Synonyms for lashing
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
Something used to tie something or lash it to something.
The lashings, which had been holding the chest to the deck of the storm-tossed ship, broke, and it went overboard.
Related words
- Phrases
- tongue lashing
Forms
- Plural
- lashings → whippings, flagellations, floggings, scourgings…
Example sentences
- whipping Tom could feel the air whipping his face as he ran.
- flogging Have you ever considered trying flogging in our play?
- flagellation Self-flagellation is unproductive.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| lashing | rising | |
| whipping | rising | |
| flogging | rising | |
| flagellation | rising | |
| scourging | rising | |
| lasher | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- lasher2
- 7 letters
- tanning2
- 8 letters
- whipping2, flogging2
- 9 letters
- scourging2
- 12 letters
- flagellation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lasher2 = 2 syllables).