Synonyms of bash

bash 1 of 3

noun

1

as in blow

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument

he hasn't been the same ever since he received that bash on his head

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blow
• slap
• hit
• thump
• punch
• swipe
• knock
• whack
• thud
• slam
• smack
• poke
• bang
• stroke
• pound
• spank
• lick
• beat
• clap
• smash
• clip
• chop
• switch
• hook
• kick
• lash
• hack
• swat
• crack
• bat
• bop
• biff
• rap
• pick
• buffet
• belt
• slug
• pelt
• sock
• stripe
• box
• bust
• cuff
• thwack
• douse
• fillip
• swing
• haymaker
• wham
• clout
• pounding
• plump
• stinger
• knee
• dab
• licking
• welt
• beating
• wallop
• whap
• hand
• whop
• left
• counter
• larrup
• counterblow
• sucker punch
• right
• hammering
• body blow
• roundhouse
• whip
• thrashing
• counterstroke
• whipping
• shiver
• one-two
• pummeling
• counterpunch
• rabbit punch
• knockdown
• battering
• knockout
• KO
• pasting
• flogging
• drubbing
• sidewinder
• uppercut
• clobbering
• cruncher
• bludgeoning
• lambasting
• pummelling
• cudgelling
• cudgeling
• bastinade
• bastinado
• right-hander
• walloping
• kayo

2

as in attempt

chiefly British an effort to do or accomplish something

while golf isn't my game, I had to give it a bash while at Saint Andrews in Scotland

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attempt
• try
• stab
• go
• bid
• shot
• endeavor
• offer
• pass
• fling
• crack
• trial
• whack
• essay
• assay
• whirl
• struggle
• undertaking
• striving
• throes
• trial and error

3

as in event

a social gathering

I'm throwing a New Year's bash this year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• event
• party
• celebration
• reception
• shindig
• fête
• gala
• blowout
• dance
• blast
• fete
• function
• affair
• ball
• binge
• do
• get-together
• benefit
• occasion
• fund-raiser
• supper
• formal
• prom
• symposium
• soiree
• masquerade
• soirée
• orgy
• clambake
• shower
• tea
• housewarming
• keg party
• stag
• bake
• tea party
• mixer
• cocktail party
• house party
• bacchanalia
• bacchanal
• saturnalia
• meet and greet
• kegger
• salon
• social
• hen party
• klatch
• icebreaker
• klatsch
• kaffeeklatsch

bash

2 of 3

verb (1)

ˈbash 

1

as in to bump

to come into usually forceful contact with something

the car bashed into the tree with glass-shattering force

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bump
• slam
• bang
• smash
• collide
• hit
• knock
• crash
• ram
• swipe
• impinge
• impact
• strike
• thud
• skip
• bounce
• glance
• scrape
• brush
• contact
• sweep
• push
• rebound
• kiss
• shave
• land
• touch
• ricochet
• skim
• graze
• clunk
• nudge
• press
• muscle
• jostle
• carom
• bulldoze

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• miss
• skirt

2

as in to hit

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner

you have to bash that door hard in order to get it open

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hit
• knock
• slap
• slam
• smack
• bang
• punch
• clap
• whack
• strike
• swipe
• clip
• bat
• crack
• pound
• kick
• clobber
• bludgeon
• nail
• box
• thump
• hammer
• poke
• tap
• shove
• swat
• chop
• tag
• bop
• push
• lick
• slug
• flick
• rap
• smite
• bob
• jab
• zap
• stab
• clock
• paste
• belt
• thwack
• sock
• clout
• bust
• biff
• bonk
• bump
• whale
• slog
• wallop
• lambast
• stroke
• pummel
• beat
• maul
• lambaste
• rough
• hang one on
• slash
• dump
• mangle
• buffet
• pepper
• lash
• drub
• pelt
• bung
• stamp
• cuff
• scuff
• butt
• batter
• club
• knee
• whip
• deck
• jostle
• fell
• prod
• switch
• lace
• bunt
• knock down
• floor
• spear
• thrash
• pommel
• cudgel
• flail
• cane
• cream
• flog
• skull
• brain
• sucker punch
• bowl (down or over)
• sledge
• bean
• sap
• conk
• sledgehammer
• level
• rabbit-punch

