Definition for Assault:

• Make violent attack upon( lit. & fig.); assail; attack( fortress) by sudden rush. Hence assaultable a. [ old French]

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,
  • try,
  • chase,
  • effort,
  • stand.
  •assault (noun)
  • charge,
  • abuse,
  • molestation,
  • Storming,
  • mugging,
  • interfere with,
  • bombard,
  • HIT,
  • onslaught.
  •attack (noun)
  • furor,
  • combat,
  • siege,
  • spasm,
  • foray,
  • warfare,
  • riot,
  • tirade,
  • war,
  • outbreak,
  • bloodshed.
  •blitz (noun)
  • Lightning Attack.
  •crime (noun)
  • felony.
  •offense (noun)
  • offence.
  •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.

  •attack (verb)
  • blast,
  • scathe,
  • jump down one's throat,
  • jump on one's case,
  • let have it,
  • flay,
  • haul off on,
  • scorch,
  • come down on,
  • beset,
  • hammer,
  • slash,
  • slam,
  • lunge,
  • scarify,
  • harry,
  • trounce,
  • ruin,
  • pound,
  • lash,
  • bash,
  • slap around,
  • savage,
  • trash,
  • zap.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • holocaust,
  • hostility,
  • firepower,
  • weaponry,
  • sentient,
  • perceive,
  • sensory,
  • go for,
  • arson,
  • distinguish,
  • tear into,
  • engagement,
  • incitement,
  • dogfight,
  • claw,
  • set about,
  • materiel,
  • reconnaissance,
  • onrush,
  • Assailment,
  • arms,
  • lay into,
  • ambush,
  • tanning,
  • rough up,
  • campaign,
  • assault and battery,
  • counterattack,
  • kinaesthetic,
  • pounding,
  • counteroffensive,
  • clobber,
  • Skirmishing,
  • salvo,
  • skirmish,
  • armament.
  •
  • keen,
  • arsenal,
  • belabor,
  • ordnance,
  • deterrent,
  • perception,
  • smell,
  • mug,
  • shot,
  • pummel,
  • drub,
  • manhandle,
  • kidnap,
  • capability,
  • swoop,
  • armed,
  • lambaste,
  • artillery,
  • sensation,
  • come at,
  • missile,
  • armory,
  • ammunition.
  •
  • descent,
  • withdrawal,
  • attempt,
  • buffet,
  • instrument.
  •
  • thresh,
  • thrash,
  • baste.
  •
  • movement,
  • jump.
  •
  • action.
  •
  • pitch.
  •
  • have.
  •aggress
  • lunge at.
  •ambush
  • waylay,
  • bushwhack.
  •attack
  • lay siege to,
  • take the offensive,
  • aggress,
  • wallop,
  • pounce upon.
  •go for
  • run at.
  •startle
  • surprise.
  •thresh
  • rain blows on,
  • caning.

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.