Lick Synonyms and Antonyms

lĭk
To play over; said of flames
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. run-over
  2. shoot
  3. beat
  4. rise-and-fall
  5. advance
  6. flog
  7. fluctuate
  8. flutter
  9. hide
  10. vibrate
  11. fly to and fro
  12. lash
  13. leap
  14. waver
  15. thrash
  16. vacillate
  17. quiver
  18. whip
  19. tremble
  20. palpitate
  21. trim
  22. blaze
  23. lay into
*To defeat
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. overcome
  2. vanquish
  3. frustrate
Antonyms:
  1. lose
A salt deposit that animals regularly lick
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. salt-lick

Words Related to Lick

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.

Lick Sentence Examples

  • When I was about your age, I wasn't a lick smarter than you.

  • They allowed us to grind the spices, pick over the raisins and lick the stirring spoons.

  • Sure. My mind isn't donating any words of wisdom that make a lick of sense.

  • There's not a lick of factual proof and there's a chance there never will be.

  • Roanoke was the town of Big Lick (founded about 1852; incorporated in 1874; pop. in 1880, 669) until 1882, when it received its present name; in 1884 it was chartered as a city.

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