whap

Questions about whap

What is another word for whap?

It depends which whap you mean. In the sense “hit hard”, the synonyms are sock, bop, whop, bonk, bash. 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 whap?

WordNet records no antonym for whap. 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 whap 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 whap

• Full entry for whapAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for whapWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.