Synonyms for Assault:

• n.

  •
  • struggle,
  • mission,
  • advance.
  •
  • sense,
  • crime,
  • acute.
  •
  • pitch into,
  • denunciation,
  • lecture,
  • sail into,
  • remonstrance,
  • talking to,
  • go at,
  • light into,
  • harangue,
  • reproach,
  • diatribe,
  • criticism,
  • quibble.
  •
  • smash,
  • beat.
  •
  • armoury,
  • offensive,
  • armaments,
  • ammo.
  •
  • go,
  • trial run,
  • effort,
  • stand,
  • try,
  • chase.
  •act (noun)
  • assault.
  •aggression (noun)
  • in jury,
  • in-juries,
  • in-jury,
  • in juries.
  •assailment (noun)
  • assailings.
  •assault (noun)
  • onslaught,
  • bombard,
  • mugging,
  • act of aggression,
  • beat up,
  • HIT,
  • GBH,
  • interfere with,
  • molestation,
  • Storming,
  • charge,
  • abuse,
  • grievous bodily harm.
  •attack (noun)
  • war,
  • spasm,
  • furor,
  • riot,
  • tie into,
  • combat,
  • tirade,
  • siege,
  • foray,
  • outbreak,
  • warfare,
  • bloodshed.
  •barrage (noun)
  • de luges,
  • de-luge,
  • de-luges,
  • de luge.
  •bashing (noun)
  • houndings,
  • hate crimes,
  • beating ups,
  • bias crimes,
  • jumpings.
  •battle (noun)
  • strife,
  • blitzkreig,
  • scrimmage,
  • Wars,
  • significant contact,
  • havoc.
  •blitz (noun)
  • Lightning Attack.
  •charge (noun)
  • out breaks,
  • out-break,
  • out-breaks,
  • out break.
  •crime (noun)
  • felony.
  •felony (noun)
  • criminal offenses.
  •invasion (noun)
  • over stepping,
  • in-fraction,
  • in fraction,
  • in-filtration,
  • oversteppings,
  • in filtration,
  • in-fractions,
  • in-filtrations,
  • in filtrations,
  • in fractions,
  • over-stepping,
  • forced entrances.
  •lash out (noun)
  • lash out.
  •offense (noun)
  • offence.
  •onset (noun)
  • onfall,
  • Outstart.
  •push (noun)
  • forcings,
  • strainings,
  • drivings,
  • exertings,
  • shovings.
  •raid (noun)
  • de-scents,
  • shootups,
  • breakin,
  • hit-and-runs,
  • de-scent,
  • de scents,
  • hit and run,
  • hit and runs,
  • tipovers,
  • de scent.
  •round (noun)
  • round.
  •ruffled feathers (noun)
  • ruffled-feathers.
  •set on (noun)
  • set on.
  •snipe (noun)
  • snipe.
  •storm (noun)
  • out-burst,
  • out-cry,
  • drumfires,
  • out-cries,
  • out cries,
  • out bursts,
  • rampancies,
  • out-bursts,
  • rabidities,
  • out burst.
  •violation (noun)
  • de-facings,
  • de basements,
  • de gradations,
  • dis honor,
  • dis-honor,
  • mis treatments,
  • de-basement,
  • mis treatment,
  • defacings,
  • de-gradation,
  • de-gradations,
  • de-basements,
  • de facings,
  • de facing,
  • mis-treatment,
  • de basement,
  • dis honors,
  • mis-treatments,
  • de gradation,
  • ravishments,
  • dis-honors,
  • de-facing.
  •violence (noun)
  • fracas,
  • brutality,
  • outrage,
  • brutishness,
  • intensity,
  • torture,
  • thuggery,
  • commotion,
  • frenzy,
  • fury,
  • destructiveness,
  • inhumanity,
  • barbarity,
  • savagery,
  • ferocity,
  • violence,
  • fierceness,
  • turmoil,
  • brawl,
  • atrocity,
  • insurrection,
  • uproar,
  • broil,
  • rage,
  • vehemence,
  • vandalism,
  • terrorism,
  • wildness.

• v.

