Definition for Lick:

• A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied.

Synonyms for Lick:

• n.

  •
  • sweep,
  • soothe,
  • kiss,
  • calm,
  • ripple,
  • manage,
  • cope,
  • tranquilize,
  • touch,
  • rub,
  • glance,
  • caress,
  • brush,
  • graze,
  • pass over.
  •
  • counterpoint,
  • run over,
  • accompaniment,
  • quiver,
  • leap,
  • fluctuate,
  • breakbeat,
  • wave,
  • vibrate,
  • excerpt,
  • arpeggio,
  • cadence,
  • palpitate,
  • flourish,
  • coda,
  • advance,
  • dart,
  • blaze,
  • vacillate,
  • waver,
  • burn,
  • descant,
  • shoot,
  • crescendo,
  • tremble.
  •
  • trim,
  • beat,
  • overpower,
  • crush,
  • whip.
  •
  • vanquish,
  • overcome,
  • frustrate,
  • bludgeon,
  • stun,
  • defeat.
  •
  • champ,
  • devour,
  • cannibalize,
  • demolish,
  • hide,
  • lash,
  • bolt,
  • attack,
  • flog,
  • lay into,
  • reward,
  • crunch,
  • bite,
  • chomp.
  •
  • butt,
  • subdue,
  • bump,
  • rout,
  • surmount,
  • win,
  • bonk,
  • ace,
  • subjugate,
  • worst,
  • prevail against,
  • master,
  • best,
  • conquer.
  •
  • conk,
  • clip,
  • blow,
  • swat,
  • paste,
  • HIT,
  • tap,
  • pound,
  • wallop,
  • handling,
  • thwack,
  • belt,
  • grip,
  • whack,
  • whop,
  • grasp,
  • bop,
  • hold,
  • welt,
  • strike,
  • wham,
  • bash,
  • bang,
  • clutch,
  • sock,
  • contact.
  •
  • handle,
  • feel,
  • pluck,
  • pat.
  •act (noun)
  • lap.
  •blow (noun)
  • slap,
  • biff,
  • poke,
  • bop,
  • thwack.
  •gait (noun)
  • gait.
  •lick (noun)
  • figure out,
  • puzzle out,
  • drub,
  • punch,
  • solve,
  • thrash,
  • clobber,
  • bat,
  • salt lick,
  • work,
  • work out,
  • poke,
  • biff,
  • lap.
  •light touch; little amount (noun)
  • trace,
  • tinge,
  • sample,
  • brush,
  • suggestion,
  • smack,
  • dab,
  • stroke,
  • whiff,
  • taste,
  • dash,
  • cast,
  • bit,
  • hint,
  • speck.
  •object (noun)
  • salt lick.
  •touch (noun)
  • tactility,
  • Taction.

• v.