3

as in to lick

to strike repeatedly

the angry child kept bashing her toy with a hammer until it broke

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lick
• hide
• lash
• pound
• attack
• knock
• smash
• whip
• beat
• hit
• slap
• do
• slam
• pelt
• assault
• punch
• thump
• bat
• spank
• lambast
• batter
• bludgeon
• chop
• maul
• pummel
• lambaste
• club
• raid
• hammer
• punch out
• slate
• smack
• thrash
• switch
• paddle
• buffet
• whack
• work over
• flog
• box
• drub
• curry
• tan
• rough (up)
• swipe
• belt
• lather
• beat up on
• whup
• storm
• fib
• belabor
• thresh
• whale
• whop
• slog
• wallop
• birch
• wound
• lace
• mess (up)
• bung up
• crack
• baste
• clobber
• whap
• pommel
• tromp
• rush
• swat
• assail
• descend (on or upon)
• lay on
• cudgel
• paste
• jump (on)
• sock
• thwack
• pounce (on or upon)
• strap
• bust
• clout
• beset
• cuff
• cane
• leather
• wham
• flagellate
• lam
• whomp
• lacerate
• scourge
• maim
• horsewhip
• mutilate
• rawhide
• mangle
• blackjack
• fustigate
• cowhide
• gore
• pistol-whip

4

as in to attack

to criticize harshly and usually publicly

in all of talk radio no other host seems to enjoy bashing liberals as much as he does

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attack
• slam
• scold
• criticize
• insult
• lambast
• savage
• blast
• abuse
• excoriate
• assail
• lambaste
• castigate
• jump (on)
• tie into
• vituperate
• trash
• curse
• harass
• potshot
• berate
• sail into
• beat up on
• belabor
• scathe
• revile
• disparage
• harangue
• light into
• blaspheme
• harry
• reprimand
• vilify
• belittle
• affront
• chastise
• whip
• slander
• slur
• chide
• execrate
• bad-mouth
• libel
• profane
• imprecate
• asperse
• lash (out)
• rebuke
• fulminate
• blackguard
• traduce
• lace (into)
• put down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• commend
• praise
• compliment
• hail
• laud
• acclaim

bashed

3 of 3

verb (2)

past tense of bash

1

as in bumped

to come into usually forceful contact with something

the car bashed into the tree with glass-shattering force

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bumped
• slammed
• banged
• smashed
• collided
• rammed
• crashed
• knocked
• hit
• swiped
• thudded
• impacted
• impinged
• struck
• glanced
• bounced
• scraped
• skipped
• contacted
• ricocheted
• brushed
• pushed
• landed
• swept
• rebounded
• touched
• kissed
• clunked
• ricochetted
• skimmed
• nudged
• grazed
• shaved
• jostled
• caromed
• bulldozed
• pressed
• muscled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• skirted

