Synonyms for beat
- verb
- noun
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Thump — to hit; to strike
thump, knock, pound, blow, whip, hammer, punch, flog, thrash, whack, bang, hit, strike, spank, dash, pelt, slap, batter, slam, thwack, smack, cudgel
2. Trounce
trounce, defeat, vanquish, overcome, crush, conquer, pulverize, pulverise UK, subdue, own, get up in slang, rout dated UK
Other
stick US, drum, get it on, pulsate, dance, take, surpass, walk, work over, do it, top, have sex
Noun
1. Throb
Adjective
1. Tired
tired, played out, whipped, fatigued, whacked, dead, weary, dog-tired, done up informal dated
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To hit; to strike.
As soon as she heard that her father had died, she went into a rage and beat the wall with her fists until her knuckles bled.
- v. 2
To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque.
- n. 1
A stroke; a blow.
- adj. 1
Exhausted.
After the long day, she was feeling completely beat.
Related words
- Word family
- beatsman
- Phrases
- beat-up beat it beat down beat out beat back beat a retreat beat off beat one's meat
Choose the right word
Strike is the word for a single blow; to beat is to strike repeatedly, as a bird beats the air with its wings. pondus, a weight) is to beat with a heavy, and pommel with a blunt, instrument.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- knock What should we do if the police knock at our door?
- hammer I hit the T.V. with a hammer and somehow fixed it.
- whip I'm sure you'll whip us up something really good.
- thump Michael's heart started to thump in his chest.
- defeat Don't do that, Tom! That would defeat the purpose!
- trounce He would surely trounce them all, on account of being a professional.
By length
- 3 letters
- get1, own1, top1, hit1
- 4 letters
- take1, dead1, walk1, blow1, bang1, drum1, whip1, dash1, slap1, slam1, rout1, pelt1, flog1
- 5 letters
- round1, dance1, stick1, tired2, knock1, pound1, punch1, crush1, cheat1, pulse1, smack1, weary2, whack1, spank1
- 6 letters
- strike1, defeat2, hammer2, rhythm2, batter2, thrash1, subdue2, outwit2, cudgel2, thwack
- 7 letters
- measure2, conquer2, whipped1, surpass2, cadence2, whacked1, trounce1, perplex2, pulsate
- 8 letters
- overcome3, fatigued2, outsmart2, vanquish2
- 9 letters
- overpower4, pulsation, pulverize3, pulverise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tired2 = 2 syllables).