  •aggress (verb)
  • lunged at,
  • lunging at,
  • goes at,
  • going at,
  • lunges at.
  •ambush (verb)
  • de-coys,
  • de coying,
  • sets trap,
  • sur-rounding,
  • lays for,
  • sur rounded,
  • sur prising,
  • de coys,
  • japped,
  • japping,
  • de-coy,
  • laid for,
  • boxing in,
  • sur prise,
  • de-coyed,
  • sur-prising,
  • de-coying,
  • sur rounding,
  • de coy,
  • boxed in,
  • laying for,
  • sur-prise,
  • de coyed,
  • setting trap,
  • sur-prises,
  • sur-prised,
  • sur prises,
  • sur-rounded.
  •assail (verb)
  • be-rating,
  • be sets,
  • has at,
  • wrought over,
  • hadst at,
  • re vile,
  • lay in to,
  • be setting,
  • be-set,
  • be-sets,
  • be-rate,
  • be-setting,
  • be rated,
  • hath at,
  • be-rated,
  • setting upon,
  • be-rates,
  • re-vile,
  • be rates,
  • be rate,
  • haddest at,
  • set up on,
  • be rating,
  • hast at,
  • setting up on,
  • sets up on,
  • having at,
  • works over.
  •attack (verb)
  • savage,
  • scarify,
  • zap,
  • slam,
  • hammer,
  • trash,
  • ruin,
  • trounce,
  • scathe,
  • scorch,
  • come down on,
  • bash,
  • beset,
  • lash,
  • jump down one's throat,
  • flay,
  • blast,
  • lunge,
  • let have it,
  • jump on one's case,
  • slap around,
  • harry,
  • haul off on,
  • shoot down,
  • slash,
  • pound.
  •batter (verb)
  • de-faces,
  • de faced,
  • de stroying,
  • de-stroys,
  • dis figured,
  • dis-figure,
  • de stroys,
  • dis figuring,
  • de-stroying,
  • de-stroy,
  • de-stroyed,
  • de-face,
  • de stroy,
  • de faces,
  • dis-figured,
  • de face,
  • dis figure,
  • dis-figures,
  • de stroyed,
  • dis-figuring,
  • dis figures,
  • de-faced.
  •charge (verb)
  • jumps on,
  • jumping on.
  •come at (verb)
  • falling upon,
  • fall up on,
  • falls up on,
  • flew at,
  • falls upon,
  • flying at,
  • falling up on,
  • flies at,
  • fell up on.
  •come to blows (verb)
  • come blows.
  •deflower (verb)
  • de-filed,
  • out-rages,
  • de-flowering,
  • de-spoils,
  • de filed,
  • de spoiling,
  • out-raging,
  • de-files,
  • de spoiled,
  • de-spoiled,
  • deflorated,
  • de-flowered,
  • de files,
  • de predate,
  • de file,
  • de-predating,
  • de flowers,
  • de filing,
  • de flowered,
  • de-predates,
  • de flowering,
  • de spoils,
  • de-predated,
  • de-predate,
  • out rages,
  • de predated,
  • de flower,
  • de-spoiling,
  • de predating,
  • de-filing,
  • de predates,
  • de-file,
  • out raging,
  • out-raged,
  • de-flower,
  • de spoil,
  • out-rage,
  • deflorates,
  • de-spoil,
  • deflorating,
  • de-flowers,
  • out raged.
  •engage (verb)
  • falling on,
  • doeth battle with,
  • joined battle with,
  • falls on,
  • doth battle with,
  • joining battle with,
  • did battle with,
  • doest battle with,
  • gave battle to,
  • does battle with,
  • doing battle with,
  • didst battle with,
  • giving battle to,
  • gives battle to,
  • dost battle with,
  • joins battle with.
  •fight (verb)
  • mixes it up,
  • exchanges blows,
  • didst battle,
  • rowdying,
  • took comers,
  • take field,
  • carrying war,
  • took up the gauntlet,
  • going to war,
  • plied weapons,
  • carries war,
  • rowdied,
  • takes the gauntlet,
  • duelled,
  • dost battle,
  • takes all comers,
  • takes gauntlet,
  • go war,
  • taking the field,
  • plies weapons,
  • with stand,
  • wages war,
  • taking up the gauntlet,
  • with-stand,
  • took all comers,
  • with-standing,
  • went war,
  • went to war,
  • going war,
  • doest battle,
  • take up gauntlet,
  • bandying with,
  • took up gauntlet,
  • took the gauntlet,
  • plying weapons,
  • takes up the gauntlet,
  • took the field,
  • does battle,
  • taking the gauntlet,
  • taking up gauntlet,
  • with-stands,
  • take gauntlet,
  • goes war,
  • with standing,
  • flaring up,
  • exchanged blows,
  • takes the field,
  • flared up,
  • goes to war,
  • took field,
  • bandied with,
  • take comers,
  • doeth battle,
  • takes comers,
  • brushed with,
  • did battle,
  • mixt it up,
  • brushing with,
  • taking gauntlet,
  • carried on war,
  • doth battle,
  • with stood,
  • taking field,
  • carries on war,
  • bandies with,
  • carried war,
  • takes up gauntlet,
  • waged war,
  • taking all comers,
  • brushes with,
  • take the gauntlet,
  • exchanging blows,
  • takes field,
  • carrying on war,
  • taking comers,
  • with stands,
  • carry war,
  • mixing it up,
  • took gauntlet,
  • mixed it up.
  •force (verb)
  • cracks open,
  • un-doing,
  • busts open,
  • un done,
  • un did,
  • brake open,
  • breaking open,
  • ex-tort,
  • ex tort,
  • ex torts,
  • un does,
  • un-did,
  • un-does,