  •defeat, sometimes by hitting (verb)
  • lambaste,
  • top,
  • overcome,
  • beat,
  • strike,
  • surpass,
  • flog,
  • clobber,
  • master,
  • hurdle,
  • overwhelm,
  • throw,
  • HIT,
  • smother,
  • spank,
  • rout,
  • thrash,
  • trim,
  • vanquish,
  • wallop,
  • surmount,
  • conquer,
  • best,
  • excel,
  • down,
  • whip,
  • outdo,
  • smear,
  • slap,
  • outstrip,
  • trounce.
  •play over with fire (verb)
  • palpitate,
  • leap,
  • waver,
  • blaze,
  • flicker,
  • vacillate,
  • flutter,
  • burn,
  • dart,
  • kindle,
  • tremble,
  • flick,
  • shoot,
  • vibrate,
  • fluctuate,
  • quiver,
  • ignite,
  • run over.
  •touch with tongue (verb)
  • caress,
  • lap,
  • rub,
  • fondle,
  • osculate,
  • move over,
  • glance,
  • play,
  • soothe,
  • calm,
  • graze,
  • touch,
  • sweep,
  • quiet,
  • tongue,
  • ripple,
  • wash,
  • pass over,
  • gloss,
  • lap against.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • bit,
  • bash,
  • improvisation,
  • blow.
  •
  • overcome,
  • vanquish,
  • conk,
  • conquer,
  • flog,
  • subjugate,
  • lash,
  • whip,
  • wham.
  •
  • welt,
  • worst,
  • beat.
  •
  • belt,
  • defeat.
  •
  • bang,
  • trim.
  •
  • subdue.
  •clobber
  • shellac.
  •defeat
  • trounce,
  • prevail over.
  •discipline
  • punish.
  •love
  • love.
  •mystify
  • buffalo.
  •resolve
  • break down,
  • puzzle out.
  •spank
  • whup,
  • larrup,
  • spank,
  • leather,
  • tan one's hide.
  •thrash
  • birch,
  • thresh.
  •touch
  • osculate,
  • palpate.
  •Other relevant words:
  • check,
  • blaze,
  • continental,
  • tan,
  • lace,
  • cut,
  • groom,
  • drubbing,
  • fashion,
  • stinger,
  • mop up,
  • bid,
  • calculate,
  • crawl,
  • tinge,
  • stop,
  • outclass,
  • sluggard,
  • sweat,
  • diddly-squat,
  • compute,
  • steamroller,
  • outflank,
  • trailer,
  • whiff,
  • act,
  • Beans,
  • doodley-squat,
  • handiwork,
  • overcome,
  • hold,
  • cranch,
  • dawdler,
  • whit,
  • fatigue,
  • essay,
  • slog,
  • break down,
  • overpower,
  • cope,
  • moisten,
  • build,
  • sandbag,
  • grind,
  • sculpture,
  • plump,
  • hurdle,
  • flatter,
  • play,
  • chisel,
  • battle with,
  • ace,
  • whack,
  • gleam,
  • settle,
  • sweep,
  • mutilate,
  • throw,
  • baste,
  • frustrate,
  • devour,
  • diddly,
  • breath,
  • champ,
  • Ort,
  • triumph over,
  • shadow,
  • kindle,
  • stifle,
  • cower,
  • fare,
  • squash,
  • whisper,
  • flax,
  • graze,
  • cob,
  • floor,
  • accompaniment,
  • confound,
  • darn,
  • extempore,
  • overwhelm,
  • overmaster,
  • sour,
  • Gloze,
  • daze,
  • subdue,
  • moil,
  • assay,
  • crumb,
  • waver,
  • addle,
  • sneak,
  • model,
  • minim,
  • scourge,
  • get down,
  • fig,
  • swosh,
  • jactitate,
  • excel,
  • liquidate,
  • plug,
  • euchre,
  • grasp,
  • inferior,
  • spice,
  • splash,
  • pet,
  • outpoint,
  • deem,
  • paper bag,
  • light touch,
  • eliminate,
  • sponge,
  • jabbing,
  • demolish,
  • feed,
  • dirty work,
  • do work,
  • arpeggio,
  • footling,
  • devastate,
  • run over,
  • defeat,
  • thresh,
  • driblet,
  • horsewhip,
  • smack,
  • Efform,
  • convulse,
  • belabor,
  • licking,
  • ignite,
  • speed,
  • manage,
  • cane,
  • fag,
  • bag,
  • get the better of,
  • thrash about,
  • leather,
  • douse,
  • suspicion,
  • slurp,
  • bust,
  • thrusting,
  • kiss,
  • master,
  • pigeon berry,
  • poking,
  • swing,
  • put to work,
  • do in,
  • toil,
  • founder,
  • spot,
  • dust,
  • bathe,
  • mould,
  • dint,
  • bit,
  • overthrow,
  • grovel,
  • block out,
  • muddle,
  • outfight,
  • pummel,
  • exercise,
  • streak,
  • labor,
  • ghost,
  • Roughhew,
  • chomp,
  • handle,
  • lather,
  • knock,
  • overlap,
  • overreach,
  • spark,
  • little,
  • jolly,
  • whop,
  • make,
  • HIT,
  • swinge,
  • stroke,
  • lambency,
  • strain,
  • wallop,
  • carve,
  • annihilate,
  • hint,
  • vamp,
  • go down,
  • outsail,
  • peanuts,
  • tuck in,
  • bubkes,
  • flagellate,
  • flounder,
  • dash,
  • peck,
  • shred,
  • touch,
  • lambast,
  • put to flight,
  • Beslubber,
  • stab,
  • cuff,
  • skin,
  • clutch,
  • cipher,
  • intimation,
  • clump,
  • smother,
  • stride,
  • thwack,
  • lap up,
  • crop,
  • knead,
  • kill,
  • thought,
  • gait,
  • tan one's hide,
  • cream,
  • thud,
  • clout,
  • skim,
  • make for,
  • endeavour,
  • feel,
  • worst,
  • cajole,
  • travel,
  • slam,
  • rub,
  • mumble,
  • shellac,
  • trace,
  • bring down,
  • undertaking,
  • scintilla,
  • slaver,
  • gulp,
  • negligible,
  • swish,
  • conquer,
  • belt,
  • sock,
  • rate,
  • set down,
  • mite,
  • swipe,
  • handwork,
  • dab,
  • dress,
  • polish off,
  • spatter,
  • drone,
  • outdo,
  • blast,
  • comb,
  • shot,
  • massacre,
  • amaze,
  • smear,
  • murder,
  • eat dirt,
  • slavery,
  • put,
  • slam dance,
  • gloss,
  • take the cake,
  • dram,
  • chop,
  • overpraise,
  • cannibalize,
  • cadenza,
  • take down,
  • iota,
  • Taction,
  • pace,
  • earwig,
  • handling,
  • tongued,
  • tumble,
  • employment,
  • slash,
  • collogue,
  • mystify,
  • lam,
  • pound,
  • tad,
  • fall,
  • Titubate,
  • function,
  • punish,
  • flourish,
  • calm,
  • larrup,
  • pelt,
  • fix,
  • craven,
  • suggestion,
