Synonyms for Assail:

• adj.

  •infest (adjective)
  • overspread,
  • Crowder,
  • flocker,
  • infect,
  • crawler,
  • harrier,
  • Presser,
  • swarmer,
  • Teemer,
  • filler,
  • over spread,
  • teem,
  • worrier,
  • packer.

• n.

  •
  • acute,
  • sense,
  • sensation,
  • keen,
  • perception.
  •
  • devastate,
  • worry,
  • stab,
  • thrash,
  • upset,
  • depress,
  • distress,
  • wound,
  • buffet,
  • disturb,
  • beat,
  • dismay,
  • thresh,
  • baste,
  • hang over,
  • smash.
  •
  • go at,
  • have at,
  • pitch into,
  • sail into.
  •assail (noun)
  • assault,
  • snipe,
  • set on,
  • lash out,
  • round.
  •attack (noun)
  • plague,
  • study atattack.

• v.

  •aggress (verb)
  • hadst at,
  • haddest at,
  • hath at,
  • having at,
  • lunged at,
  • hast at,
  • lunges at,
  • goes at,
  • going at,
  • lunging at,
  • has at.
  •ambush (verb)
  • de-coying,
  • de-coys,
  • laying for,
  • de-coy,
  • de coyed,
  • de coy,
  • de coying,
  • sets trap,
  • japped,
  • sur-rounded,
  • sur rounding,
  • sur-prising,
  • de-coyed,
  • sur-prises,
  • lays for,
  • sur-prise,
  • sur-rounding,
  • boxing in,
  • japping,
  • sur prising,
  • de coys,
  • setting trap,
  • sur prises,
  • sur rounded,
  • boxed in,
  • sur prise,
  • laid for,
  • sur-prised.
  •assault (verb)
  • jumping down one throat,
  • lit in to,
  • lit into,
  • lighting into,
  • jump down ones throat,
  • jump one's case,
  • jumped case,
  • hauls off on,
  • jumps on one case,
  • lighted in to,
  • jumped on one's case,
  • slaps around,
  • jumping on ones case,
  • letted have it,
  • jumped one's case,
  • jumps on one's case,
  • jump on case,
  • works over,
  • jumps down one throat,
  • jumping one case,
  • slapped around,
  • shooting down,
  • jumping on one's case,
  • light in to,
  • jumping ones case,
  • slapping around,
  • lighting in to,
  • jumps on ones case,
  • lighted into,
  • jumping on case,
  • jump on ones case,
  • jumping one's case,
  • setting up on,
  • jumps down ones throat,
  • jumped on case,
  • jumps on case,
  • jump on one case,
  • lights in to,
  • jumps one's case,
  • jumps case,
  • jumping case,
  • wrought over,
  • lets have it,
  • set up on,
  • hauled off on,
  • jumped one case,
  • jumps ones case,
  • jumping down one's throat,
  • jumps down throat,
  • jumping down throat,
  • hauled on,
  • jump down one throat,
  • jumped down ones throat,
  • jumping down ones throat,
  • jumped down one throat,
  • jumped on ones case,
  • hauls on,
  • jumped ones case,
  • hauling on,
  • jump ones case,
  • jumps one case,
  • jumped down one's throat,
  • haul on,
  • jumped down throat,
  • jumped on one case,
  • setting upon,
  • lights into,
  • jump one case,
  • hauling off on,
  • shoots down,
  • jumping on one case,
  • sets up on,
  • jump case,
  • jumps down one's throat,
  • letting have it.
  •attack (verb)
  • combat,
  • charge,
  • riot,
  • scorch,
  • violate,
  • trounce,
  • pound,
  • lunge,
  • harry,
  • slash,
  • savage,
  • scarify,
  • hammer,
  • batter,
  • barrage,
  • fight,
  • flay,
  • scathe,
  • lash.
  •attack, usually with words (verb)
  • blister,
  • maltreat,
  • criticize,
  • blast,
  • malign,
  • berate,
  • bash,
  • trash,
  • encounter,
  • bust.
  •beset (verb)
  • fell up on,
  • drave the wall,
  • giving one the business,
  • gives needle,
  • giving business,
  • gave a hard time,
  • drives up wall,
  • falling upon,
  • starts in on,
  • puts squeeze on,
  • be-leaguering,
  • giving a bad time,
  • be-sets,
  • putting the squeeze on,
