lashes

The word “lashes” has 2 syllables: lash-es

It's pronounced as /ˈlæʃ.ɪz/


What is synonym and antonym for lashes?

In the thesaurus, “lashes” has 201 synonyms and 22 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for lashes

  • KOs
  • assails
  • assaults
  • attacks
  • bands
  • bangs
  • bashes
  • bastes
  • bastinades
  • bastinadoes
  • batons
  • bats
  • batterings
  • batters
  • beatings
  • beats
  • beats up on
  • belabors
  • belts
  • besets
  • biffs
  • billies
  • billy clubs
  • binds
  • birches
  • blackjacks
  • blacksnakes
  • blows
  • bludgeons
  • body blows
  • bops
  • boxes
  • buffets
  • bullwhips
  • bungs
  • bungs up
  • busts
  • canes
  • chops
  • cinches
  • claps
  • clips
  • clobbers
  • clouts
  • clubs
  • coils
  • cords
  • counter-blows
  • counter-strokes
  • counterblows
  • counterpunches
  • counters
  • counterstrokes
  • cowhides
  • cracks
  • crops
  • crunchers
  • cudgels
  • cuffs
  • curries
  • cuts
  • dabs
  • does
  • douses
  • drubbings
  • drubs
  • entangles
  • fibs
  • fillips
  • flagellates
  • flails
  • flicks
  • floggers
  • flogs
  • fustigates
  • girds
  • girts
  • gores
  • hacks
  • hammers
  • hands
  • haymakers
  • hickories
  • hides
  • hits
  • hooks
  • horsewhips
  • interlaces
  • intertwines
  • interweaves
  • kayos
  • kicks
  • knees
  • knockdowns
  • knockouts
  • knocks
  • knots
  • knouts
  • lacerates
  • laces
  • lambastes
  • lambasts
  • lams
  • larrups
  • lathers
  • lays on
  • leashes
  • leathers
  • lefts
  • lickings
  • licks
  • maims
  • mangles
  • mauls
  • mutilates
  • nightsticks
  • one-twos
  • paddles
  • pastes
  • pastings
  • pelts
  • picks
  • pistol-whips
  • plumps
  • pokes
  • pommels
  • pounds
  • pummels
  • punches
  • punches out
  • quirts
  • rabbit punches
  • raids
  • raps
  • rattans
  • rawhides
  • right-handers
  • rights
  • ropes
  • roughs
  • roundhouses
  • rushes
  • scourges
  • shivers
  • sidewinders
  • slams
  • slaps
  • slashes
  • slates
  • slogs
  • slugs
  • smacks
  • smashes
  • smites
  • snarls
  • socks
  • spanks
  • staffs
  • staves
  • stingers
  • storms
  • straps
  • stripes
  • strokes
  • sucker punches
  • swats
  • swings
  • swipes
  • switches
  • tangles
  • tans
  • tethers
  • thrashes
  • thrashings
  • threads
  • threshes
  • thuds
  • thumps
  • thwacks
  • ties
  • touches up
  • tromps
  • trusses
  • twists
  • uppercuts
  • wallopings
  • wallops
  • welts
  • whacks
  • whales
  • whams
  • whaps
  • whippings
  • whips
  • whomps
  • whops
  • whups
  • winds
  • wires
  • works over
  • wounds

Antonyms for lashes

  • disentangles
  • unbinds
  • uncoils
  • undoes
  • unfastens
  • unlaces
  • unlashes
  • unleashes
  • unloosens
  • unlooses
  • unravels
  • unsnarls
  • unspools
  • unstraps
  • unstrings
  • untangles
  • untethers
  • unthreads
  • unties
  • untwines
  • untwists
  • unwinds

Meanings of lashes

  • noun
    1. The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
    2. A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
    3. A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough.
    4. A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
    5. A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
    6. In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
  • verb
    1. To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
    2. To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
    3. To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
    4. To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
    5. To ply the whip; to strike.
    6. To utter censure or sarcastic language.
    7. (of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
    8. To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.

Example Sentences

  • She applied mascara to make her lashes look longer and fuller.
  • The artist used paint to create intricate designs on the model's lashes.
  • He gently brushed his fingers against her soft lashes.
  • The lashes of the doll were made of real hair for a more realistic look.
  • She was complimented on her beautiful lashes during the photo shoot.

