Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb strike
5 of 20 senses of strike
Sense 1
hit, strike, impinge on run into collide with
=> ping
=> spang, bang
=> rear-end
=> broadside
=> connect
=> spat
=> thud
=> bottom
=> bottom out
=> bump, knock
=> run into bump into jar against, butt against, knock against
=> collide, clash
Sense 2
strike
=> jab
=> dab, pat
=> butt, bunt
=> knock, strike hard
=> down knock down cut down push down pull down
=> spur
=> peck, pick beak
=> tap
=> hew
=> sideswipe
=> whip, lash
=> beat
=> beat
=> sclaff
=> clout
=> rap, knap
=> chop
=> slap
=> buffet, knock about batter
Sense 3
affect, impress, move strike
=> impress, ingrain, instill
=> strike dumb
=> zap
=> jar
=> hit home, strike home, strike a chord, strike a note
=> smite
=> cloud
=> pierce
=> impress
=> sweep away sweep off
=> disturb, upset, trouble
=> touch, stir
=> move
=> sadden
Sense 4
strike, hit
=> slice
=> chop
=> stroke
=> retaliate, strike back
Sense 6
hit, strike
=> clap
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb strike
5 of 20 senses of strike
Sense 1
hit, strike, impinge on run into collide with
=> ping
=> spang, bang
=> rear-end
=> broadside
=> connect
=> spat
=> thud
=> bottom
=> bottom out
=> bump, knock
=> run into bump into jar against, butt against, knock against
=> collide, clash
=> shock
=> crash, ram
Sense 2
strike
=> jab
=> dab, pat
=> butt, bunt
=> knock, strike hard
=> down knock down cut down push down pull down
=> submarine
=> spur
=> peck, pick beak
=> tap
=> percuss
=> hew
=> snag
=> sideswipe
=> whip, lash
=> beat
=> beat
=> beetle
=> bastinado
=> deck, coldcock, dump, knock down floor
=> whang
=> paste
=> thrash, thresh
=> hammer
=> sledgehammer, sledge
=> beat
=> sclaff
=> clout
=> rap, knap
=> knock
=> chop
=> slap
=> cuff, whomp
=> sclaff
=> smack
=> buffet, knock about batter
Sense 3
affect, impress, move strike
=> impress, ingrain, instill
=> strike dumb
=> zap
=> jar
=> hit home, strike home, strike a chord, strike a note
=> smite
=> cloud
=> pierce
=> impress
=> prepossess
=> wow
=> sweep away sweep off
=> disturb, upset, trouble
=> agitate, rouse, turn on charge, commove, excite, charge up
=> hype up psych up
=> bother
=> pother
=> electrify
=> jolt
=> perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder
=> worry
=> misgive
=> eat, eat on
=> nag
=> distress
=> besiege
=> touch, stir
=> get
=> move
=> sadden
=> weigh down weigh on
Sense 4
strike, hit
=> slice
=> chop
=> stroke
=> retaliate, strike back
Sense 6
hit, strike
=> clap
Entailment of verb strike
1 of 20 senses of strike
Sense 18
strickle, strike
=> smooth, smoothen
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb strike
20 senses of strike
Sense 1
hit, strike, impinge on run into collide with
=> touch
Sense 2
strike
=> touch
Also See-> strike down#3
Sense 3
affect, impress, move strike
Sense 4
strike, hit
=> attack, assail
Sense 5
strike
=> read, register, show record
Sense 6
hit, strike
=> affect, impact, bear upon bear on touch on touch
Sense 7
strike, walk out
=> protest, resist, dissent
Sense 8
fall, shine, strike
=> happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place
Sense 9
come to strike
=> achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
Sense 10
strike, hit
=> touch
Sense 11
strike
=> shape, form
Sense 12
fall upon strike, come upon light upon chance upon come across chance on happen upon attain, discover
=> find regain
Sense 13
strike
=> make create
Sense 14
strike, expunge, excise
=> delete, cancel
Sense 15
hit, strike, come to
Sense 16
assume, take strike, take up
=> move
Sense 17
mint, coin, strike
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Sense 18
strickle, strike
=> level, even out even
Sense 19
strike
=> penetrate
Sense 20
strike
=> solve, work out figure out puzzle out lick, work
Familiarity of verb strike
strike used as a verb is very familiar (polysemy count = 20)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb strike
Sense 1
hit, strike, impinge on run into collide with
=> touch
Sense 2
strike
=> touch
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Sense 3
affect, impress, move strike
Sense 15
hit, strike, come to
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Sense 4
strike, hit
=> attack, assail
Sense 6
hit, strike
=> affect, impact, bear upon bear on touch on touch
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Sense 11
strike
=> shape, form
Sense 13
strike
=> make create
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Sense 5
strike
=> read, register, show record
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Sense 7
strike, walk out
=> protest, resist, dissent
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Sense 8
fall, shine, strike
=> happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place
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Sense 9
come to strike
=> achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
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Sense 10
strike, hit
=> touch
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Sense 12
fall upon strike, come upon light upon chance upon come across chance on happen upon attain, discover
=> find regain
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Sense 14
strike, expunge, excise
=> delete, cancel
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Sense 16
assume, take strike, take up
=> move
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Sense 17
mint, coin, strike
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
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Sense 18
strickle, strike
=> level, even out even
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Sense 19
strike
=> penetrate
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Sense 20
strike
=> solve, work out figure out puzzle out lick, work
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Grep of noun striking
striking
strikingness
Overview of noun striking
The noun striking has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. contact impinging, striking -- (the physical coming together of two or more things "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull")
2. hit, hitting, striking -- (a act of hitting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit")
Overview of verb strike
The verb strike has 20 senses (first 14 from tagged texts)
1. (21) hit, strike, impinge on run into collide with -- (hit against; come into sudden contact with "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow")
2. (18) strike -- (deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead")
