throw a fit

Questions about throw a fit

What is another word for throw a fit?

It depends which throw a fit you mean. In the sense “get very angry and fly into a rage”, the synonyms are flip one's lid, blow up, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, combust, blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig, lose one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballistic. Across all 1 sense there are 13 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 throw a fit?

WordNet records no antonym for throw a fit. 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 throw a fit 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 throw a fit

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