jerked

The word “jerked” has 1 syllable: jerked

It's pronounced as /dʒɜrkt/


What is synonym and antonym for jerked?

In the thesaurus, “jerked” has 124 synonyms and 7 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for jerked along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for jerked

  • agitated
  • beat
  • blockhead
  • bounce
  • bucked
  • bucketed
  • bump
  • bumped
  • chattered
  • convulsed
  • dance
  • doddered
  • dolt
  • donkey
  • dope
  • dragged
  • dunce
  • fiddled
  • fidgeted
  • flick
  • flickered
  • fling
  • flip
  • flitted
  • flop
  • fluctuated
  • fluttered
  • fool
  • grab
  • grabbed
  • hitched
  • hoicked
  • hook
  • hurtle
  • idiot
  • imbecile
  • jackass
  • jigged
  • jiggled
  • jogged
  • joggled
  • jolt
  • jolted
  • jounced
  • juddered
  • lug
  • lugged
  • lurched
  • nitwit
  • numbskull
  • oscillated
  • paced
  • palpitated
  • pit-a-patted
  • pitched
  • pitter-pattered
  • pluck
  • plucked
  • pull
  • pulled
  • pulsated
  • pulsed
  • quake
  • quaked
  • quavered
  • quiver
  • quivered
  • ripped
  • rocked
  • seize
  • shiver
  • shivered
  • shook
  • shrug
  • shuddered
  • simpleton
  • sling
  • snag
  • snatch
  • snatched
  • squiggled
  • squirmed
  • staggered
  • swayed
  • swung
  • thrashed
  • threshed
  • thrilled
  • throbbed
  • throw
  • thrust
  • tore
  • tossed
  • trembled
  • tug
  • tugged
  • tweak
  • tweaked
  • twisted
  • twit
  • twitch
  • twitched
  • twittered
  • undulated
  • vellicate
  • vibrated
  • wabbled
  • waved
  • wavered
  • whisk
  • wiggle
  • wiggled
  • wobbled
  • wrench
  • wrenched
  • wrest
  • wrested
  • wriggle
  • wriggled
  • wring
  • writhed
  • wrung
  • yank
  • yanked

Antonyms for jerked

  • be still
  • let go
  • relaxed
  • release
  • rested
  • stilled
  • unwound

Meanings of jerked

  • verb
    1. To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
    2. To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
    3. To masturbate.
    4. To beat, to hit.
    5. To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.
    6. (usually transitive) To lift using a jerk.
    7. To flout with contempt.
    8. To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.

Example Sentences

  • He jerked the rope to untangle it from the branches.
  • The sudden noise jerked her awake from a deep sleep.
  • As he stepped on the accelerator, the car jerked forward.
  • She jerked the door open in frustration.
  • The fisherman's rod jerked violently as he hooked a big catch.

On this page you'll find 131 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to jerked, such as: agitated, be still, beat, blockhead, bounce, bucked, bucketed.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

quailed

  • blanched
  • blenched
  • cowered
  • cringed
  • crouched
  • faltered
  • fawned
  • flinched
  • groveled
  • grovelled
  • hesitated
  • jerked
  • kowtowed
  • paled
  • quaked
  • quivered
  • receded
  • recoiled
  • reeled
  • retired
  • retreated
  • shook
  • shrank
  • shrunk
  • shuddered
  • squinched
  • started
  • toadied
  • trembled
  • twitched
  • wavered
  • whitened
  • winced
  • withdrew

quaked

wabbled

wagged

  • babbled
  • beat
  • blabbed
  • blabbered
  • bob
  • bobbed
  • bobbled
  • circulated
  • confided
  • disclosed
  • dished
  • divulged
  • dropped
  • ducked
  • fish-tail
  • flailed
  • flapped
  • flicked
  • flickered
  • flopped
  • flutter
  • fluttered
  • gossiped
  • hinted
  • implied
  • informed
  • insinuated
  • intimated
  • jerked
  • jigged
  • jiggled
  • jogged
  • joggled
  • jolted
  • jounced
  • lash
  • lashed
  • let on
  • move side to side
  • nod
  • nodded
  • oscillate
  • oscillated
  • pumped
  • quiver
  • reported
  • revealed
  • rock
  • rocked
  • rumored
  • seesawed
  • shake
  • shimmy
  • shook
  • snitched
  • spilled
  • spilled the beans
  • spilt
  • squealed
  • stir
  • suggested
  • sway
  • swayed
  • swing
  • swished
  • switch
  • switched
  • swung
  • talked
  • tattled
  • told
  • twitch
  • twitched
  • undulated
  • vibrate
  • wabbled
  • waggle
  • waggled
  • wave
  • waved
  • wavered
  • whipped
  • wiggled
  • wobbled

waggled


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