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Synonyms of strike in English:
strike
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verb
1‘the teacher actually struck and hurt Mary’
SYNONYMS
hit, slap, smack, beat, thrash, spank, thump, thwack, punch, cuff, crack, swat, knock, rap
pummel, pound, batter, pelt, welt, assault, box someone's ears
cane, lash, whip, club, cudgel
informal clout, wallop, belt, whack, bash, clobber, bop, biff, sock, deck, slug, plug, knock about, knock around, knock into the middle of next week, lay into, do over, rough up, zonk
Australian, New Zealand informal quilt
literary smite
2‘at seven sharp he struck the gong’
SYNONYMS
bang, beat, hit, pound
informal bash, wallop
3‘the stolen car struck a tree’
SYNONYMS
crash into, collide with, be in collision with, hit, run into, knock into, bang into, bump into, smash into, slam into, crack against, crack into, dash against
North American impact
4‘Jennifer struck the ball into the back of the net’
SYNONYMS
hit, drive, propel, force
informal clout, wallop, slam, swipe, welly
British informal welly
5‘he struck a match and lit the oil lamp’
SYNONYMS
ignite, light
ANTONYMS
extinguish
6‘she was counting the day's takings when the killer struck’
SYNONYMS
attack, make an assault, make an attack, set upon someone, fall on someone, assault someone
7‘the disease is striking 3,000 people a year’
SYNONYMS
affect, afflict, attack, hit, come upon, smite
8‘democratic societies must strike a balance between order and freedom’
SYNONYMS
achieve, reach, arrive at, find, attain, effect, establish
9‘we have struck a satisfactory bargain’
SYNONYMS
agree, agree on, come to an agreement on, settle on, sign, endorse, ratify, sanction
informal clinch
10‘the picture showed him striking a heroic pose’
SYNONYMS
assume, adopt, take on, take up, affect, feign, put on
North American informal cop
11‘the engineers had struck oil’
SYNONYMS
discover, find, come upon, light on, chance on, happen on, stumble across, stumble on, unearth, uncover, turn up
12‘a thought suddenly struck her’
SYNONYMS
occur to, come to, dawn on one, hit
come to mind, spring to mind, enter one's head, present itself, come into one's consciousness
13‘you strike me as an intelligent young woman’
SYNONYMS
seem to, appear to, look to
give someone the impression of being
impress, affect, have an impact on
14‘our drivers are striking and demanding guarantees of their safety’
SYNONYMS
go on strike, down tools, walk out
mutiny, rebel, revolt
British take industrial action, work to rule
15‘they are about to strike the big tent’
SYNONYMS
take down, pull down, bring down
take apart
ANTONYMS
pitch
16‘Lord Bridport struck his flag’
SYNONYMS
lower, take down, let down, bring down
ANTONYMS
hoist
17‘he ordered the driver to strike south towards the Thames’
SYNONYMS
go, make one's way, set out, head, direct one's footsteps, move towards
noun
1‘staff held a 48-hour strike’
SYNONYMS
walkout
British industrial action
2‘an imminent military strike’
SYNONYMS
attack, air strike, air attack, assault, bombing, blitz
3‘a lucky strike in 1848 gave rise to the term ‘gold rush’’
SYNONYMS
find, discovery, unearthing, uncovering
Phrases
- strike something up
1‘the accompanist struck up ‘Land of Hope and Glory’’
SYNONYMS
begin to play, start to play, begin playing, commence playing, start playing, embark on
2‘we struck up a friendship’
SYNONYMS
begin, start, embark on, set going, initiate, instigate, establish
formal commence
‘the mayor struck back, threatening to sue’
SYNONYMS
fight back, retaliate, hit back, respond, react, reply, reciprocate, counterattack, return fire, return the compliment, put up a fight, take the bait, rise to the bait, return like for like, get back at someone, get, give tit for tat, give as good as one gets, let someone see how it feels, give someone a dose of their own medicine, give someone a taste of their own medicine
get one's revenge, have one's revenge, take one's revenge, exact revenge, take revenge, wreak revenge, be revenged, revenge oneself, avenge oneself, take reprisals, get even, even the score, settle a score, settle the score, settle accounts, pay someone back, pay someone back in their own coin, pay someone out, repay someone, exact retribution, take an eye for an eye, take an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
informal give someone their comeuppance
British informal get one's own back
rare give someone a Roland for an Oliver
SYNONYMS
delete, cross out, erase, rub out, obliterate
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