Strike

//stɹaɪk//

Synonyms for "strike" (651 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (131)

affect assume come to fall fall upon hit mint pounce abbreviate abridge administer adopt advance advance against advance upon afflict aggravated assault aggression agree on aim

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Verb(11 words)

affect agree assume attain chance on chance upon coin collide with come across come to come upon

Noun(1 words)

bang

Strong matches (195)

compunction conclude concuss confirm confront each other conjure up conk contrive counterattack counteroffensive coup de main crack crack down on crack up crash crash into cripple crippling attack cross out crown

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crump crunch cry out against cudgel cuff cut cutoff dash dash into dawn on dawn upon one dead set at dead stop deadlock deal deal a blow deck delete deliver demonstrate demonstrate against demonstration demur demurrer descend on descend upon descent on detection determination determine determining detonate devise ding direct disable discharge disclosure discover discovery dismantle disobey display dispute distinguishment diversion diversionary attack dream up drive drop edit edit out eject eliminate encounter end endgame ending engage engrave enter a protest eradicate erase espial excavation exception excruciate exhumation expostulate expostulation exposure expunge expurgate fail fall foul of fall on fascinate feign fell fetch fetch a blow final whistle find find out finding finding out finger fire fire off flank flank attack flog flop foul frontal attack full stop gang up on gas gas attack get get nowhere get out give glance go at go for go into go on strike go out goal grab grab one grand slam grievance grievance committee grinding halt gun gun for halt hammer harrow harry have at head-on attack hectograph hit a clip hit against hit like lightning hit the mark hit upon hold out hole hole in one holler home run homer horsewhip howl hunt down hurt hurtle ignite impact impinge implant impress impress forcibly imprint improvise incapacitate indignation meeting indispose induce infiltrate infiltration inflict influence inspire insurge insurrect invalid invent invention issue

Verb(10 words)

discover excise expunge fall fall upon happen upon hit hit the bricks impinge on impress

Noun(1 words)

hit

Related words (325)

jab job action jolt jump kick kill knock knock against knock cold knock down knock off knock out lambaste land on lash launch an attack lay at lay hands on lay into lay off

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let fly let have it let off light light into lightning attack lightning war load locate locating location lock out lockout lucky strike lunge mace make make an impression march march against march upon martyr mass attack meet megadeath mimeograph miss the boat mount an attack mount the barricades move mug mugging multigraph mutineer mutiny nail nonviolent protest object objection obliterate occur occur to offense offensive offer itself omit onset onslaught open an offensive outlaw strike overkill overpower overprint overtake overthrow panzer warfare paste pelt penetrate pepper percuss pick off picket picketing pierce pistol pitch into plug plunk poke pommel pop pot potshoot potshot pounce upon pound predispose present itself press objections prime print proof protest protest demonstration protestation prove publish puck pull pull a proof pummel punch push put on put out put to bed put to press qualm rack raise a howl rally rap ratify reach rebel recognition rediscover rediscovery register with reissue reluct reluctate remonstrance remonstrate remonstration remove reprint rescind revelation revolt revolute revolution revolutionize riddle riot rise rise to mind rise up rock rub out rulebook slowdown run run against run at run down run into run off run riot run to earth rush sail into sally score scourge scratch scruple secure sedition serendipity set on set upon settle on shock tactics shoot shoot at shoot down shut down shut it down shut up shop sick-in sideswipe sink in sit down sit down strike sit in sit-down sit-down strike sit-in slam slam into slap slap the face slat slog slosh slow down slowdown slug smack smack into smash smash into smash up smite snap snipe soak sock sortie spotting squawk stalemate stamp stand standoff standstill state a grievance stay stick out stop stoppage storm strickle strike against strike at strike hard strike home strike off strike out strike plate strike the mind strike up stroke stumble on subvert suggest itself surprise swap swat sway swipe switch swoop down on swoop down upon sympathy strike take take a potshot take apart take away take off take on take the offensive teach in teach-in tell ten strike thrash thrill thrust thud thump thwack tie up tie-up toll torment torpedo torture touch touchdown trace trace down track down traumatize treasure trove trouvaille trove try turnout uncovering unearthing unprovoked assault void wade into walk out walkout wallop whack wham whip whomp whop wildcat strike wipe out work out work stoppage wring yell bloody murder yerk

Verb(16 words)

jerk light upon mint move pounce press run into scratch seize shine strickle strike work take take the bait take up walk out