On this page you'll find 223 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to lashes, such as: KOs, assails, assaults, attacks, bands, bangs, bashes.

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

Related Words

lambastes

  • abuses
  • admonishes
  • affronts
  • asperses
  • assails
  • assaults
  • attacks
  • bad-mouths
  • bashes
  • bastes
  • bats
  • batters
  • bawls out
  • beats
  • beats up on
  • belabors
  • belittles
  • belts
  • berates
  • besets
  • birches
  • blackguards
  • blackjacks
  • blames
  • blasphemes
  • blasts
  • bludgeons
  • boxes
  • buffets
  • bungs up
  • busts
  • calls down
  • canes
  • castigates
  • censures
  • chastises
  • chews out
  • chides
  • chops
  • clobbers
  • clouts
  • clubs
  • condemns
  • cowhides
  • cracks
  • criticizes
  • crucifies
  • cudgels
  • cuffs
  • curries
  • curses
  • denounces
  • disparages
  • disses
  • does
  • dresses down
  • drubs
  • excoriates
  • execrates
  • faults
  • fibs
  • flagellates
  • flays
  • flogs
  • fulminates
  • fustigates
  • gores
  • hammers
  • harangues
  • harasses
  • harries
  • hides
  • hits
  • horsewhips
  • imprecates
  • insults
  • jaws
  • keelhauls
  • knocks
  • lacerates
  • laces
  • lams
  • lashes
  • lathers
  • lays into
  • lays on
  • leathers
  • lectures
  • libels
  • licks
  • lights into
  • maims
  • mangles
  • mauls
  • mocks
  • mutilates
  • paddles
  • pans
  • pastes
  • pelts
  • pistol-whips
  • pommels
  • potshots
  • pounds
  • profanes
  • pummels
  • punches
  • punches out
  • puts down
  • rags
  • raids
  • rates
  • rawhides
  • rebukes
  • reprehends
  • reprimands
  • reproaches
  • reproves
  • reviles
  • ridicules
  • rushes
  • sails into
  • savages
  • scathes
  • scoffs
  • scolds
  • scores
  • scorns
  • scourges
  • slams
  • slanders
  • slaps
  • slates
  • slogs
  • slurs
  • smacks
  • smashes
  • socks
  • spanks
  • storms
  • straps
  • swats
  • swipes
  • switches
  • takes to task
  • tans
  • thrashes
  • threshes
  • thumps
  • thwacks
  • ties into
  • tongue-lashes
  • traduces
  • trashes
  • tromps
  • upbraids
  • vilifies
  • vituperates
  • wallops
  • whacks
  • whales
  • whams
  • whaps
  • whips
  • whomps
  • whops
  • whups
  • works over
  • wounds

cabriolets

  • barouches
  • broughams
  • buckboards
  • buggies
  • cabs
  • calashes
  • caleches
  • caroches
  • carriages
  • carryalls
  • chaises
  • chariots
  • coaches
  • coupes
  • curricles
  • diligences
  • dogcarts
  • droshkies
  • droskies
  • equipages
  • four-in-hands
  • gigs
  • go-carts
  • hackney coaches
  • hackneys
  • hansom cabs
  • hansoms
  • jaunting cars
  • landaus
  • phaetons
  • post chaises
  • rigs
  • roadsters
  • rockaways
  • stagecoaches
  • stages
  • stanhopes
  • surreys
  • tandems
  • tilburies
  • tongas
  • traps
  • troikas
  • turnouts
  • victorias