  • ex-torts,
  • busted open,
  • busting open,
  • cracking open,
  • un doing,
  • breaks open.
  •go for (verb)
  • rushes up on,
  • runs at,
  • springing at,
  • rushes upon,
  • rushed upon,
  • springs at,
  • launched at,
  • running at,
  • rushing up on,
  • launching at,
  • rush up on,
  • launches at,
  • sprang at,
  • rushing upon,
  • rushed up on,
  • sprung at.
  •invade (verb)
  • inter fere,
  • over swarmed,
  • in fringed,
  • in roads,
  • inter-feres,
  • over-swarmed,
  • inter feres,
  • descends upon,
  • descended up on,
  • in-fringes,
  • over-swarm,
  • bursting in,
  • muscling in,
  • in-fringed,
  • in road,
  • over-spreading,
  • muscles in,
  • bursts in,
  • over-swarms,
  • in fringe,
  • made inroads,
  • making inroads,
  • descending upon,
  • over-spread,
  • bursted in,
  • in-road,
  • swarming over,
  • inter-fere,
  • in-roads,
  • in fringes,
  • over swarming,
  • in-fringe,
  • over spreads,
  • descended upon,
  • descends up on,
  • over-spreads,
  • descending up on,
  • swarms over,
  • over-swarming,
  • overswarmed,
  • over swarm,
  • descend up on,
  • makes inroads,
  • over spreading,
  • swarmed over,
  • over running,
  • muscled in,
  • over runs,
  • overswarms,
  • over swarms.
  •mug (verb)
  • purse snatch,
  • pursesnatching,
  • purse-snatched,
  • purse-snatches,
  • sticked up,
  • pursesnatches,
  • purse snatches,
  • pursesnatch,
  • pursesnatched,
  • purse snatched,
  • purse snatching.
  •oppose (verb)
  • faced down,
  • flying in the face of,
  • de bates,
  • spake against,
  • faces down,
  • call question,
  • dis-approve,
  • dis agree,
  • ex-posed,
  • ex-posing,
  • turn tables,
  • dis-agreed,
  • dis-approving,
  • called question,
  • flew in the face of,
  • de-bate,
  • counter-attacked,
  • frowning at,
  • counter attack,
  • searches out,
  • dis-approves,
  • pre-vent,
  • flies the face of,
  • re-versed,
  • taking issue,
  • called in question,
  • turns the tables,
  • dis agrees,
  • de-bates,
  • pre vent,
  • stood to,
  • dis-agree,
  • turning tables,
  • pre-venting,
  • taking a stand,
  • fly the face of,
  • dis approving,
  • flying in face of,
  • de bating,
  • stands to,
  • turns tables,
  • not countenancing,
  • pro tested,
  • pre venting,
  • running counter to,
  • re versing,
  • de-bating,
  • dis agreeing,
  • flies in the face of,
  • took issue,
  • re-verse,
  • took a stand,
  • takes stand,
  • flying face of,
  • dis approve,
  • ran counter to,
  • calls question,
  • take stand,
  • calling in question,
  • flew the face of,
  • pre-vented,
  • turned tables,
  • pre-vents,
  • spoke against,
  • calls in question,
  • speaking against,
  • took stand,
  • de bated,
  • standing up to,
  • ex pose,
  • counter-attacking,
  • dis approves,
  • dis-agrees,
  • facing down,
  • frowns at,
  • de bate,
  • runs counter to,
  • pro-tested,
  • flying the face of,
  • flies face of,
  • fly face of,
  • pre vents,
  • frowned at,
  • not countenances,
  • ex posed,
  • taking stand,
  • re verse,
  • counter attacks,
  • speaks against,
  • pro-testing,
  • de-bated,
  • takes issue,
  • dis agreed,
  • counter attacking,
  • dis approved,
  • flew face of,
  • counter attacked,
  • dis-approved,
  • ex-pose,
  • flew in face of,
  • pro testing,
  • takes a stand,
  • dis-agreeing,
  • calling question,
  • stands up to.
  •raid (verb)
  • firing on,
  • leans against,
  • descending on,
  • tipping over,
  • leant against,
  • leaning against,
  • knocks over,
  • fired on,
  • fires on,
  • knocking over,
  • leans on,
  • marches on,
  • descends on,
  • marching on,
  • leaned on,
  • leaned against,
  • leant on,
  • descended on,
  • tips over,
  • marched on.
  •resist (verb)
  • holding out against,
  • dies hard,
  • counter acted,
  • counter acts,
  • putting up fight,
  • dying hard,
  • struggling against,
  • abstaining from,
  • counter-vailed,
  • counter-acting,
  • counter act,
  • put fight,
  • re maining,
  • re mained,
  • puts a fight,
  • dieing hard,
  • leaves alone,
  • puts up fight,
  • re-mains,
  • put a fight,
  • remained firm,
  • leaved alone,
  • leaving alone,
  • struggled against,
  • counter vailed,
  • kept from,
  • counter-vails,
  • counter-acted,
  • re fuse,
  • counter vails,
  • puts up a fight,
  • putting fight,
  • re fused,
  • counter acting,
  • putting a fight,
  • counter vail,
  • re-main,
  • counter-vail,
  • keeping from,
  • re main,
  • re mains,
  • counter-act,
  • puts fight,
  • died hard,
  • re-fused,
  • counter-acts,
  • counter vailing,
  • struggles against,
  • remaining firm,
  • re fuses,