2

as in smacked

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner

you have to bash that door hard in order to get it open

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smacked
• slammed
• slapped
• knocked
• hit
• punched
• banged
• whacked
• pounded
• clapped
• struck
• clipped
• swiped
• cracked
• batted
• kicked
• thumped
• shoved
• hammered
• poked
• nailed
• jabbed
• bludgeoned
• tapped
• clobbered
• swatted
• pushed
• slugged
• thwacked
• rapped
• chopped
• licked
• stabbed
• bopped
• boxed
• bobbed
• pasted
• socked
• flicked
• zapped
• smote
• clouted
• tagged
• clocked
• busted
• walloped
• bumped
• whaled
• biffed
• belted
• bonked
• slogged
• clapt
• pummeled
• stroked
• battered
• pummelled
• mauled
• bust
• lashed
• lambasted
• beat
• buffeted
• mangled
• pelted
• slashed
• peppered
• roughed
• dumped
• stamped
• hung one on
• drubbed
• bunged
• cuffed
• scuffed
• jostled
• whipped
• prodded
• butted
• laced
• decked
• levelled
• thrashed
• creamed
• kneed
• clubbed
• speared
• flailed
• bunted
• felled
• flogged
• leveled
• floored
• pommelled
• switched
• conked
• sledged
• cudgelled
• caned
• knocked down
• pommeled
• beaned
• sapped
• brained
• sucker punched
• sledgehammered
• bowled (down or over)
• cudgeled
• skulled
• rabbit-punched

3

as in pounded

to strike repeatedly

the angry child kept bashing her toy with a hammer until it broke

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pounded
• lashed
• licked
• whipped
• pelted
• attacked
• knocked
• slapped
• battered
• slammed
• smashed
• punched
• hit
• beat
• thumped
• assaulted
• batted
• spanked
• did
• mauled
• pummeled
• chopped
• pummelled
• hided
• smacked
• thrashed
• bludgeoned
• whacked
• hammered
• lambasted
• clubbed
• buffeted
• flogged
• paddled
• raided
• walloped
• punched out
• lathered
• switched
• slated
• whupped
• swiped
• boxed
• laced
• whapped
• stormed
• curried
• tanned
• worked over
• threshed
• belted
• tromped
• cracked
• slogged
• drubbed
• wounded
• belabored
• fibbed
• basted
• whaled
• whopped
• roughed (up)
• messed (up)
• rushed
• swatted
• clobbered
• birched
• assailed
• pommelled
• pasted
• pommeled
• socked
• strapped
• bunged up
• beat up on
• clouted
• busted
• thwacked
• cuffed
• descended (on or upon)
• laid on
• beset
• jumped (on)
• caned
• scourged
• lacerated
• cudgelled
• horsewhipped
• pounced (on or upon)
• whammed
• lammed
• flagellated
• whomped
• mutilated
• bust
• mangled
• gored
• cudgeled
• pistol-whipped
• maimed
• leathered
• blackjacked
• fustigated
• cowhided
• rawhided

4

as in attacked

to criticize harshly and usually publicly

in all of talk radio no other host seems to enjoy bashing liberals as much as he does

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacked
• slammed
• scolded
• blasted
• abused
• criticized
• insulted
• savaged
• assailed
• excoriated
• lambasted
• trashed
• scathed
• castigated
• cursed
• jumped (on)
• harassed
• tied into
• vituperated
• berated
• belabored
• sailed into
• reprimanded
• reviled
• potshot
• lit into
• harangued
• disparaged
• whipped
• beat up on
• affronted
• blasphemed
• belittled
• slandered
• vilified
• chided
• harried
• execrated
• libelled
• chastised
• libeled
• slurred
• traduced
• profaned
• rebuked
• bad-mouthed
• imprecated
• fulminated
• lashed (out)
• laced (into)
• chid
• blackguarded
• aspersed
• put down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praised
• commended
• hailed
• acclaimed
• complimented
• lauded

Examples of bash in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Other stars in attendance at Ralph Lauren’s bash included Nina Dobrev, Spike Lee and the First Lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden. 2024 marks the ninth year that Lauren has designed Team USA’s uniforms for the opening and closing ceremonies at the Olympics. —Hannah Malach, WWD, 28 July 2024

The couple arrived with Apatow's mom Leslie Mann and were seen mingling with other attendees at the bash, including Kelsey Grammer, Dax Shepard and James Marsden. —Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2024

Verb

The victim’s teeth were bashed out to help slow identification, investigators believe, according to police sources. —Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2024

Trump's legal troubles Trump also signaled concern about his many legal problems while bashing Harris. —David Jackson, USA TODAY, 25 July 2024