washes

  • agitates
  • asperses
  • bathes
  • beats
  • bedews
  • bedraggles
  • bogs
  • bubbles
  • churns
  • dampens
  • damps
  • deluges
  • dips
  • douches
  • douses
  • dowses
  • drenches
  • dribbles
  • drips
  • drizzles
  • drops
  • drowns
  • ducks
  • dunks
  • eddies
  • engulfs
  • fens
  • flies
  • floods
  • flows
  • flushes
  • gets through
  • goes down
  • goes over
  • goes through
  • gooks
  • gucks
  • guggles
  • gurgles
  • gushes
  • holds up
  • holds water
  • hoses
  • humidifies
  • hydrates
  • impregnates
  • inundates
  • irrigates
  • jets
  • laps
  • laves
  • lips
  • marshes
  • marshlands
  • mires
  • mists
  • moistens
  • moisturizes
  • moors
  • morasses
  • muck
  • muds
  • muskegs
  • oozes
  • overflows
  • paddles
  • passes
  • passes muster
  • plashes
  • plays
  • purls
  • quagmires
  • reels
  • rehydrates
  • rewashes
  • rewets
  • rinses
  • ripples
  • rushes
  • saturates
  • shakes
  • showers
  • slews
  • slimes
  • slop
  • sloshes
  • sloughs
  • sludges
  • slues
  • sluices
  • slush
  • soaks
  • soddens
  • sops
  • souses
  • spews
  • splashes
  • spouts
  • sprinkles
  • spurts
  • squirts
  • stands up
  • steeps
  • stirs
  • streams
  • submerges
  • swales
  • swamplands
  • swamps
  • swashes
  • swirls
  • swishes
  • swooshes
  • takes
  • trickles
  • washes out
  • water-soaks
  • waterlogs
  • waters
  • wetlands
  • wets
  • wets down
  • wheels
  • whips
  • whirls
  • whishes
  • whisks
  • works

imbroglios

  • affrays
  • altercations
  • argle-bargles
  • arguments
  • argy-bargies
  • attacks
  • battle royales
  • battle royals
  • battles royal
  • battles royale
  • bickers
  • brawls
  • catfights
  • clashes
  • contentions
  • contretemps
  • controversies
  • cross fires
  • debates
  • differences
  • disagreements
  • disputations
  • disputes
  • dissensions
  • dissentions
  • donnybrooks
  • falling-outs
  • fallings-out
  • feuds
  • fights
  • fisticuffs
  • fracas
  • fracases
  • frays
  • free-for-alls
  • fusses
  • hassles
  • kickups
  • logomachies
  • melees
  • misunderstandings
  • objections
  • protestations
  • protests
  • quarrels
  • rhubarbs
  • rows
  • run-ins
  • scraps
  • set-tos
  • skirmishes
  • spats
  • squabbles
  • tangles
  • tiffs
  • tussles
  • vendettas
  • wrangles

lathers

  • ados
  • agitations
  • alarms
  • alarums
  • assails
  • assaults
  • attacks
  • bashes
  • bastes
  • bats
  • batters
  • beats
  • beats up on
  • belabors
  • belts
  • besets
  • birches
  • blackjacks
  • bludgeons
  • bothers
  • boxes
  • buffets
  • bungs up
  • busts
  • canes
  • chops
  • clobbers
  • clouts
  • clubs
  • cowhides
  • cracks
  • cudgels
  • cuffs
  • curries
  • deliriums
  • distractions
  • dithers
  • does
  • drubs
  • dudgeons
  • fibs
  • flagellates
  • flogs
  • flusters
  • foams
  • frets
  • froths
  • furors
  • fusses
  • fustigates
  • gores
  • hammers
  • hand-wringings
  • heads
  • hides
  • hits
  • horsewhips
  • huffs
  • hysterias
  • knocks
  • lacerates
  • laces
  • lambastes
  • lambasts
  • lams
  • lashes
  • lays on
  • leathers
  • licks
  • maims
  • mangles
  • mauls
  • mists
  • mousses
  • mutilates
  • nervous breakdowns
  • paddles
  • panics
  • pastes
  • pelts
  • piques
  • pistol-whips
  • pommels
  • pothers
  • pounds
  • pummels
  • punches
  • punches out
  • raids
  • rawhides
  • rushes
  • scourges
  • scums
  • slams
  • slaps
  • slates
  • slogs
  • smacks
  • smashes
  • socks
  • spanks
  • spindrifts
  • sprays
  • spumes
  • stews
  • storms
  • straps
  • suds
  • surfs
  • swats
  • sweats
  • swelters
  • swipes
  • switches
  • swivets
  • tans
  • thrashes
  • threshes
  • thumps
  • thwacks
  • tizzies
  • tromps
  • twitters
  • uproars
  • wallops
  • whacks
  • whales
  • whams
  • whaps
  • whips
  • whomps
  • whops
  • whups
  • works over
  • wounds

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