Definition for Assail:

• Assailable.

Synonyms for Assail:

• n.

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

• v.

  •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.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • go for,
  • distinguish,
  • sensory,
  • sentient,
  • set about,
  • perceive,
  • vituperate,
  • claw,
  • clobber,
  • fall on,
  • kinaesthetic.
  •
  • ambush,
  • mug,
  • belabor,
  • revile,
  • smell,
  • come at,
  • drub,
  • pummel,
  • manhandle.
  •
  • jump.
  •
  • abuse,
  • rush.
  •
  • surprise.
  •
  • pitch.
  •
  • have.
  •aggress
  • lunge at.
  •attack
  • aggress,
  • take the offensive,
  • pounce upon,
  • wallop,
  • lay siege to.
  •beset
  • fall upon.
  •reproach
  • upbraid.
  •thresh
  • rain blows on.
  •waylay
  • pounce on,
  • swoop down on.

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.