Thesaurus:hit

Thesaurus

hit

English

Verb

Sense: to administer a physical blow

Synonyms

• bang    [⇒ thesaurus]
• baste
• batter
• beat
• belabor
• blow
• boom-boom
• buffet
• butt
• calcitrate
• dab
• dash    [⇒ thesaurus]
• dowse
• fetch one a blow
• flap
• give toco
• kick
• knock
• hammer
• hit
• impact
• jerk    [⇒ thesaurus] (obsolete)
• lunge
• patter
• pat
• pelt
• pink
• poke
• pummel
• punch
• pound
• tap    [⇒ thesaurus]
• thrash
• thump
• thwack
• rap
• slam
• slap
• smite (archaic)
• strike
• swap
• whack
• whip    [⇒ thesaurus]
• yerk

Antonyms

• block

Hyponyms

• box
• bruise
• headbutt
• kick
• knock
• noogie (slang)
• punch
• push
• rap
• smash
• wallop

Hypernyms

• attack    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “276. impulse” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “716. attack” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “hit” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.