Thesaurus:attack

Thesaurus

attack

English

Verb

Sense: to apply violent force to a person or object

Synonyms

• abuse
• aggress
• assail
• assault    [⇒ thesaurus]
• attack
• beat
• beleaguer
• bepommel
• beset
• besiege
• bombard
• charge
• dust up
• fall on
• fall upon
• hit    [⇒ thesaurus] (figuratively)
• impugn
• invade
• lay into
• lay siege
• let someone have it
• light into
• onfall
• onset
• overrun
• pommel
• pound
• rush    [⇒ thesaurus]
• set the dogs upon
• set upon
• storm    [⇒ thesaurus]
• strike
• strike at
• wap
• whap

Antonyms

• defend    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• bomb
• hit    [⇒ thesaurus]
• punch down
• shoot
•   —
• ambush
• assail
• jump
• pounce
• surprisal (obsolete)
•   —
• defame    [⇒ thesaurus]
• revile

See also

• Thesaurus:assault
• Thesaurus:fight

Further reading

• “716. attack” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “attack” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.