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Synonyms for jerk

71 synonyms
2 antonyms
7 meanings

noun
verb

Most common

bitch idiot surge undesirable saccade

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Jump — A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body

jump, shake, lurch, shudder, working

2. Bitch — A stupid person; an idiot or fool

bitch, idiot, jack-ass, jerk-off, shit heel, goof, dolt, ass hole, arsehole UK, asshole US, bastard, chump informal, fool, silly, twit, meanie informal, imbecile, put, clod, ninny informal, clown, boob informal, dingbat informal, ding-a-ling

3. Jolt — the rate of change in acceleration with respect to time

Other

tug, undesirable, saccade, butthead vulgar informal, sleazeball slang

Verb

1. Shy — to throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand

shy, throw, flirt, fling, chuck, whip, toss, flounce, cast, hurl, heave, sling, bowl, lob, dash, pitch, project, launch, peg slang, thrill dated, chunk slang US, hurtle formal dated

2. Hitch

3. Strike — to beat, to hit

strike, thump, yerk, pelt

4. Yank — to masturbate

yank, beat it, wank slang UK IE

Other

twitch, pull, jerky US, blurt, flick, pluck

Antonyms

friend, humanitarian

All antonyms of jerk →

Definitions

n. 1
A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
n. 2
A stupid person; an idiot or fool.
v. 1
To masturbate.
v. 2
To beat, to hit.

Related words

Word family: jerkdom jerker jerkface jerkhead jerkhood jerklike jerk-off jerkwater
Phrases: jerk-off jerk around circle jerk hypnic jerk clean and jerk forearm jerk hypnagogic jerk soda jerk

Forms

Plural: jerks → jumps, shakes, lurches, shudders…
Past participle: jerked
e.g. jerked → thrun, flirted, chucked, whipped…

Example sentences

bitch Ziri is the luckiest son of a bitch I've ever seen.
idiot When are you going to stop laughing like an idiot?
surge We're witnessing a surge in Algerian nationalism.
undesirable That girl has an extremely undesirable personality.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
jerk		rising
bitch		rising
idiot		rising
surge		rising
undesirable		falling
saccade		rising

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

By length

3 letters: put¹, shy¹, tug¹, peg¹, lob¹
4 letters: cast¹, pull¹, jump¹, bowl¹, fool¹, whip¹, dash¹, buck¹, toss¹, boob¹, goof¹, jolt¹, yank¹, hurl¹
5 letters: bitch¹, throw¹, idiot³, silly², pitch¹, shake¹, chuck¹, clown¹, surge¹, chunk¹, flick¹, flirt¹, hitch¹, fling¹
6 letters: launch¹, strike¹, twitch¹, thrill¹, meanie, hurtle²
7 letters: working², project², asshole², bastard², shudder², dingbat, flounce¹, saccade
8 letters: imbecile³, arsehole², butthead²
10 letters: sleazeball
11 letters: undesirable⁵

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idiot³ = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français: peigne-cul