  • over runs,
  • be-set,
  • give business,
  • drives wall,
  • starts on,
  • give bad time,
  • putting squeeze on,
  • falls on,
  • drive up wall,
  • be-devils,
  • gave business,
  • gave hard time,
  • be-devilled,
  • gives hard time,
  • giving hard time,
  • driving the wall,
  • fall up on,
  • falling up on,
  • be sets,
  • giving needle,
  • starting in on,
  • started in on,
  • giving the business,
  • be-deviling,
  • be leaguering,
  • drave up the wall,
  • gives the needle,
  • falling on,
  • gave the needle,
  • over-running,
  • drove the wall,
  • driving up wall,
  • giving the needle,
  • be deviled,
  • be-leaguers,
  • be-devilling,
  • be devils,
  • drave wall,
  • give one business,
  • falls up on,
  • gives bad time,
  • drove up the wall,
  • be devilled,
  • be leaguer,
  • picks on,
  • drive the wall,
  • starting on,
  • drives up the wall,
  • started on,
  • giving one business,
  • be-deviled,
  • gave one business,
  • drive wall,
  • driving wall,
  • be-setting,
  • drives the wall,
  • driving up the wall,
  • drove up wall,
  • giving bad time,
  • over running,
  • be deviling,
  • gives one the business,
  • falls upon,
  • give hard time,
  • gave bad time,
  • gives the business,
  • be leaguered,
  • be setting,
  • be devilling,
  • gives business,
  • gave the business,
  • be-leaguered,
  • be devil,
  • puts the squeeze on,
  • over run,
  • be-leaguer,
  • gave a bad time,
  • give needle,
  • gave needle,
  • drove wall,
  • gives a hard time,
  • gave one the business,
  • drave up wall,
  • be leaguers,
  • be-devil,
  • giving a hard time,
  • gives one business,
  • gives a bad time.
  •besiege (verb)
  • came at from sides,
  • in-vested,
  • works on,
  • came from sides,
  • be sieging,
  • coming from all sides,
  • in vesting,
  • in-vests,
  • came from all sides,
  • be-sieged,
  • be-sieging,
  • come from all sides,
  • in vests,
  • comes at from all sides,
  • be-siege,
  • be-sieges,
  • coming at from all sides,
  • be sieged,
  • shuts in,
  • be sieges,
  • be siege,
  • coming from sides,
  • in-vest,
  • in-vesting,
  • come from sides,
  • comes from sides,
  • comes at from sides,
  • shutting in,
  • in vest,
  • came at from all sides,
  • coming at from sides,
  • in vested,
  • comes from all sides,
  • wrought on,
  • come at from sides.
  •bombard (verb)
  • fire up on,
  • firing up on,
  • fired up on,
  • opening fire,
  • opens fire,
  • firing upon,
  • fires up on,
  • opened fire,
  • fires upon.
  •charge (verb)
  • jumping on,
  • jumps on.
  •come at (verb)
  • flies at,
  • flew at,
  • flying at.
  •competition (verb)
  • assail.
  •engage (verb)
  • dost battle with,
  • giving battle to,
  • joining battle with,
  • did battle with,
  • doest battle with,
  • doing battle with,
  • does battle with,
  • joins battle with,
  • gives battle to,
  • doeth battle with,
  • joined battle with,
  • didst battle with,
  • gave battle to,
  • doth battle with.
  •go for (verb)
  • runs at,
  • springing at,
  • rushes upon,
  • rushing up on,
  • sprang at,
  • running at,
  • rushed up on,
  • springs at,
  • launching at,
  • rushed upon,
  • launches at,
  • rush up on,
  • rushing upon,
  • launched at,
  • sprung at,
  • rushes up on.
  •impugn (verb)
  • cuts to shreds,
  • thumbs nose at,
  • pins something on,
  • pinning something on,
  • swiped at,
  • stuck it to,
  • threw the book at,
  • threw book at,
  • casting aspersions upon,
  • casts doubt upon,
  • throwing the book at,
  • cut shreds,
  • cuts shreds,
  • sticked to,
  • swipes at,
