lash out

Questions about lash out

What is another word for lash out?

It depends which lash out you mean. In the sense “attack in speech or writing”, the synonyms are attack, round, assail, snipe, assault. Across all 1 sense there are 5 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of lash out?

WordNet records no antonym for lash out. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for lash out come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of lash out

• Full entry for lash outAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for lash outWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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