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Synonyms for dash

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

beat smack strike stroke throw hurl smash dart

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Beat — to destroy by striking (against)

beat, smack, strike, stroke, blow, kick, hit, punch, slam, knock, whack, slap, thump, lunge, poke

2. Throw — to throw violently

throw, hurl, cast, toss, bowl, lob, shy, fling formal, hurtle formal dated, chuck slang ZA

3. Smash — to ruin; to destroy

smash, thwart, destroy, ruin, scuttle, scotch, frustrate, race dated

4. Dart

dart, flash, scoot

Other

rush, bolt, speed, crash, drive, scare off, go, scatter, split, tear

Noun

1. Touch — A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon

touch, smidge, sprinkling, pinch, tinge, splash, hint, bit, sprinkle, dot, spice, drop, piece, flip, dab, whiff, smattering, tad, spark, spot, fleck, show

2. Panache

panache, flair, verve, style, elan

3. Control panel — ellipsis of dashboard. The dashboard of a social media user

time line, control panel

4. Vim — ostentatious vigor

energy, vim

Other

sprint, hyphen, figure, beep, take-off, surge, element

Antonyms

impel, plod, elevate

All antonyms of dash →

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To destroy by striking (against).

    He dashed the bottle against the bar and turned about to fight.

  2. v. 2

    To throw violently.

    The man was dashed from the vehicle during the accident.

  3. n. 1

    A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.

  4. n. 2

    Ostentatious vigor.

    Aren't we full of dash this morning?

Related words

Word family
dashing
Phrases
dash off gas and dash smash and dash em dash en dash cut a dash dash down dash case
Is a kind of
punctuation mark

Forms

Plural
dashes → touches, smidges, sprinklings, pinches…
Past participle
dashed
e.g. dashed → beaten, smacked, striked, stroked…

Example sentences

  • throw His house is within a stone's throw of his school.
  • scuttle Crawl forward is done much more agilely - scuttle like a cockroach!
  • rush She started early in order to avoid the rush hour.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
dashrising
throwrising
scuttlerising
rushrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

2 letters
go1
3 letters
hit1, bit1, shy1, dot1, tad1, dab1, lob1, vim1
4 letters
show1, race1, beat1, drop1, spot1, cast1, kick1, blow1, bowl1, rush1, ruin2, tear1, flip1, hint1
5 letters
drive1, style1, speed1, piece1, touch1, throw1, split1, flash1, crash1, punch1, knock1, chuck1, smash1, spark1
6 letters
energy3, figure2, strike1, stroke1, sprint1, splash1, scotch1, thwart1, hyphen2, smidge, hurtle2
7 letters
destroy2, element3, scatter2, scuttle2, panache2
8 letters
sprinkle2
9 letters
frustrate2
10 letters
sprinkling2, smattering3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruin2 = 2 syllables).

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