  • slaughter,
  • limp,
  • rapidity,
  • reward,
  • lash,
  • wipe out,
  • act upon,
  • succumb,
  • DO,
  • mold,
  • court,
  • lambaste,
  • birch,
  • advance,
  • break,
  • rib roast,
  • Yerk,
  • get the best of,
  • ray,
  • hack,
  • shoot,
  • inconsiderable,
  • go,
  • glimmer,
  • thump,
  • evolve,
  • shape,
  • idea,
  • thwart,
  • maze,
  • fusillade,
  • work on,
  • lap against,
  • coquet,
  • surpass,
  • crouch,
  • welt,
  • taste,
  • labour,
  • pulverize,
  • wave,
  • clip,
  • progress,
  • tongue,
  • circuit,
  • Scut Work,
  • drumming,
  • give a dressing-down,
  • insignificant,
  • win,
  • paltry,
  • tap,
  • prevail against,
  • trample,
  • top,
  • lave,
  • tree,
  • tincture,
  • brush,
  • flutter,
  • ounce,
  • tattoo,
  • clear,
  • lose the day,
  • overbear,
  • eat,
  • buffet,
  • hammer out,
  • caress,
  • attempt,
  • make uniform,
  • fluctuate,
  • have a fling,
  • dispatch,
  • scoke,
  • stripe,
  • upend,
  • swat,
  • come to grief,
  • tranquilize,
  • win over,
  • perplex,
  • run aground,
  • pitch into,
  • sketch,
  • go to pot,
  • improvisation,
  • Fustigate,
  • counterpoint,
  • knockout punch,
  • skosh,
  • move,
  • pander to,
  • experiment,
  • bite the dust,
  • nonplus,
  • bonk,
  • subjugate,
  • attack,
  • bite,
  • trial and error,
  • move over,
  • minor,
  • vanquish,
  • syllable,
  • sip,
  • lay waste,
  • operate,
  • swoosh,
  • do away with,
  • ruin,
  • craunch,
  • wipe,
  • drown,
  • slap,
  • resolve,
  • osculate,
  • bear down,
  • dumbfound,
  • leap,
  • palpate,
  • vibrate,
  • outshine,
  • smell,
  • soak up,
  • peg,
  • pervasive,
  • curry favor with,
  • velocity,
  • sense of touch,
  • hoot,
  • jab,
  • surmount,
  • gnaw,
  • tread,
  • butter,
  • mouth,
  • stun,
  • palpitate,
  • mangle,
  • despatch,
  • end,
  • rat race,
  • wreak,
  • plunk,
  • be employed,
  • ripple,
  • humor,
  • beat,
  • toss,
  • be defeated,
  • falter,
  • whip,
  • pat,
  • petty,
  • strike,
  • rap,
  • puzzle,
  • whoop,
  • Overset,
  • glance,
  • task,
  • quiver,
  • smite,
  • hobble,
  • fillip,
  • stump,
  • flog,
  • bring,
  • stick,
  • discuss,
  • past,
  • ubiquitous,
  • curry,
  • exterminate,
  • swiftness,
  • go someone one better,
  • fling,
  • exiguous,
  • flicker,
  • flail,
  • get,
  • mosh,
  • sponge up,
  • triumph,
  • puncher,
  • masticate,
  • overrun,
  • fawn,
  • box,
  • crescendo,
  • bang,
  • interpret,
  • trial,
  • bump,
  • skunk,
  • pluck,
  • swallow,
  • look,
  • process,
  • fuddle,
  • figure,
  • trivial,
  • dress down,
  • batter,
  • hammer,
  • down,
  • adversity,
  • dig,
  • outvote,
  • tentative,
  • poke,
  • slap the face,
  • Beslaver,
  • outmaneuver,
  • gravel,
  • switch,
  • scruple,
  • puny,
  • stagger,
  • cog,
  • destroy,
  • trim,
  • wheedle,
  • legs,
  • quiet,
  • turn,
  • strap,
  • bamboozle,
  • nibble,
  • smash,
  • eat humble pie,
  • lap covering,
  • particle,
  • travail,
  • laggard,
  • conk,
  • offer,
  • butt,
  • burn,
  • bop,
  • carry the day,
  • set,
  • speck,
  • bash,
  • coax,
  • best,
  • obliterate,
  • flatten,
  • career,
  • test,
  • whup,
  • lagger,
  • puff,
  • feeling,
  • pull,
  • whirl,
  • construct,
  • soothe,
  • prevail,
  • trounce,
  • frivolous,
  • pay court to,
  • wash,
  • break one's back,
  • paddle,
  • override,
  • ferment,
  • step,
  • snap,
  • beaten,
  • nip,
  • smidgen,
  • forge,
  • ride roughshod over,
  • exploit,
  • descant,
  • hew,
  • wham,
  • bolt,
  • love,
  • tactility,
  • Glaver,
  • band,
  • work up,
  • beating,
  • treadmill,
  • baffle,
  • bastinado,
  • pick,
  • reckon,
  • approach,
  • soupcon,
  • come,
  • tittle,
  • fall to,
  • Overmatch,
  • spadework,
  • contact,
  • outstrip,
  • fawn upon,
  • skin alive,
  • sup,
  • hook,
  • spank,
  • form,
  • boggle,
  • effort,
  • bespatter,
  • damn,
  • thresh about,
  • riff,
  • shy,
  • dart,
  • sprinkling,
  • towel,
  • halt,
  • hide,
  • hors de combat,
  • prevail over,
  • grip,
  • eradicate,
  • gormandize,
  • cadence,
  • bullet,
  • snub,
  • shatter,
  • elaborate,
  • discomfit,
  • pass over,
  • make mincemeat of,
  • bear the palm,
  • crouch before,
  • occupation,
  • modicum,
  • light,
  • beat off,
  • cypher,
  • crunch,
  • topple,
  • warm,
  • influence,
  • donkeywork,
  • swallow the pill,
  • jacket,
  • drudgery,
  • chew,
  • undo,
  • unimportant,
  • association,
  • hold down,
  • Beplaster,
  • coda,
  • hell-for-leather,
  • bludgeon,
  • sample,
  • gambit,
  • answer,
  • ravage,
  • take,
  • tremble,
  • pervading,
  • sink,
  • shade,
  • soak,
  • outrun,
  • run,
  • lay on,
  • industry,
  • outgeneral,
  • cultivate,
  • note,
  • crush,
  • flick,
  • sack,
  • try,
  • haymaker,
  • Tromp,
  • breakbeat,
  • outwit,
  • clap,
  • gulp down,
  • buffalo,
  • carrier bag,
  • lay in,
  • lay about one,
  • excerpt,
  • thrust,
  • vacillate,
  • small,
  • paste,
  • cast,
  • munch,
  • slug,
  • fine,
  • circle,
  • rout,
  • blow,
  • garget,
  • lay into,
  • manual labor,
  • smattering,
  • submit,
  • whale,
  • crack,
  • impromptu,
  • endeavor,
  • fondle,
  • interpolation,
  • stamp,
  • squat,
  • suppress,
  • lingual.