  • dis-affirming,
  • throwing book at,
  • threw doubt on,
  • cutting shreds,
  • dis-affirm,
  • cast aspersions up on,
  • casting doubt upon,
  • thumbing nose at,
  • thumbed nose at,
  • dis affirming,
  • casting aspersions up on,
  • zinged,
  • throwing doubt on,
  • sticks it to,
  • casting doubt up on,
  • sticked it to,
  • casts doubt up on,
  • throws book at,
  • dis affirms,
  • sticking it to,
  • dis affirmed,
  • sticking to,
  • cutting to shreds,
  • skins alive,
  • casts aspersions up on,
  • call in to question,
  • cast doubt up on,
  • casts aspersions upon,
  • swiping at,
  • throws doubt on,
  • pinned something on,
  • dis-affirmed,
  • dis affirm,
  • dis-affirms,
  • throws the book at.
  •invade (verb)
  • in road,
  • descended up on,
  • over-swarms,
  • over-swarming,
  • over-swarmed,
  • in-fringes,
  • bursted in,
  • swarming over,
  • in fringe,
  • makes inroads,
  • muscling in,
  • inter-feres,
  • over spreads,
  • over swarm,
  • in-fringed,
  • bursts in,
  • made inroads,
  • descends up on,
  • in-roads,
  • swarms over,
  • inter feres,
  • in fringed,
  • inter fere,
  • over spreading,
  • making inroads,
  • over swarming,
  • inter-fere,
  • over-spreading,
  • descending upon,
  • descend up on,
  • over-spreads,
  • swarmed over,
  • over-swarm,
  • descended upon,
  • descending up on,
  • muscles in,
  • over swarmed,
  • bursting in,
  • over swarms,
  • muscled in,
  • overswarms,
  • in-road,
  • in-fringe,
  • in roads,
  • in fringes,
  • overswarmed,
  • descends upon.
  •lambaste (verb)
  • lashed in to,
  • lashes into,
  • ripped in to,
  • be-rated,
  • lashed into,
  • be rate,
  • lashes in to,
  • reads riot act,
  • up braid,
  • lashing into,
  • reading the riot act,
  • rips in to,
  • be-rate,
  • be rates,
  • up braids,
  • reads the riot act,
  • up-braiding,
  • up-braids,
  • up braided,
  • be-rating,
  • ripping in to,
  • be rating,
  • up-braid,
  • rips into,
  • be-rates,
  • reading riot act,
  • ripping into,
  • be rated,
  • ripped into,
  • lashing in to,
  • up-braided,
  • lash in to,
  • rip in to.
  •lay into (verb)
  • be-labor,
  • firing at,
  • be labors,
  • be-laboring,
  • fires at,
  • letting fly at,
  • be-labored,
  • setting about,
  • lets fly at,
  • be-labors,
  • letted fly at,
  • be labor,
  • sets about,
  • be labored,
  • lay in to,
  • fired at,
  • be laboring.
  •molest (verb)
  • dis placed,
  • dis-organize,
  • dis placing,
  • dis place,
  • dis-place,
  • dis organizing,
  • dis-organizing,
  • dis-placing,
  • mis-used,
  • dis organize,
  • mis-using,
  • mis used,
  • dis-organizes,
  • dis organized,
  • mis using,
  • dis places,
  • dis-organized,
  • dis-placed,
  • dis organizes,
  • dis-places.
  •oppose (verb)
  • dis-agreeing,
  • stands up to,
  • pro tested,
  • counter attacked,
  • with standing,
  • dis approving,
  • ex-posed,
  • flying face of,
  • ex-posing,
  • counter attack,
  • dis approves,
  • counter attacks,
  • taking issue,
  • with-stands,
  • turns the tables,
  • calls in question,
  • re versing,
  • searches out,
  • flew in face of,
  • takes stand,
  • dis-approved,
  • fly the face of,
  • frowning at,
  • dis-approve,
  • re-verse,
  • pre vent,
  • dis agree,
  • calls question,
  • flew face of,
  • flew in the face of,
  • not countenances,
  • dis-agree,
  • with-stand,
  • frowned at,
  • takes issue,
  • pre-venting,
  • ex pose,
  • calling question,
  • ran counter to,
  • not countenancing,
  • flying the face of,
  • took issue,
  • pro-testing,
  • call question,
  • speaking against,