  • abstained from,
  • counter-vailing,
  • keeps from,
  • putting up a fight,
  • re-fuse,
  • remains firm,
  • re fusing.
  •storm (verb)
  • breathed fire,
  • takes by storm,
  • blowing violently,
  • burns up,
  • sets in,
  • burnt up,
  • sounding off,
  • took by storm,
  • steams up,
  • blew violently,
  • setting in,
  • sounds off,
  • breathes fire,
  • blows violently.
  •strike (verb)
  • dealing blow,
  • deal blow,
  • deals a blow,
  • dealt blow,
  • deals blow,
  • ex-cruciate,
  • dealing a blow,
  • ex cruciate,
  • dealt a blow.
  •strong-arm (verb)
  • strongarm.
  •thresh (verb)
  • be labors,
  • be labored,
  • be-laboring,
  • be-labors,
  • be laboring,
  • rains blows on,
  • be-labored,
  • rained blows on,
  • raining blows on,
  • be-labor,
  • be labor.
  •thrust (verb)
  • pushing forward,
  • poured on,
  • pours on,
  • trans-fixt,
  • trans fixed,
  • trans fixt,
  • trans-fixes,
  • trans-fixing,
  • pouring on,
  • trans fixes,
  • pouring it on,
  • poured it on,
  • trans fix.
  •violate (verb)
  • pro fanes,
  • be-fouls,
  • be fouls,
  • be-fouled,
  • pro-fanes,
  • be fouled,
  • pro fane,
  • be-fouling,
  • be fouling,
  • be-foul,
  • pro-fane,
  • be foul.
  •withstand, oppose (verb)
  • resist.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • onrush,
  • sense organ,
  • reconnaissance,
  • disorderly conduct,
  • domestic violence,
  • perceive,
  • asymmetrical warfare,
  • dogfight,
  • campaign,
  • arms,
  • cyberwar,
  • kinaesthetic,
  • Assailment,
  • weapon,
  • lay into,
  • hammer away at,
  • sensory,
  • weaponry,
  • projectile,
  • attrition,
  • biowarfare,
  • shelling,
  • munitions,
  • arson,
  • sensuous,
  • hostility,
  • armament,
  • tear into,
  • go for,
  • clobber,
  • assault and battery,
  • gender violence,
  • amphibious,
  • counterattack,
  • materiel,
  • tanning,
  • expedition,
  • civil war,
  • pounding,
  • Skirmishing,
  • holocaust,
  • claw,
  • engagement,
  • unarmed combat,
  • skirmish,
  • trench warfare,
  • landing,
  • pincer movement,
  • ambush,
  • stranger crime,
  • rough up,
  • asymmetric warfare,
  • staging area,
  • OP,
  • firepower,
  • sentient,
  • go at someone,
  • set about,
  • council of war,
  • war council,
  • do over,
  • air cover,
  • pitched battle,
  • salvo,
  • world war,
  • incitement,
  • counteroffensive,
  • distinguish.
  •
  • armory,
  • maneuver,
  • strike back,
  • swoop,
  • come at,
  • arsenal,
  • smell,
  • manhandle,
  • sensation,
  • armed,
  • artillery,
  • mug,
  • missile,
  • deterrent,
  • lambaste,
  • belabor,
  • perception,
  • keen,
  • drub,
  • capability,
  • ammunition,
  • shot,
  • kidnap,
  • ordnance,
  • pummel.
  •
  • descent,
  • withdrawal,
  • buffet,
  • instrument,
  • strike at,
  • attempt.
  •
  • thrash,
  • turn on,
  • baste,
  • strike out,
  • thresh.
  •
  • movement,
  • jump,
  • explosive.
  •
  • action.
  •
  • pitch.
  •
  • get.
  •
  • have.
  •aggress
  • went at,
  • lunge at.
  •ambush
  • boxes in,
  • lay for,
  • waylay,
  • JAPS,
  • set trap,
  • bushwhack,
  • jap,
  • ensnared,
  • hem in,
  • Entrapped,
  • dry gulch,
  • box in.
  •attack
  • Braining,
  • knock cold,
  • whops,
  • turning on,
  • whopped,
  • chopped down,
  • beaning,
  • larrup,
  • Larruped,
  • Larruping,
  • wallop,
  • clocked,
  • chop down,
  • lay siege to,
  • whop,
  • pounce upon,
  • Brained,
  • knock block off,
  • clocking,
  • aggress,
  • overwhelms,
  • knock for a loop,
  • infiltrate,
  • boff,
  • larrups,
  • knocked for a loop,
  • beaned,
  • take the offensive.
  •go for
  • ran at,
  • rush upon,
  • spring at,
  • launch at,
  • run at.
  •oppose
  • call in question,
  • searching out,
  • stood up to,
  • not countenanced,
  • counter-attacks,
  • not countenance,
  • run counter to,
  • face down,
  • turned the tables,
  • fly in the face of,
  • counterattacked,
  • stand up to,
  • searched out,
  • frown at,
  • standing to,
  • take issue,
  • fly in face of,
  • turn the tables,
  • take a stand,
  • counterattacking,
  • search out,
  • speak against,
  • counter-attack,
  • stand to.
  •resist
  • harded,
  • keep from,
  • put up a fight,
  • held out against,
  • die hard,
  • put up fight,
  • harding,
  • Hards,
  • hold out against,
  • remain firm,
  • abstain from,
  • leave alone,
  • left alone,
  • holds out against,
  • abstains from,
  • struggle against.
  •startle
  • surprise.
  •strong-arm
  • violenced,
  • violencing,
  • strong arm.
  •thresh
  • Whaling,
  • Cudgelled,
  • Caned,
  • caning,
  • Cudgeling,
  • Cudgeled,
  • Cudgelling,
  • rain blows on.