Antonyms for Lick:

• n.

  • light touch; little amount
    glob, lot.
  • Other antonyms:
    heaps, superabundance, wad, gobs, mess, lot, lump, lashings, potful, abundance, raft, loads, scads, bucket, oversupply, plenty, quantity, overmuch, surplus, surfeit, oodles, barrel, overage, REAMS, mountain, bundle, wealth, hunk, bushel, slab, overflow, overkill, deal, superfluity, pile, profusion, chunk, much, embarrassment, volume, mass, boatload, peck, stack, excess, overabundance, passel, bonanza, fistful.

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    barrel, boatload, bonanza, bucket, bundle, bushel, chunk, collapse, embarrassment, excess, extinguish, fail, fall, fall behind, fistful, flop, flunk, fold, forfeit, give in, give up, glob, go down, go under, gobs, heaps, help, hunk, lashings, loads, lose, lot, lump, mass, mess, mountain, much, oodles, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, peck, pile, plenty, potful, profusion, put out, raft, remain, retreat, scads, slab, stack, stay, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, surrender, wad, wash out, wealth, REAMS, passel, be still, lose to.

• v.

  • defeat, sometimes by hitting
    give up, retreat, fail, fall behind, forfeit, help, give in, yield, surrender.
  • play over with fire
    stay, extinguish, remain, put out, be still.
  • touch with tongue
    lose.