horsewhips
• lays on
• busts
• whomps
• gores
• pounces (on or upon)
• mutilates
• mangles
• maims
• blackjacks
• pistol-whips
• cowhides
• fustigates
• rawhides

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of whips

Noun

The unrest began in mid-March but has intensified, leaving at least three dead as vigilantes armed with spears, clubs, and whips assaulted migrants and destroyed their homes. — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 28 June 2026

In grainy videos, marchers, sometimes draped in South African flags and carrying clubs and leather whips, smashed shop windows and beat migrants in the streets. — Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2026

During enslavement, physical violence, such as being beaten with whips, was used to control Black bodies. — Nia Dumas, NPR, 16 June 2026

In our study, leadership included the speaker, party leaders, whips, caucus or conference chairs, and committee chairs or ranking members. — Mayank Kejriwal, The Conversation, 10 June 2026

And when the wind whips, the air reeks of a potent campfire — but no campers are around. — Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026

Debris slams against the other side, whips beneath the door, slashing cuts into Jones’ and the doctor’s ankles. — Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026

Willow whips, vines and shorter branches will not be picked up during brush collection. — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026

His tail whips against the stalks of flowers planted by the woman who recently moved there with him. — María Ospina, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026

Verb

Instead of floating crosses in, Saka either whips his deliveries low near the six-yard box or works a slightly more central position to cut the ball back with a firmer connection. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 26 June 2026

The vessel bends, blocks, and whips the wind into complex micro-currents before the air ever hits the sails. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026

In the fourth minute, Meschack Elia whips a ball across the box to Bakambu, eight yards from goal. — Franklin Leonard, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026

Stephen Fry whips out his phone to snag a picture with Johnny Knoxville inside the Fox Upfront 2026 afterparty in New York City on May 11. — People Staff, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026

Like many a cat lover, Baseman whips out a phone to share videos of his beloved feline muses. — Iris Kwok may 12, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026

The ride travels on an elliptical track and whips riders around bends. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 8 May 2026

The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Those of us who love her were able to finally take a breather on this one when the film bros eventually shut up and were able to admit that Hathaway totally whips ass in this franchise closer. — Chris Feil, Vulture, 1 May 2026

Canty is one of the coaches who whips students into shape. — Terell Bailey, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026