Thesaurus
switch
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of SWITCH
1
to give up (something) and take something else in return <switched the real grapes for fake ones> <switched the day of his flight from Thursday to Friday>
Related Words interchange; displace, replace, supersede; cede, hand over, surrender, yield; reciprocate
2
to move from side to side or up and down with quick jerky motions <cows lazily switching their tails and chewing their cud>
3
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible <a stern schoolmaster who would switch any boy who misbehaved>
Synonyms birch, cowhide, flagellate, flail, flog, hide, horsewhip, lash, leather, rawhide, scourge, slash, switch, tan, thrash, whale
Related Words knout, quirt, strap; cut; flick, touch up; blackjack, cane, club, cudgel, fustigate; pistol-whip; bang, bop, box, bust, clap, clip, clobber, clout, crack, cuff, hit, knock, lam, paste, punch, slap, slug, smack, smite, sock, spank, swat, swipe, thwack, wallop, whack; bash, baste, bat, batter, beat, belabor, belt, bludgeon, buffet, bung, drub, fib [British], hammer, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lather, lick, mangle, maul, paddle, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, rough, slate, slog, thresh, thump, tromp, whop (or whap), whup, work over
4
to change (as an opinion) to the contrary <a politician who has switched his position on a number of issues>
Synonyms switch
Related Words abrogate, annul, overturn, repeal, rescind, revoke, strike down; about-face, backtrack, countermand, revert
5
to strike repeatedly <a prank for which the youngsters were soundly switched>
Synonyms bash, baste, bat, batter, belabor, belt, birch, bludgeon, buffet, bung up, club, curry, do, drub, fib [British], flog, hammer, hide, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lash, lather, lick, maul, mess (up), paddle, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, punch out, rough (up), slate, slog, switch, tan, thrash, thresh, thump, tromp, wallop, whale, whip, whop (or whap), whup, work over
Related Words assail, assault, attack, beset, box, bust, chop, clobber, clout, crack, cudgel, cuff, descend (on or upon), hit, jump (on), knock, lam, lay on, paste, pounce (on or upon), punch, raid, rush, slam, slap, smack, smash, sock, spank, storm, swat, swipe, thwack, whack, wham, whomp; blackjack, cane, cowhide, flagellate, fustigate, horsewhip, leather, pistol-whip, rawhide, scourge, strap; gore, lacerate, wound; maim, mangle, mutilate
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