raid

The word “raid” has 1 syllable: raid

It's pronounced as /reɪd/


What is synonym and antonym for raid?

In the thesaurus, “raid” has 152 synonyms and 33 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for raid

  • aggression
  • air raid
  • ambuscade
  • ambush
  • arrest
  • assail
  • assault
  • attack
  • attempt
  • barrage
  • batter
  • battle
  • beat up on
  • beleaguer
  • beset
  • besiege
  • blitz
  • blitzkrieg
  • blockade
  • bomb
  • bombard
  • bombardment
  • bombing
  • breach
  • break in
  • breakthrough
  • buffet
  • bum-rush
  • bushwhack
  • bust
  • cannon
  • cannonade
  • capture
  • charge
  • combat
  • conquer
  • counteraggression
  • counterassault
  • counterattack
  • counteroffensive
  • counterstrike
  • coup de main
  • crush
  • descend on
  • descent
  • despoil
  • devastate
  • dominate
  • encroach
  • envelop
  • envelopment
  • fall upon
  • fight
  • fire on
  • flank
  • flanking
  • fly at
  • forage
  • foray
  • forced entrance
  • fusillade
  • garrison
  • go at
  • hail
  • harass
  • harry
  • heat
  • hit-and-run
  • incursion
  • infringe
  • inroad
  • invade
  • invasion
  • invest
  • irruption
  • knock off
  • knock over
  • lean against
  • lean on
  • light into
  • loot
  • maraud
  • march on
  • mob
  • mug
  • nuke
  • occupy
  • offence
  • offense
  • offensive
  • onset
  • onslaught
  • overcome
  • overpower
  • overrun
  • overwhelm
  • pillage
  • pirate
  • pitch into
  • plaster
  • plunder
  • press
  • pull
  • rake
  • ransack
  • ravage
  • reconnaissance
  • rifle
  • rob
  • round on
  • roundup
  • rush
  • sack
  • sally
  • sally forth
  • salvo
  • set at
  • set on
  • set upon
  • shell
  • shootup
  • sic
  • sick
  • siege
  • slough
  • sortie
  • spoliate
  • storm
  • strafe
  • strike
  • strip
  • subdue
  • subject
  • subjugate
  • surprise
  • surprise attack
  • surprize
  • swarm
  • sweep
  • swoop
  • tear into
  • tip over
  • tipover
  • torpedo
  • trap
  • trash
  • trespass
  • vanquish
  • volley
  • waste
  • waylay
  • whammy

Antonyms for raid

  • aid
  • assist
  • build
  • construct
  • cover
  • defend
  • defense
  • defensive
  • defy
  • give
  • guard
  • help
  • improve
  • letting go
  • oppose
  • opposition
  • protect
  • protection
  • receive
  • release
  • repel
  • resist
  • resistance
  • retreat
  • safeguard
  • save
  • secure
  • security
  • shelter
  • shield
  • surrender
  • ward
  • withstand

Meanings of raid

  • noun
    1. A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
    2. An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.
    3. An attacking movement.
    4. An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receiving broadcaster. This is frequently accompanied by a message in the form of a hashtag that is posted in the broadcast's chat by the viewers.
    5. A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.
  • verb
    1. To engage in a raid against.
    2. To lure from another; to entice away from.
    3. To indulge oneself by taking from.

Example Sentences

  • The soldiers conducted a raid on the enemy's camp under cover of darkness.
  • Authorities launched a surprise raid on the illegal gambling den, arresting several suspects.
  • Farmers woke to find their chicken coop ransacked after a raid by hungry raccoons.
  • The cybersecurity team thwarted a potential data breach with a preemptive raid on the hackers' servers.
  • Conservationists organized a raid on the poachers' hideout, rescuing endangered species from captivity.

On this page you'll find 185 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to raid, such as: aggression, aid, air raid, ambuscade, ambush, arrest, assail.

