Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "stroke" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

J stroke J-stroke Sheffer stroke Stroke Alley Stroke Belt Stroke City Trudgen stroke after-stroke at a single stroke at a stroke at one stroke backstroke bloodstroke bow stroke breaststroke broad strokes brushstroke butterfly stroke buttstroke by-stroke counterstroke crossstroke dead stroke dead-stroke dead-stroke hammer different strokes for different folks down to the short strokes downstroke exhaust stroke forward stroke four-stroke four-stroke engine frontstroke full stroke seek time government stroke grace stroke ground-stroke groundstroke hair stroke handstroke handystroke heat stroke heatstroke hemorrhagic stroke in one stroke instroke keystroke lightning stroke master stroke masterstroke mini stroke mini-stroke ministroke multistroke oblique stroke on the stroke of outstroke pedal stroke penalty stroke power stroke rest stroke restroke return stroke saw stroke shame-stroke short strokes sidestroke spot stroke strike a stroke strokable stroke book stroke hole stroke house stroke mag stroke oar stroke of business stroke of fortune stroke of genius stroke of luck stroke of work stroke order stroke out stroke play stroke volume strokeable stroked stroker strokesman strokeswoman sunstroke the stroke that broke the camel's back thunderstroke two-stroke two-stroke engine umstroke understroke unstroked upstroke vinegar stroke

Derived From

oblique stroke

Etymologically Related To

oblique oblique stroke

Context

cricket golf linguistics masonry medicine professional wrestling rowing sciences sport squash swimming tennis typography uk unicode

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

attack blandish flatter happening hit locomotion maneuver manoeuvre mark motility motion move movement natural event occurrence occurrent play print punctuation punctuation mark row rower score strike touch touch touching travel

Type Of (IsA)

attack cerebrovascular neurologic attack disease immediately life threatening condition locomotion maneuver mark medical detail containing entity medical procedure or data medical procedure or event motion neurological condition oarsman score sudden and severe attack tandem taxonomy touch

Manner Of

flatter row strike touch

Related Terms

action appetite attack ball bat blood blow boat brain brush clock clocks club condition disease dog event face fatal formal function head health health condition heart heart attack hit hitting horizontal illness in brain in head in swimming individual interference line lopsided lopsided face medical medical action midnight move name neurological neurological illness noise oar obstruction paddle particularly pen pet pet dog piston racket rower shot slash stern streak strike strikethrough striking supply surface swimming thrust tool vascular vascular event water

Similar Terms

apoplexy caress

Synonym Network

accident blow caress cerebrovascular accident hour solidus stroke of pen throw

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.