Paraphrases for Assault:

• Forward Entailment

  • Adjective
    attack.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Crimes, attack, attacks.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    attack.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    attack.
  • Verb, base form
    attack.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Assaulting.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    coups, SOCKS, abuse, abuses.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Kicks, invasion, affront, stab, abuse, banging, siege, bullying.
  • Verb, past tense
    rested.
  • Verb, base form
    abuse.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    offensive.
  • Proper noun, singular
    aggression, Aggressions, offensive.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    onslaught, mugging, aggression, insult, harassment, Storming, incursion, battery, beating, encroachment, assassination, molestation, storm, robbery, wounding, victimization, offensive, injury.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    aggression.

Antonyms for Assault:

• n.

  • attack
    retreat.
  • Other antonyms:
    sustain, shelter, guard, resist, withstand, befriend, support, resistance, defensive, opposition, uphold, aid.

• v.

  • attack
    praise, decrease.

Homophones for Assault:

• agility, aculeate, asilidae, aglet, age-old, auklet, accolade, acolyte, aiglet, acold, aculeated, aciculate, asexuality, aiguilette, acyl halide, auscultate.

Holonyms for Assault:

• n.

  • act
    onrush, onset, onslaught, attack.

Hypernym for Assault:

• n.

  • act
    mugging, storm, battery, resisting arrest, assault and battery, aggravated assault.

Hyponym for Assault:

• n.

  • act
    battle, engagement, attempt, conflict, fight, attack.