Noun(9 words)

punto rap smash smasher stop-work tap ten-strike walkout work stoppage

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

72 entries

accomplish achieve affect assail attack attain bear on bear upon blow break apart break up bump cancel come come about

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Antonyms

1 entries

industrial peace

Synonyms

11 entries

affect assume blow come to fall fall upon hit mint rap strickle strike plate

coordinate

5 entries

go-slow slowdown stayaway stayout work-to-rule

derived

149 entries

February strike Italian strike air strike airstrike alpha strike anti-strike antistrike awestruck bird strike birdstrike bridge strike checkerboard strike climate strike compliance strike counterstrike cunt-struck

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has context

15 entries

baseball bowling cricket finance geology ironworking masonry nautical personal physical slang social sometimes with out or through sports uk

is a

5 entries

attack industrial action job action pitch score

manner of

10 entries

attack delete disassemble form make penetrate protest read solve touch

receives action

1 entries

reported on news

related to

62 entries

announce appear appulse balance batsman batter blackmail blow bowler capitulate clock cooler create cross delete discovery

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similar

18 entries

actuate affect collide with come to fill hit impinge on impress incite motivate move occupy pip prompt propel run into

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Translations

510 translations across 105 languages.

Afrikaans

4 entries

staking noun (work stoppage)
slaan verb (to hit)
slaan verb (to manufacture by stamping)
staak verb (to stop working as a form of protest)

Akkadian

1 entries

𒉺 verb (to hit)

Albanian

4 entries

grevë noun (work stoppage)
gju verb (to hit)
hi (gheg) verb (to hit)
mëshoj verb (to hit)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

παίω verb (to hit)
πλήσσω verb (to hit)
τύπτω verb (to hit)

Arabic

2 entries

إِضْرَاب noun (work stoppage)
ضَرَبَ verb (to hit)

Armenian

4 entries

գործադուլ noun (work stoppage)
խփել verb (to hit)
հարվածել verb (to hit)
ջնջել verb (to delete)

Assamese

3 entries

কাটি পেলোৱা verb (to delete)
কোবোৱা verb (to hit)
পিটা verb (to hit)

Asturian

3 entries

escadiella noun (work stoppage)
fuelga noun (work stoppage)
güelga noun (work stoppage)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

tətil noun (work stoppage)
vuruş noun (physical blow)
zərbə noun (physical blow)
qaxmaq verb (to hit)

Basque

1 entries

greba noun (work stoppage)

Belarusian

4 entries

забасто́ўка noun (work stoppage)
ста́чка noun (work stoppage)
страйк noun (work stoppage)
уда́р noun (physical blow)

Bengali

3 entries

ধর্মঘট noun (work stoppage)
আঘাত verb (to hit)
কেটে ফেলা verb (to delete)

Bikol Central

1 entries

uragan verb (to hit)

Breton

1 entries

harz-labour noun (work stoppage)

Bulgarian

4 entries

ста́чка noun (work stoppage)
у́дар noun (physical blow)
бия verb (to hit)
драсвам verb (to cause to ignite by friction)

Burmese

1 entries

သပိတ် noun (work stoppage)

Catalan

3 entries

ple noun (in bowling)
vaga noun (work stoppage)
colpejar verb (to hit)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎬᏂᎭ verb (to hit)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

罷工 /罢工 noun (work stoppage)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

全倒 noun (in bowling)
好球 noun (in baseball)
打擊 /打击 noun (physical blow)
罷工 /罢工 noun (work stoppage)

Czech

4 entries

stávka noun (work stoppage)
úder noun (physical blow)
připadnout verb (to impress, seem, appear)
stávkovat verb (to stop working as a form of protest)

Danish

4 entries

slag noun (physical blow)
strejke noun (work stoppage)
strike noun (in bowling)
gennemstrege verb (to delete)

Dutch

4 entries

klap noun (physical blow)
slag noun (in baseball)
slag noun (physical blow)
staking noun (work stoppage)

Esperanto

4 entries

bato noun (physical blow)
frapo noun (physical blow)
striko noun (work stoppage)
trafo noun (in baseball)

Estonian

1 entries

streik noun (work stoppage)

Finnish

4 entries

isku noun (physical blow)
kaato noun (in bowling)
kulku noun (compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth)
lakko noun (work stoppage)

French

4 entries

coup noun (physical blow)
frappe noun (physical blow)
grève noun (work stoppage)
strike noun (in bowling)

Gagauz

1 entries

çakmaa verb (to cause to ignite by friction)

Galician

4 entries

folga noun (work stoppage)
paro noun (work stoppage)
apancar verb (to hit)
bater verb (to hit)

