Attack Synonyms and Antonyms

ə-tăk
Verbal attack
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. libel
  2. slander
  3. denunciation
  4. censure
To fight offensively; used of an army
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. assail
  2. aggress
  3. assault
  4. beset
  5. storm
  6. strike
  7. beleaguer
  8. besiege
  9. ambush
  10. fall on
  11. charge
  12. invade
  13. bombard
  14. raid
  15. combat
  16. blitz
  17. have at
  18. sail into
  19. rush
  20. waylay
  21. light into
  22. advance
  23. infiltrate
  24. take offensive action
  25. encircle
  26. march against
  27. take the initiative
  28. take-the-offensive
  29. shoot at
  30. snipe at
  31. come-at
  32. run at
  33. shell
  34. take by surprise
  35. sally forth
  36. make a push
  37. bomb
  38. go over the top
  39. fall-upon
  40. burst upon
  41. fire the first shot
  42. accuse
  43. fan out
  44. action
  45. mushroom out
  46. lay siege to
  47. affray
  48. open-fire
  49. bear-down-on
  50. swoop down on
  51. aggression
  52. launch an attack
  53. ailment
  54. spring on
  55. advance on
  56. turn on
  57. strafe
  58. assay
  59. engage
  60. tilt against
  61. bash
  62. go at
  63. set-upon
  64. battle
  65. torpedo
  66. stone
  67. begin
  68. fire at
  69. fire on
  70. push
  71. attempt violence to
  72. blame
  73. trespass against
  74. launch an offensive
  75. mount an offensive
  76. begin hostilities against
  77. take up arms against
  78. bout
  79. castigate
  80. fusillade
  81. barrage
  82. censure
  83. strike the first blow
  84. counterattack
  85. enfilade
  86. clash
  87. bayonet
  88. saber
  89. stab
  90. contend
  91. pelt
  92. criticize
  93. pounce on
  94. demolish
  95. close with
  96. denounce
  97. pepper
  98. rake
  99. fight
  100. fray
  101. go for
  102. impugn
  103. incursion
  104. open up on
  105. let have it
  106. insult
  107. inveigh
  108. maim
  109. offense
  110. onset
  111. onslaught
  112. oppugn
  113. pitch into
  114. paroxysm
  115. set-on
  116. skirmish
  117. slander
  118. smash
  119. sortie
  120. stroke
  121. thrust
  122. trouble
  123. war
Antonyms:
  1. defend
  2. retreat
  3. fall back
Illness
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. fit
  2. seizure
  3. access
  4. fire
  5. approach
  6. bout
  7. relapse
  8. flak
  9. spell
  10. flack
  11. blast
  12. plan of attack
Antonyms:
  1. health
A method used in dealing with something
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. approach
  2. course
  3. line
  4. modus operandi
  5. plan
  6. procedure
  7. tack
  8. technique
To proceed vigorously
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. tackle
  2. take up
  3. deal with
  4. go at
  5. set-to-work
  6. start in on
  7. undertake
  8. come-to-grips-with
  9. sail in
  10. set to
  11. buckle down
  12. plunge into
  13. dive into
  14. wade into
  15. tear-into
  16. wade in
To assail with words
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. revile
  2. denounce
  3. criticize
  4. blindside
A decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. tone-beginning
Set to work
(Verb)
Antonyms:
  1. be lazy
  2. slough off

Words Related to Attack

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. crime
  2. attack
  3. means
  4. work
  5. illness
  6. active attacks
  7. back or trap door
  8. cracker
  9. kernel
  10. passive attacks
  11. replay attack
  12. rootkit
  13. smurf
  14. air attack
  15. bombing
  16. air-strike
  17. counter-attack
  18. surprise attack
  19. attacks
  20. cyber attack

Attack Sentence Examples

  • For whatever reason, people like to attack me.

  • Surely he wasn't going to attack her.

  • The fact is, when wolves attack a herd, they always take the weakest animal.

  • It wasn't as if she was going to allow Brutus to attack their guest.

  • Dad had a heart attack this afternoon.

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