Synonyms of swipe

swipe 1 of 2

noun

as in slap

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument

one swipe of a grizzly's paw can do a person in

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slap
• blow
• punch
• hit
• knock
• thump
• stroke
• poke
• lick
• whack
• thud
• smack
• pound
• slam
• spank
• bang
• beat
• clip
• switch
• clap
• hook
• chop
• swat
• lash
• kick
• hack
• smash
• pick
• stripe
• bat
• dab
• cuff
• crack
• bop
• bash
• sock
• belt
• fillip
• buffet
• slug
• pelt
• box
• biff
• haymaker
• licking
• wham
• rap
• thwack
• hand
• knee
• clout
• plump
• stinger
• wallop
• swing
• welt
• bust
• douse
• pounding
• whap
• left
• counter
• beating
• larrup
• right
• whop
• counterblow
• body blow
• whip
• counterstroke
• sucker punch
• hammering
• one-two
• shiver
• whipping
• uppercut
• roundhouse
• knockdown
• rabbit punch
• counterpunch
• KO
• knockout
• battering
• thrashing
• pummeling
• pasting
• drubbing
• sidewinder
• cruncher
• pummelling
• flogging
• clobbering
• bludgeoning
• cudgelling
• bastinade
• bastinado
• cudgeling
• lambasting
• walloping
• right-hander
• kayo

swipe

2 of 2

verb

1

as in to bump

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

• bump
• slam
• bang
• collide
• smash
• knock
• hit
• ram
• crash
• strike
• impinge
• impact
• glance
• thud
• bash
• skip
• brush
• scrape
• bounce
• contact
• sweep
• touch
• push
• kiss
• skim
• nudge
• rebound
• graze
• shave
• land
• ricochet
• jostle
• muscle
• clunk
• carom
• press
• bulldoze

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• miss
• skirt

2

as in to slap

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

• slap
• hit
• knock
• punch
• smack
• slam
• strike
• bang
• clap
• clip
• whack
• pound
• bat
• tap
• crack
• kick
• lick
• nail
• shove
• flick
• poke
• box
• swat
• push
• bash
• tag
• jab
• thump
• zap
• hammer
• bludgeon
• clock
• smite
• stab
• paste
• chop
• bop
• slug
• clout
• bob
• thwack
• clobber
• sock
• belt
• rap
• stroke
• wallop
• bump
• bonk
• slog
• bust
• whale
• biff
• hang one on
• beat
• pummel
• slash
• maul
• rough
• stamp
• pepper
• lambast
• cuff
• mangle
• batter
• dump
• buffet
• lash
• scuff
• lambaste
• knee
• pelt
• bung
• jostle
• drub
• deck
• butt
• whip
• switch
• cream
• fell
• floor
• bunt
• lace
• pommel
• spear
• cane
• prod
• level
• club
• brain
• cudgel
• knock down
• sap
• bowl (down or over)
• bean
• flail
• conk
• thrash
• skull
• sucker punch
• sledge
• sledgehammer
• flog
• rabbit-punch

3

as in to steal

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

• steal
• grab
• lift
• pinch
• snatch
• pilfer
• filch
• pocket
• rob
• hook
• nip
• purloin
• thieve
• appropriate
• rip off
• run off with
• nick
• snitch
• take
• misappropriate
• pick
• boost
• walk off with
• hijack
• make away with
• make off with
• heist
• sack
• loot
• seize
• plunder
• knock over
• pillage
• rifle
• burglarize
• poach
• grasp
• nail
• shoplift
• kidnap
• rustle
• sponge
• highjack
• abduct
• spirit
• collar
• carjack
• mooch
• shanghai

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• buy
• purchase
• give
• present
• contribute
• donate
• bestow
• hand over