  • re-versed,
  • speaks against,
  • faces down,
  • spake against,
  • re verse,
  • taking stand,
  • with stands,
  • counter-attacked,
  • ex-pose,
  • pre-vent,
  • dis agreeing,
  • dis-agreed,
  • pre-vents,
  • pro testing,
  • flies in the face of,
  • turned tables,
  • pro-tested,
  • take stand,
  • flew the face of,
  • de-bated,
  • turning tables,
  • de-bate,
  • dis-approves,
  • takes a stand,
  • stood to,
  • dis approve,
  • dis-agrees,
  • flies the face of,
  • took a stand,
  • pre-vented,
  • dis agreed,
  • fly face of,
  • turns tables,
  • counter-attacking,
  • took stand,
  • ex posed,
  • runs counter to,
  • flying in face of,
  • frowns at,
  • de bates,
  • de-bates,
  • pre venting,
  • with-standing,
  • calling in question,
  • taking a stand,
  • de bated,
  • dis agrees,
  • called in question,
  • facing down,
  • standing up to,
  • stands to,
  • called question,
  • dis approved,
  • de-bating,
  • with stand,
  • running counter to,
  • pre vents,
  • flying in the face of,
  • faced down,
  • flies face of,
  • turn tables,
  • de bate,
  • spoke against,
  • counter attacking,
  • dis-approving,
  • with stood,
  • de bating.
  •pelt (verb)
  • lapidating.
  •press (verb)
  • de-pressed,
  • insists on,
  • de pressing,
  • leans on,
  • de press,
  • de-presses,
  • dis-quiet,
  • dis quiet,
  • leant on,
  • insisted on,
  • dis quieting,
  • de presses,
  • dis-quieting,
  • dis quieted,
  • de pressed,
  • dis quiets,
  • de-pressing,
  • dis-quieted,
  • leaned on,
  • insisting on,
  • de-press,
  • dis-quiets.
  •raid (verb)
  • knocking over,
  • tipping over,
  • de spoiling,
  • de spoiled,
  • tips over,
  • fires on,
  • marches on,
  • leaning against,
  • leans against,
  • descends on,
  • firing on,
  • marching on,
  • de-spoiling,
  • knocks over,
  • leaned against,
  • marched on,
  • descended on,
  • descending on,
  • de-spoiled,
  • de-spoil,
  • leant against,
  • de spoil,
  • de-spoils,
  • de spoils,
  • fired on.
  •rail against (verb)
  • laying down law,
  • re-proved,
  • tongue lashing,
  • giving talking to,
  • laid down law,
  • giving a talking to,
  • gives a talking to,
  • re-proves,
  • re-probated,
  • tongue lashes,
  • lay down law,
  • re proved,
  • re-probates,
  • tonguelash,
  • re prove,
  • re probate,
  • gave a talking to,
  • gives talking to,
  • tonguelashing,
  • re-proving,
  • tongue lashed,
  • give talking to,
  • laid down the law,
  • tonguelashed,
  • tonguelashes,
  • lays down law,
  • tongue-lashed,
  • re proves,
  • re-prove,
  • re probating,
  • gave talking to,
  • re-probate,
  • tongue-lashes,
  • laying down the law.
  •resist (verb)
  • holding out against,
  • abstaining from,
  • duelled,
  • puts up fight,
  • kept from,
  • keeps from,
  • struggles against,
  • re mained,
  • counter acted,
  • counter-vail,
  • leaved alone,
  • re main,
  • re mains,
  • counter-vailing,
  • re-main,
  • remained firm,
  • counter vailed,
  • re fuses,
  • struggling against,
  • struggled against,
  • puts up a fight,
  • counter-act,
  • dies hard,
  • dying hard,
  • counter-vailed,
  • re-fused,
  • puts a fight,
  • putting fight,
  • put fight,
  • counter vailing,
  • putting up fight,
  • counter-vails,
  • died hard,
  • remaining firm,
  • keeping from,
  • put a fight,
  • re-mains,
  • putting up a fight,
  • re fusing,
  • counter vails,
  • re-fuse,
  • re fused,
  • putting a fight,
  • counter acts,
  • re maining,
  • counter act,
  • re fuse,
  • leaving alone,
  • counter-acting,
  • abstained from,
  • remains firm,
