Synonyms for click
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Get across
get through informal, get across, fall into place, come home, sink in, penetrate, dawn
Other
left-click, tick, snap one's fingers, crack, middle-click, chatter
Noun
Other
mouse click, suction stop, kilometer US, kilometre UK
Definitions
- v. 1
To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
- v. 2
To emit a click.
- n. 1
A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.
As I turned the key, the lock gave a click and the door opened.
- n. 2
The act of snapping one's fingers.
Related words
- Phrases
- click beetle click pencil click path click one's tongue drag click mouse click
- Other spellings
- klick klik
Example sentences
- penetrate Sami tried to penetrate Layla but she didn't let him.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| click | rising | |
| penetrate | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- dog1
- 4 letters
- dawn1, snap1, tick1, pawl
- 5 letters
- crack1, flick1, clack1, clink1, chink1, cluck1
- 6 letters
- detent
- 7 letters
- chatter2
- 9 letters
- penetrate3, kilometer4, kilometre4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (chatter2 = 2 syllables).