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Related Words

lace

  • add
  • adulterate
  • alternate
  • amalgamate
  • aromatize
  • assail
  • assault
  • assimilate
  • attach
  • attack
  • attenuate
  • band
  • banding
  • bash
  • baste
  • bat
  • batter
  • beat
  • beat up on
  • befoul
  • belabor
  • belt
  • beset
  • bind
  • birch
  • blackjack
  • blend
  • bludgeon
  • border
  • box
  • braid
  • braiding
  • buffet
  • bung up
  • bungee cord
  • bust
  • cable
  • cane
  • cheapen
  • chop
  • clobber
  • close
  • clout
  • club
  • combine
  • commingle
  • contaminate
  • cord
  • cornrow
  • corrupt
  • counterfeit
  • cowhide
  • crack
  • crochet
  • cudgel
  • cuff
  • curry
  • cut
  • debase
  • defile
  • degrade
  • dilute
  • dirty
  • do
  • do up
  • doctor
  • dreadlock
  • drub
  • edging
  • embody
  • enhance
  • enlace
  • enrich
  • entwine
  • envenom
  • extend
  • fake
  • falsify
  • fib
  • filigree
  • flagellate
  • flavor
  • flog
  • fortify
  • foul
  • fudge
  • fuse
  • fustigate
  • gore
  • guy
  • halyard
  • hammer
  • hide
  • hit
  • horsewhip
  • implicate
  • incorporate
  • infect
  • insert
  • integrate
  • interlace
  • intermingle
  • intersperse
  • intertwine
  • intertwist
  • interweave
  • inweave
  • join
  • juxtapose
  • knock
  • lacerate
  • lacing
  • lam
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • lanyard
  • lash
  • lather
  • lay on
  • leather
  • lick
  • line
  • link
  • load
  • maim
  • mangle
  • manipulate
  • maul
  • merge
  • mesh
  • mingle
  • misrepresent
  • mix
  • moderate
  • mutilate
  • net
  • netting
  • openwork
  • ornament
  • paddle
  • paste
  • pelt
  • pepper
  • perfume
  • pigtail
  • pistol-whip
  • plait
  • plat
  • pleach
  • ply
  • poison
  • pollute
  • pommel
  • pound
  • pummel
  • punch
  • punch out
  • qualify
  • queue
  • raid
  • rawhide
  • rickrack
  • ricrac
  • rope
  • rush
  • salt
  • sauce
  • savor
  • savour
  • scourge
  • season
  • shoelace
  • slam
  • slap
  • slate
  • slog
  • smack
  • smash
  • sock
  • soil
  • sophisticate
  • spank
  • spice
  • spike
  • spoil
  • stay
  • storm
  • strap
  • string
  • stripe
  • sully
  • swat
  • swipe
  • switch
  • taint
  • tan
  • tatting
  • temper
  • thin
  • thong
  • thrash
  • thread
  • threadwork
  • thresh
  • thump
  • thwack
  • tie
  • tissue
  • trim
  • trimming
  • tromp
  • twine
  • twist
  • wallop
  • water down
  • weaken
  • weave
  • whack
  • whale
  • wham
  • whap
  • whip
  • whipcord
  • whomp
  • whop
  • whup
  • wire
  • work over
  • wound
  • wreathe
  • writhe

paddle

  • assail
  • assault
  • attack
  • bash
  • baste
  • bat
  • batter
  • beat
  • beat up on
  • belabor
  • belt
  • beset
  • birch
  • blackjack
  • bludgeon
  • boat
  • box
  • buffet
  • bung up
  • bust
  • cane
  • canoe
  • chop
  • clobber
  • clout
  • club
  • cowhide
  • crack
  • cruise
  • cudgel
  • cuff
  • curry
  • cut water
  • do
  • drift
  • drive
  • drub
  • feather
  • fib
  • flagellate
  • flog
  • fustigate
  • gore
  • hammer
  • hide
  • hit
  • horsewhip
  • kayak
  • knock
  • lace
  • lacerate
  • lam
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • lash
  • lather
  • lay on
  • leather
  • lick
  • maim
  • mangle
  • maul
  • mutilate
  • navigate
  • oar
  • paddlewheel
  • paste
  • pelt
  • pistol-whip
  • pole
  • pommel
  • pound
  • propeller
  • pull
  • pummel
  • punch
  • punch out
  • punt
  • raid
  • rawhide
  • row
  • run rapids
  • rush
  • scourge
  • scull
  • sky an oar
  • slam
  • slap
  • slate
  • slog
  • slop
  • smack
  • smash
  • sock
  • spank
  • splash
  • stir
  • storm
  • strap
  • swat
  • sweep
  • swipe
  • switch
  • tan
  • thrash
  • thresh
  • thump
  • thwack
  • tromp
  • wade
  • wallop
  • whack
  • whale
  • wham
  • whap
  • whip
  • whomp
  • whop
  • whup
  • work over
  • wound

sack

  • Murphy bed
  • ax
  • axe
  • backpack
  • bag
  • barracks bag
  • bassinet
  • bed
  • bedstead
  • bounce
  • break in
  • bundle
  • bunk
  • bunk bed
  • burglarize
  • can
  • carry-cot
  • carryall
  • cashier
  • comb
  • cot
  • couch
  • cradle
  • crib
  • daybed
  • demolish
  • depredate
  • desecrate
  • desolate
  • despoil
  • destroy
  • devastate
  • devour
  • discharge
  • dismiss
  • ditty bag
  • doss
  • downsize
  • drop
  • duffel bag
  • excess
  • expel
  • feather bed
  • fire
  • fleece
  • flight bag
  • four-poster
  • furlough
  • futon
  • garment bag
  • give a pink slip
  • give marching orders
  • give the boot
  • gut
  • hammock
  • handbag
  • harry
  • haversack
  • hay
  • hunt
  • kick out
  • kip
  • kit bag
  • knapsack
  • lair
  • lay off
  • lay waste
  • loot
  • maraud
  • mattress
  • muster out
  • pack
  • package
  • packet
  • pad
  • pallet
  • parcel
  • pillage
  • pink-slip
  • plunder
  • pocketbook
  • poke
  • portmanteau
  • pouch
  • purse
  • rack
  • raid
  • rake
  • ransack
  • ravage
  • ravish
  • release
  • remove
  • retire
  • rifle
  • rip off
  • rob
  • rucksack
  • ruin
  • rummage
  • satchel
  • send packing
  • separate
  • shakedown
  • ship
  • shopping bag
  • sleigh bed
  • sofa
  • sofa bed
  • spoil
  • spoliate
  • strip
  • studio couch
  • terminate
  • throw out
  • tote
  • tote bag
  • traveling bag
  • trim
  • trundle bed
  • turn off
  • unseat
  • wallet
  • waste
  • water bed
  • work bag

