hit - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)

Synonyms

• hit

More generic

• effort
• exploit
• feat

More specific

• base hit
• safety

Noun

a conspicuous success

Synonyms

• bang
• hit
• smash
• smasher
• strike

More generic

• success

More specific

• blockbuster
• megahit
• sleeper
• smash hit

Noun

the act of contacting one thing with another

Synonyms

• hit
• hitting
• striking

More generic

• touch
• touching

More specific

• bunt
• contusion
• crash
• fly
• fly ball
• ground ball
• groundball
• grounder
• header
• hopper
• plunk
• plunker
• scorcher
• screamer
• smash

Noun

a connection made via the internet to another website

Synonyms

• hit

More generic

• connection
• connexion
• joining

Noun

a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate

Synonyms

• hit

More generic

• execution
• murder
• slaying

Noun

a dose of a narcotic drug

Synonyms

• hit

More generic

• dosage
• dose

Noun

(physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together

Synonyms

• collision
• hit

More generic

• contact
• impinging
• striking

Verb

pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to

Synonyms

• hit

More generic

• approach

Verb

gain points in a game

Synonyms

• hit
• rack up
• score
• tally

More generic

• advance
• gain
• gain ground
• get ahead
• make headway
• pull ahead
• win

More specific

• ace
• convert
• eagle
• equalise
• equalize
• get
• get even
• have
• hole up
• homer
• kick
• make
• par
• shoot
• walk

Related

• compete
• contend
• vie

Verb

make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target

Synonyms

• hit
• strike

More generic

• assail
• attack

More specific

• chop
• retaliate
• slice
• strike back
• stroke

Related

• hit
• pip
• shoot
• strike

Verb

hit with a missile from a weapon

Synonyms

• hit
• pip
• shoot

More generic

• injure
• wound

More specific

• grass
• gun down
• kneecap

Related

• blast
• hit
• pip
• shoot
• strike

Verb

hit the intended target or goal

Synonyms

• hit

More generic

• bring home the bacon
• come through
• deliver the goods
• succeed
• win

Related

• aim
• direct
• take
• take aim
• train

Verb

affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely

Synonyms

• hit
• strike

More generic

• affect
• bear on
• bear upon
• impact
• touch
• touch on

Related

• hit
• strike

Verb

produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments

Synonyms

• hit
• strike

More generic

• touch

Verb

hit against; come into sudden contact with

Synonyms

• collide with
• hit
• impinge on
• run into
• strike

More generic

• touch

Opposite / Antonyms

• miss

More specific

• bang
• bottom
• bottom out
• broadside
• bump
• bump into
• butt against
• clash
• collide
• connect
• glance
• jar against
• knock
• knock against
• ping
• rear-end
• run into
• spang
• spat
• stub
• thud

Related

• strike

Verb

deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument

Synonyms

• hit

More generic

• touch

More specific

• bang
• bash
• bat
• bean
• belt
• biff
• blast
• bludgeon
• bonk
• boom
• bop
• box
• brain
• buff
• buffet
• catch
• clap
• club
• conk
• cosh
• crack
• cudgel
• cut
• fustigate
• get
• hook
• kick
• lace into
• lam into
• lay into
• nail
• pitch into
• plug
• poke
• pommel
• pop
• pound
• pummel
• punch
• sandbag
• slam
• slog
• slug
• smack
• smash
• smite
• sock
• stun
• swat
• swig
• swipe
• tear into
• thump
• thwack
• wallop
• whack
• wham
• whap
• whop

Verb

cause to move by striking

Synonyms

• hit

More generic

• impel
• propel

More specific

• backhand
• bounce
• bunker
• bunt
• cannon
• carry
• clap
• connect
• croquet
• double
• drag a bunt
• dribble
• drive
• fly
• follow through
• foul
• ground
• ground out
• heel
• hole
• hole out
• hook
• kill
• loft
• pitch
• play
• pop
• pull
• putt
• racket
• shank
• shell
• shoot
• single
• slice
• smash
• snap
• snick
• toe
• top
• triple
• undercut
• volley
• whang

Verb

reach a point in time, or a certain state or level

Synonyms

• attain
• hit
• reach

More generic

• arrive
• come
• get

More specific

• break even
• max out

Verb

reach a destination, either real or abstract

Synonyms

• arrive at
• attain
• gain
• hit
• make
• reach

More specific

• access
• bottom out
• breast
• catch up
• come through
• culminate
• find
• get at
• get through
• ground
• make
• peak
• run aground
• scale
• summit
• surmount
• top
• top out

Related

• go
• locomote
• move
• travel

Related

• make

Verb

drive something violently into a location

Synonyms

• hit
• strike

More generic

• displace
• move

More specific

• smash

Verb

cause to experience suddenly

Synonyms

• come to
• hit
• strike

Related

• affect
• impress
• move
• strike

Verb

encounter by chance

Synonyms

• hit
• stumble

More generic

• come by
• come into

Verb

kill intentionally and with premeditation

Synonyms

• bump off
• dispatch
• hit
• murder
• off
• polish off
• remove
• slay

More generic

• kill

More specific

• burke
• execute

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