3. (16) affect, impress, move strike -- (have an emotional or cognitive impact upon "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd")
4. (7) strike, hit -- (make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2")
5. (5) strike -- (indicate (a certain time) by striking; "The clock struck midnight"; "Just when I entered, the clock struck")
6. (4) hit, strike -- (affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight")
7. (3) strike, walk out -- (stop work in order to press demands; "The auto workers are striking for higher wages"; "The employees walked out when their demand for better benefits was not met")
8. (2) fall, shine, strike -- (touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears")
9. (2) come to strike -- (attain; "The horse finally struck a pace")
10. (2) strike, hit -- (produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note")
11. (2) strike -- (cause to form between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an arc")
12. (1) fall upon strike, come upon light upon chance upon come across chance on happen upon attain, discover -- (find unexpectedly: "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake")
13. (1) strike -- (produce by ignition or a blow; "strike fire from the flintstone"; "strike a match")
14. (1) strike, expunge, excise -- (remove by erasing or crossing out "Please strike this remark from the record")
15. hit, strike, come to -- (cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me": "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear")
16. assume, take strike, take up -- (occupy or take on as of a position or posture; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose")
17. mint, coin, strike -- (form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins"; "strike a medal")
18. strickle, strike -- (smooth with a strickle; "strickle the grain in the measure")
19. strike -- (pierce with force; "The bullet struck her thigh"; "The icy wind struck through our coats")
20. strike -- (arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing; "strike a balance"; "strike a bargain")
Overview of adj striking
The adj striking has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (14) dramatic, spectacular, striking -- (sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; "a dramatic sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular display of northern lights"; "it was a spectacular play"; "his striking good looks always created a sensation")
2. outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking -- (having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child")
Antonyms of adj striking
2 senses of striking
Sense 1
dramatic, spectacular, striking
INDIRECT (VIA impressive) -> unimpressive
Sense 2
outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking
INDIRECT (VIA conspicuous) -> inconspicuous, invisible
Similarity of adj striking
2 senses of striking
Sense 1
dramatic, spectacular, striking
=> impressive (vs. unimpressive)
Sense 2
outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking
=> conspicuous (vs. inconspicuous), obvious
Attributes of adj striking
Familiarity of adj striking
striking used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2)
Grep of adj striking
striking
Overview of noun striking
The noun striking has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. contact impinging, striking -- (the physical coming together of two or more things "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull")
2. hit, hitting, striking -- (a act of hitting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit")
Overview of verb strike
The verb strike has 20 senses (first 14 from tagged texts)
1. (21) hit, strike, impinge on run into collide with -- (hit against; come into sudden contact with "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow")
2. (18) strike -- (deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead")
3. (16) affect, impress, move strike -- (have an emotional or cognitive impact upon "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd")
4. (7) strike, hit -- (make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2")
5. (5) strike -- (indicate (a certain time) by striking; "The clock struck midnight"; "Just when I entered, the clock struck")
6. (4) hit, strike -- (affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight")
7. (3) strike, walk out -- (stop work in order to press demands; "The auto workers are striking for higher wages"; "The employees walked out when their demand for better benefits was not met")
8. (2) fall, shine, strike -- (touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears")
9. (2) come to strike -- (attain; "The horse finally struck a pace")
10. (2) strike, hit -- (produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note")
11. (2) strike -- (cause to form between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an arc")
12. (1) fall upon strike, come upon light upon chance upon come across chance on happen upon attain, discover -- (find unexpectedly: "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake")
13. (1) strike -- (produce by ignition or a blow; "strike fire from the flintstone"; "strike a match")
14. (1) strike, expunge, excise -- (remove by erasing or crossing out "Please strike this remark from the record")
15. hit, strike, come to -- (cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me": "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear")
16. assume, take strike, take up -- (occupy or take on as of a position or posture; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose")
17. mint, coin, strike -- (form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins"; "strike a medal")
18. strickle, strike -- (smooth with a strickle; "strickle the grain in the measure")
19. strike -- (pierce with force; "The bullet struck her thigh"; "The icy wind struck through our coats")
20. strike -- (arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing; "strike a balance"; "strike a bargain")
Overview of adj striking
The adj striking has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (14) dramatic, spectacular, striking -- (sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; "a dramatic sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular display of northern lights"; "it was a spectacular play"; "his striking good looks always created a sensation")
2. outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking -- (having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child")
striking definition
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