  • counter vail,
  • dieing hard,
  • counter acting,
  • counter-acts,
  • puts fight,
  • leaves alone,
  • counter-acted.
  •slander (verb)
  • casting slur on,
  • be-little,
  • strumpeted,
  • de files,
  • casts a slur on,
  • be smirch,
  • running smear campaign,
  • dis-honors,
  • blackening name,
  • de-tracts,
  • de filing,
  • giving a bad name,
  • gave a bad name,
  • de-fames,
  • gave bad name,
  • gives bad name,
  • muckrakes,
  • casting a slur on,
  • slings mud,
  • dis-honored,
  • de cries,
  • casts slur on,
  • be lied,
  • blackened name,
  • de crying,
  • bad mouth,
  • de-faming,
  • de faming,
  • de tracts,
  • de fame,
  • dis honored,
  • de fames,
  • de tract,
  • dis-honoring,
  • de-crying,
  • de cried,
  • be-littles,
  • de-famed,
  • de filed,
  • be-smirch,
  • giving bad name,
  • be smirching,
  • de-filing,
  • blackens name,
  • dis honoring,
  • re vile,
  • be lying,
  • de-tract,
  • be-lied,
  • de-filed,
  • be littles,
  • slinging mud,
  • be-smirching,
  • dis-honor,
  • be-lying,
  • de-fame,
  • slung mud,
  • ran smear campaign,
  • be-smirched,
  • be smirches,
  • be-smirches,
  • gives a bad name,
  • de famed,
  • be smirched,
  • de-cries,
  • runs smear campaign,
  • de cry,
  • de-files,
  • de-cried,
  • give bad name,
  • de-cry,
  • re-vile,
  • dis honor,
  • dis honors.
  •storm (verb)
  • burnt up,
  • sounds off,
  • takes by storm,
  • blew violently,
  • breathed fire,
  • burns up,
  • blows violently,
  • took by storm,
  • sounding off,
  • breathes fire,
  • steams up,
  • blowing violently,
  • setting in,
  • sets in.
  •strike (verb)
  • deal blow,
  • deals blow,
  • dealing a blow,
  • dealt blow,
  • ex cruciate,
  • ex-cruciate,
  • dealing blow,
  • dealt a blow,
  • deals a blow.
  •thresh (verb)
  • raining blows on,
  • rained blows on,
  • rains blows on.
  •thrust (verb)
  • pouring on,
  • pushing forward,
  • pouring it on,
  • trans-fixes,
  • trans fixed,
  • poured on,
  • trans fixt,
  • trans-fixing,
  • trans fixes,
  • poured it on,
  • pours on,
  • trans-fixt,
  • trans fix.
  •vilify (verb)
  • gave black eye,
  • put whammy on,
  • caluminating,
  • mis treating,
  • tare in to,
  • tore in to,
  • gave a black eye,
  • rags on,
  • caluminated,
  • tearing into,
  • dumps on,
  • mis treats,
  • tears in to,
  • de basing,
  • mudslings,
  • mudslinged,
  • putting whammy on,
  • mis-treat,
  • dumping on,
  • ragging on,
  • tearing in to,
  • puts whammy on,
  • mis treated,
  • called down,
  • de-based,
  • speaking ill of,
  • putting a whammy on,
  • spoke ill of,
  • calls down,
  • caluminates,
  • giving a black eye,
  • ripping up,
  • torn into,
  • de-base,
  • gives a black eye,
  • puts a whammy on,
  • torn in to,
  • de base,
  • tore into,
  • ragged on,
  • mis-treated,
  • de based,
  • speaks ill of,
  • tears into,
  • de-basing,
  • spake ill of,
  • mis treat,
  • tare into,
  • mis-treats,
  • rips up,
  • ripped up,
  • tear in to.
  •visit (verb)
  • be falls,
  • be falling,
  • brings down on,
  • forces up on,
  • forcing upon,
  • forcing up on,
  • bringing down on,
  • be-fell,
  • be-falling,
  • forces upon,
  • brought down on,
  • force up on,
  • be-fallen,
  • be fallen,
  • be fall,
  • be fell,
  • be-fall,
  • forced up on,
  • be-falls.
  •waylay (verb)
  • lies in wait,
  • pounces on,
  • lied in wait,
  • swooped down on,
  • lies wait,
  • swooping down on,
  • pounced on,
  • lying wait,
  • swoops down on,
  • lied wait,
  • lie wait,
  • pouncing on.
  •withstand, oppose (verb)
  • resist.

