paddling

The word “paddling” has 2 syllables: pad-dling

It's pronounced as /ˈpædəlɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for paddling?

In the thesaurus, “paddling” has 200 synonyms and 20 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for paddling

KO
ambush
annihilation
assailing
assault
assaulting
attack
attacking
barbarity
bashing
basting
battering
battery
batting
beating
beating up on
belaboring
belting
besetting
birching
blackjacking
blow
bludgeoning
boxing
break
breakdown
browbeating
brutality
buffeting
bulldozing
bullying
bunging up
busting
caning
canoeing
check
chopping
clobbering
clouting
clubbing
collapse
conquest
count
cowhiding
cracking
crippling
cruising
cudgeling
cudgelling
cuffing
currying
damage
debacle
defeasance
destruction
detriment
discomfiture
doing
downthrow
drifting
drubbing
embarrassment
extermination
failure
fall
feathering
fibbing
flagellating
flagellation
flogging
force
foul play
frenzy
fury
fustigating
goring
hammering
harm
hectoring
hiding
hitting
horsewhipping
hurt
impairment
injury
insuccess
kayaking
killing
knocking
lacerating
lacing
lambasting
lamming
lashing
lathering
laying on
leathering
licking
loss
maiming
mangling
massacre
mastery
mauling
mayhem
mutilating
mutilation
nonsuccess
oaring
onslaught
outbreak
outrage
overthrow
paroxysm
pasting
pelting
pistol-whipping
poling
pommeling
pommelling
pounding
pulling
pummeling
pummelling
punching
punching out
punting
rage
raiding
rampage
rawhiding
rebuff
repulse
reverse
revolt
riot
rout
rowing
ruin
rupture
rushing
sailing
savagery
scalping
scourging
sculling
setback
shellacking
shock
slamming
slapping
slating
slaughter
slogging
smacking
smashing
socking
spanking
storm
storming
strapping
strong-arming
subjugation
swatting
swiping
switching
tanning
terror
thrashing
threat
threshing
thumping
thwacking
trap
trashing
trawling
trimming
triumph
tromping
trouncing
tumult
turbulence
upheaval
uproar
vanquishment
violence
walloping
waxing
whacking
whaling
whamming
whapping
whipping
whitewashing
whomping
whopping
whupping
working over
wounding
yachting

Antonyms for paddling

accomplishment
achievement
attainment
boon
building
construction
creation
forfeit
good fortune
loss
mastery
nonviolence
pacificism
pacifism
rise
success
surrender
victory
win
yielding

Meanings of paddling

verb
1. To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.
2. To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
3. To spank with a paddle.
4. To pat or stroke amorously or gently.
5. To tread upon; to trample.
6. To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.
7. To toddle.
8. To toy or caress using hands or fingers.
noun
1. The act of using a paddle.
2. An act of corporal punishment consisting of spanking the buttocks with a paddle.
3. A collective noun for ducks when they are on water.

Example Sentences

The friends spent a relaxing afternoon paddling down the lazy river.
Ducks glided effortlessly, undisturbed by the gentle paddling of canoes nearby.
The rhythmic paddling of the kayakers created a soothing melody on the peaceful lake.
Families enjoyed the sunshine while leisurely paddling in colorful pedal boats.
As the sun dipped below the horizon, the lone canoe continued paddling toward the quiet inlet.

On this page you'll find 220 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to paddling, such as: KO, accomplishment, achievement, ambush, annihilation, assailing, assault.

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