Georgian

4 entries

აქცია noun (work stoppage)
გაფიცვა noun (work stoppage)
გადახაზვა verb (to delete)
გაფიცვა verb (to stop working as a form of protest)

German

4 entries

Schlag noun (physical blow)
Streik noun (work stoppage)
Strike noun (in baseball)
Strike noun (in bowling)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐍃 noun (physical blow)

Greek

4 entries

απεργία noun (work stoppage)
χτύπημα noun (physical blow)
απεργώ verb (to stop working as a form of protest)
διαγράφω verb (to delete)

Hebrew

3 entries

שְׁבִיתָה noun (work stoppage)
הִכָּה verb (to hit)
שָׁבַת verb (to stop working as a form of protest)

Hindi

1 entries

हड़ताल noun (work stoppage)

Hungarian

4 entries

munkabeszüntetés noun (work stoppage)
sztrájk noun (work stoppage)
kitöröl verb (to delete)
üt verb (to hit)

Icelandic

1 entries

verkfall noun (work stoppage)

Ido

4 entries

frapo noun (physical blow)
striko noun (work stoppage)
batar verb (to hit)
frapar verb (to hit)

Indonesian

4 entries

mogok noun (work stoppage)
pemogokan noun (work stoppage)
menabrak verb (to hit)
tabrak verb (to hit)

Ingrian

4 entries

iskiä verb (to hit)
issuttaa verb (to hit)
kleittää verb (to hit)
kommia verb (to hit)

Irish

4 entries

stailc noun (work stoppage)
treo noun (compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth)
buail verb (to hit)
dul ar stailc verb (to stop working as a form of protest)

Italian

4 entries

sciopero noun (work stoppage)
arrendersi verb (nautical: to surrender)
cancellare verb (to delete)
colpire verb (to hit)

Jamaican Creole

1 entries

lick verb (to hit)

Japanese

4 entries

スト noun (work stoppage)
ストライキ noun (work stoppage)
ストライク noun (in baseball)
ストライク noun (in bowling)

Kalmyk

1 entries

цокх verb (to hit)

Kazakh

1 entries

ереуіл noun (work stoppage)

Khmer

4 entries

ការវាយប្រហារ noun (physical blow)
កូដកម្ម noun (work stoppage)
ធ្វើកូដកម្ម verb (to stop working as a form of protest)
បះ verb (to stop working as a form of protest)

Korean

4 entries

스트라이크 noun (in baseball)
스트라이크 noun (in bowling)
스트라이크 noun (work stoppage)
파업 noun (work stoppage)

Kyrgyz

3 entries

забастовка noun (work stoppage)
иш таштоо noun (work stoppage)
стачка noun (work stoppage)

Lao

1 entries

ການນັດຢຸດງານ noun (work stoppage)

Latin

4 entries

operistitium noun (work stoppage)
plāga noun (physical blow)
cūdō verb (to hit)
feriō verb (to hit)

Latvian

1 entries

streiks noun (work stoppage)

Lithuanian

2 entries

streikas noun (work stoppage)
trenkti verb (to hit)

Low German

1 entries

slaan verb (to hit)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

biś verb (to hit)

Luganda

1 entries

okwekalakaasa verb (to delete)

Macedonian

4 entries

удар noun (physical blow)
штрајк noun (work stoppage)
би́е verb (to hit)
за́чкрта verb (to delete)

Malay

2 entries

mogok noun (work stoppage)
موݢوق noun (work stoppage)

Malayalam

3 entries

സമരം noun (work stoppage)
അടിയ്ക്കുക verb (to hit)
വെട്ടുക verb (to delete)

Maltese

1 entries

daqqa noun (physical blow)

Middle English

2 entries

stryken verb (to hit)
swyngen verb (to hit)

Mongolian

2 entries

ажил хаялт noun (work stoppage)
ᠠᠵᠢᠯ ᠬᠠᠶᠠᠯᠲᠠ noun (work stoppage)

Māori

4 entries

auporo noun (work stoppage)
porotū noun (work stoppage)
porotūnga noun (work stoppage)
auporo verb (to stop working as a form of protest)

Nepali

1 entries

ठोक्नु verb (to hit)

Norman

1 entries

porter un coup verb (to hit)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

grev noun (work stoppage)

Norwegian

4 entries

ramme verb (to hit)
slå verb (to hit)
slå verb (to impress, seem, appear)
streike verb (to stop working as a form of protest)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

streik noun (work stoppage)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

streik noun (work stoppage)