jerk around

  • abuse
  • annoy
  • attack
  • baffle
  • bait
  • bamboozle
  • beat
  • bedevil
  • beguile
  • beleaguer
  • betray
  • bilk
  • bleed
  • bother
  • bug
  • bullyrag
  • bunco
  • burn
  • caboodle
  • catch
  • cheat
  • chicane
  • chisel
  • circumvent
  • clip
  • commercialize
  • commodify
  • con
  • cozen
  • crib
  • cross
  • deceive
  • defraud
  • delude
  • despoil
  • devil
  • diddle
  • distress
  • disturb
  • do
  • do a number on
  • double-cross
  • double-deal
  • dupe
  • dust
  • eat
  • exasperate
  • exhaust
  • exploit
  • fast talk
  • fatigue
  • finagle
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • foray
  • fudge
  • get to
  • give a bad time
  • give a hard time
  • give bum steer
  • gnaw
  • gouge
  • gull
  • harry
  • hassle
  • heckle
  • hoax
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • hose
  • hound
  • hustle
  • intimidate
  • irk
  • irritate
  • kid
  • leverage
  • macerate
  • manipulate
  • maraud
  • milk
  • mislead
  • mistreat
  • mulct
  • noodge
  • outwit
  • overcharge
  • overreach
  • pain
  • perplex
  • persecute
  • pester
  • pimp
  • plague
  • pluck
  • pull something
  • raid
  • ream
  • ride
  • rifle
  • rip off
  • rob
  • rook
  • rope in
  • run a game on
  • sandbag
  • scam
  • screw
  • sell a bill of goods
  • shaft
  • short
  • shuck
  • skin
  • snow
  • soak
  • spoof
  • stick
  • stiff
  • strain
  • stress
  • strip
  • sucker
  • swindle
  • take
  • take for a ride
  • take in
  • take out
  • take to the cleaners
  • tease
  • tire
  • torment
  • trick
  • trim
  • trouble
  • try
  • two-time
  • use
  • vex
  • victimize
  • weary
  • work
  • work on
  • worry

lambast

  • abuse
  • admonish
  • affront
  • asperse
  • assail
  • assault
  • attack
  • bad-mouth
  • bash
  • baste
  • bat
  • batter
  • bawl out
  • beat
  • beat up on
  • belabor
  • belittle
  • belt
  • berate
  • beset
  • birch
  • blackguard
  • blackjack
  • blame
  • blaspheme
  • blast
  • bludgeon
  • box
  • buffet
  • bung up
  • bust
  • call down
  • cane
  • castigate
  • censure
  • chastise
  • chew out
  • chide
  • chop
  • clobber
  • clout
  • club
  • condemn
  • cowhide
  • crack
  • criticize
  • crucify
  • cudgel
  • cuff
  • curry
  • curse
  • denounce
  • dis
  • disparage
  • diss
  • do
  • dress down
  • drub
  • excoriate
  • execrate
  • fault
  • fib
  • flagellate
  • flay
  • flog
  • fulminate
  • fustigate
  • gore
  • hammer
  • harangue
  • harass
  • harry
  • hide
  • hit
  • horsewhip
  • imprecate
  • insult
  • jaw
  • keelhaul
  • knock
  • lace
  • lacerate
  • lam
  • lash
  • lather
  • lay into
  • lay on
  • leather
  • lecture
  • libel
  • lick
  • light into
  • maim
  • mangle
  • maul
  • mock
  • mutilate
  • paddle
  • pan
  • paste
  • pelt
  • pistol-whip
  • pommel
  • potshot
  • pound
  • profane
  • pummel
  • punch
  • punch out
  • put down
  • rag
  • raid
  • rate
  • rawhide
  • rebuke
  • reprehend
  • reprimand
  • reproach
  • reprove
  • revile
  • ridicule
  • rush
  • sail into
  • savage
  • scathe
  • scoff
  • scold
  • score
  • scorn
  • scourge
  • slam
  • slander
  • slap
  • slate
  • slog
  • slur
  • smack
  • smash
  • sock
  • spank
  • storm
  • strap
  • swat
  • swipe
  • switch
  • take to task
  • tan
  • thrash
  • thresh
  • thump
  • thwack
  • tie into
  • tongue-lash
  • traduce
  • trash
  • tromp
  • upbraid
  • vilify
  • vituperate
  • wallop
  • whack
  • whale
  • wham
  • whap
  • whip
  • whomp
  • whop
  • whup
  • work over
  • wound

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