• Other synonyms:

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  • kinaesthetic,
  • sentient,
  • go for,
  • rough up,
  • sensuous,
  • fall on,
  • perceive,
  • hammer away at,
  • vituperate,
  • sense organ,
  • do over,
  • claw,
  • go at someone,
  • clobber,
  • set about,
  • sensory,
  • distinguish.
  •
  • drub,
  • revile,
  • belabor,
  • strike back,
  • manhandle,
  • swoop,
  • pummel,
  • mug,
  • come at,
  • counterattack,
  • ambush,
  • smell.
  •
  • strike at.
  •
  • strike out,
  • turn on.
  •
  • jump.
  •
  • abuse,
  • rush.
  •
  • surprise.
  •
  • pitch.
  •
  • get.
  •
  • have.
  •aggress
  • lunge at,
  • had at,
  • went at.
  •ambush
  • JAPS,
  • dry gulch,
  • lay for,
  • Entrapped,
  • boxes in,
  • hem in,
  • box in,
  • set trap,
  • jap,
  • ensnared.
  •attack
  • blistered,
  • infiltrate,
  • pounce upon,
  • whopped,
  • Larruping,
  • clocked,
  • knock cold,
  • take the offensive,
  • wallop,
  • beaning,
  • whops,
  • whop,
  • aggress,
  • chopped down,
  • Brained,
  • boff,
  • overwhelms,
  • knock for a loop,
  • knock block off,
  • larrup,
  • chop down,
  • turning on,
  • beaned,
  • Braining,
  • clocking,
  • Larruped,
  • lay siege to,
  • larrups,
  • knocked for a loop.
  •beset
  • Girdling,
  • over-runs,
  • be set,
  • start in on,
  • Infesting,
  • give one the business,
  • nag,
  • give the business,
  • Girdled,
  • give a hard time,
  • pick on,
  • encircled,
  • over-run,
  • fell upon,
  • give the needle,
  • drive up the wall,
  • fall upon,
  • put squeeze on,
  • rung,
  • infests,
  • fell on,
  • give a bad time,
  • start on,
  • environ,
  • put the squeeze on,
  • ridden.
  •besiege
  • blockading,
  • come at from all sides,
  • worked on,
  • work on,
  • working on,
  • shut in,
  • blockaded.
  •go for
  • spring at,
  • rush upon,
  • run at,
  • launch at,
  • ran at.
  •lay into
  • fire at,
  • let fly at.
  •oppose
  • face down,
  • counterattacked,
  • search out,
  • searched out,
  • call in question,
  • standing to,
  • speak against,
  • turn the tables,
  • not countenanced,
  • run counter to,
  • frown at,
  • fly in face of,
  • counterattacking,
  • stand up to,
  • take a stand,
  • not countenance,
  • stood up to,
  • turned the tables,
  • counter-attack,
  • fly in the face of,
  • take issue,
  • counter-attacks,
  • stand to,
  • searching out.
  •reproach
  • upbraid.
  •resist
  • Hards,
  • duelling,
  • keep from,
  • Dueling,
  • harded,
  • remain firm,
  • die hard,
  • holds out against,
  • put up fight,
  • duel,
  • struggle against,
  • left alone,
  • abstains from,
  • harding,
  • put up a fight,
  • dueled,
  • abstain from,
  • held out against,
  • leave alone,
  • hold out against.
  •slander
  • strumpet,
  • be little,
  • muckraking,
  • run smear campaign,
  • cast a slur on,
  • muckrake,
  • give a bad name,
  • sling mud,
  • cast slur on,
  • badmouth,
  • muckraked,
  • strumpeting,
  • blacken name.
  •thresh
  • Caned,
  • Whaling,
  • caning,
  • rain blows on.
  •visit
  • bring down on,
  • forced upon,
  • force upon.
  •waylay
  • swoop down on,
  • lie in wait,
  • lay wait,
  • pounce on,
  • lay in wait,
  • lying in wait.

Paraphrases for Assail:

• Independent

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    criticize.

Antonyms for Assail:

• v.

  • attack, usually with words
    let go, uphold, protect, help, surrender, exonerate, compliment, yield, retreat, praise.
  • Other antonyms:
    cover, support, resist, secure, shield, commend, guard, sustain, befriend, hail, aid, defend, shelter, acclaim, withstand, laud.

Homophones for Assail:

• axial, aglow, asexual, azolla, axil, axilla, axile, agilely, ASALA, acholia, acicula, azalea, achylia, asocial, achillea, accusal, aecial, as well, acyl, aglaia, aculea, agile, asl, aquila, as usual, akwa'ala, assoil, aisle, axle, agal.

Hypernym for Assail:

• v.

  • competition
    dishonour, assault, dishonor, profane, savage, rush, desecrate, violate, blindside, bulldog, sic, rape, set, jump, beset, outrage, reassail, ravish, set upon, molest, bait.