Occitan

3 entries

cancelar verb (to delete)
escafar verb (to delete)
esfaçar verb (to delete)

Old English

2 entries

cnossian verb (intransitive: to deliver a quick blow or thrust)
cnyssan verb (to hit)

Old Irish

1 entries

benaid verb (to hit)

Old Prussian

1 entries

buktun verb (to hit)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

چاقمق verb (to cause or produce by a stroke)
چاقمق verb (to cause to ignite by friction)
چالمق verb (to hit)
چالمق verb (transitive: to give, as a blow; to give force to)

Pashto

3 entries

اعتصاب noun (work stoppage)
هرټال noun (work stoppage)
هړتال noun (work stoppage)

Persian

2 entries

اِعْتِصَاب noun (work stoppage)
زدن verb (to hit)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Schlach noun (physical blow)

Polish

4 entries

strajk noun (work stoppage)
uderzenie noun (physical blow)
strajkować verb (to stop working as a form of protest)
trafiać verb (to hit)

Portuguese

4 entries

ataque noun (physical blow)
greve noun (work stoppage)
strike noun (in bowling)
acertar verb (to hit)

Romanian

3 entries

grevă noun (work stoppage)
bate verb (to hit)
grevă verb (to stop working as a form of protest)

Russian

4 entries

забасто́вка noun (work stoppage)
ста́чка noun (work stoppage)
страйк noun (in baseball)
страйк noun (in bowling)

Sanskrit

1 entries

तुदति verb (to hit)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

bualadh noun (physical blow)
stailc noun (work stoppage)
buail verb (to hit)
buail air verb (to impress, seem, appear)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

štrȁjk noun (work stoppage)
ȕdār noun (physical blow)
у̏да̄р noun (physical blow)
штра̏јк noun (work stoppage)

Slovak

3 entries

úder noun (physical blow)
štrajk noun (work stoppage)
štrajkovať verb (to stop working as a form of protest)

Slovene

2 entries

stavka noun (work stoppage)
udarec noun (physical blow)

Sotho

4 entries

seteraeke noun (work stoppage)
hlakola verb (to delete)
seteraeka verb (to stop working as a form of protest)
shapa verb (to hit)

Spanish

4 entries

chuza noun (in bowling)
golpe noun (physical blow)
huelga noun (work stoppage)
interpresa noun ((military) an attack, not necessarily physical)

Swahili

1 entries

mgomo noun (work stoppage)

Swedish

4 entries

slag noun (physical blow)
strejk noun (work stoppage)
strike noun (in baseball)
strike noun (in bowling)

Tagalog

3 entries

aklas noun (work stoppage)
aklasan noun (work stoppage)
welga noun (work stoppage)

Tajik

2 entries

корпартоӣ noun (work stoppage)
эътисоб noun (work stoppage)

Tamil

2 entries

வேலைநிறுத்தம் noun (work stoppage)
படு verb (to hit)

Telugu

1 entries

సమ్మె noun (work stoppage)

Thai

2 entries

การนัดหยุดงาน noun (work stoppage)
นัดหยุดงาน noun (work stoppage)

Turkish

2 entries

grev noun (work stoppage)
vurmak verb (to hit)

Turkmen

3 entries

iş taşlaýyş noun (work stoppage)
staçka noun (work stoppage)
zabastowka noun (work stoppage)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎎𐎃𐎕 verb (to hit)

Ukrainian

4 entries

забасто́вка noun (work stoppage)
страйк noun (in baseball)
страйк noun (work stoppage)
уда́р noun (physical blow)

Urdu

1 entries

ہَڑْتال noun (work stoppage)

Uyghur

1 entries

ئىش تاشلاش noun (work stoppage)

Uzbek

3 entries

ish tashlash noun (work stoppage)
stachka noun (work stoppage)
zabastovka noun (work stoppage)

Vietnamese

4 entries

sự bãi công noun (work stoppage)
đình công noun (work stoppage)
bãi công verb (to stop working as a form of protest)
đánh verb (to hit)

Welsh

4 entries

streic noun (work stoppage)
bathu verb (to manufacture by stamping)
streicio verb (to stop working as a form of protest)
taro verb (to hit)

Yiddish

3 entries

זאַבאָסטאָווקע noun (work stoppage)
סטרײַק noun (work stoppage)
שלאָגן verb (to hit)

Sample sentences

84 total sentences available.

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I have a good mind to strike you for being so rude.

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The student center is a good place to strike up conversations.

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We should strike a balance between our expenditure and income.

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The committee decided to call off the strike.

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