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.

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

Related Words

abuse

  • affront
  • asperse
  • aspersion
  • assail
  • attack
  • backbite
  • bad-mouth
  • bad-mouthing
  • bang up
  • bash
  • beat up
  • beat up on
  • belabor
  • belittle
  • belittlement
  • berate
  • billingsgate
  • blackguard
  • blackguardism
  • blame
  • blaspheme
  • blasphemy
  • blast
  • bleed
  • blow off
  • broadside
  • brutalize
  • bully
  • bung up
  • burn
  • calumniate
  • cap
  • castigate
  • castigation
  • censure
  • chastise
  • chastisement
  • cheat
  • chide
  • commercialize
  • commodify
  • corrupt
  • corruption
  • crime
  • criticism
  • criticize
  • curse
  • curses
  • cuss out
  • cut down
  • cut to the quick
  • cut up
  • damage
  • debase
  • debasement
  • decry
  • defamation
  • defame
  • defile
  • defilement
  • degrade
  • delinquency
  • deprave
  • derision
  • derogate
  • desecrate
  • desecration
  • destruction
  • diatribe
  • discount
  • disparage
  • disparagement
  • dissipate
  • do a number on
  • do an injustice to
  • dump on
  • epithet
  • excoriate
  • excoriation
  • execrate
  • execration
  • exhaust
  • expletive
  • exploit
  • exploitation
  • fault
  • fleece
  • fulminate
  • fulmination
  • give a black eye
  • harangue
  • harass
  • harm
  • harry
  • hose
  • hosing
  • hurl brickbat
  • hurt
  • ill-treat
  • ill-treatment
  • ill-usage
  • ill-use
  • impair
  • impairment
  • impose on
  • imprecate
  • imprecation
  • injure
  • injury
  • injustice
  • insult
  • insults
  • invective
  • jerk around
  • kick around
  • kicking around
  • knifing
  • knock
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • leverage
  • libel
  • light into
  • malediction
  • malevolence
  • maltreat
  • maltreatment
  • manhandle
  • manhandling
  • manipulate
  • mar
  • mess over
  • mess up
  • milk
  • minimize
  • misapplication
  • misapply
  • misconduct
  • misdeed
  • misemploy
  • misemployment
  • mishandle
  • mishandling
  • mismanage
  • mismanagement
  • mismanaging
  • mistreat
  • mistreatment
  • misusage
  • misuse
  • misutilization
  • molest
  • nag
  • obloquy
  • offend
  • offense
  • oppress
  • opprobrium
  • outrage
  • overburden
  • overcharge
  • overtax
  • overwork
  • persecute
  • perversion
  • pervert
  • pick on
  • pimp
  • polemic
  • pollute
  • pollution
  • potshot
  • profanation
  • profane
  • profanity
  • prostitute
  • prostitution
  • pushing around
  • put down
  • put-down
  • quinine
  • rag on
  • rebuke
  • reprimand
  • reproach
  • reproof
  • revile
  • revilement
  • ride
  • rip up
  • rough up
  • roughhouse
  • ruin
  • run down
  • sail into
  • sandbag
  • savage
  • scathe
  • scold
  • scolding
  • scurrility
  • shake up
  • signify
  • signifying
  • sin
  • skin
  • slam
  • slander
  • slap
  • sling mud
  • slur
  • smear
  • soak
  • sound
  • spoil
  • spoiling
  • squander
  • stick
  • swear at
  • swearing
  • swearword
  • taint
  • take apart
  • tear apart
  • tie into
  • tirade
  • torment
  • torture
  • total
  • trade on
  • traduce
  • trash
  • twist
  • upbraid
  • upbraiding
  • use
  • victimize
  • vilification
  • vilify
  • violate
  • violation
  • vitriol
  • vituperate
  • vituperation
  • walk on
  • waste
  • wax
  • whip
  • work
  • wrecking
  • wrong
  • wrongdoing
  • zing

abusive

  • affronting
  • calumniating
  • castigating
  • censorious
  • coarse
  • contemptuous
  • contumelious
  • crude
  • defamatory
  • derisive
  • dirty
  • disdainful
  • disparaging
  • filthy
  • foul
  • foulmouthed
  • gross
  • hateful
  • immoderate
  • indecent
  • insolent
  • insulting
  • intemperate
  • invective
  • libellous
  • libelous
  • malevolent
  • malicious
  • maligning
  • nasty
  • obloquious
  • obscene
  • offending
  • offensive
  • opprobrious
  • outrageous
  • outraging
  • potty-mouthed
  • reproachful
  • reviling
  • rude
  • sarcastic
  • scandalous
  • scathing
  • scolding
  • scornful
  • scurril
  • scurrile
  • scurrilous
  • sharp-tongued
  • slanderous
  • spiteful
  • traducing
  • truculent
  • unbridled
  • unrestrained
  • upbraiding
  • vilifying
  • vitriolic
  • vituperative
  • vituperatory
  • vulgar

accessorize

  • accent
  • add on
  • adorn
  • array
  • beautify
  • bedeck
  • bedizen
  • blazon
  • boss
  • braid
  • brighten
  • caparison
  • chase
  • deck
  • decorate
  • diamond
  • do
  • do up
  • doll up
  • drape
  • dress
  • dress up
  • embellish
  • emblaze
  • emboss
  • embroider
  • enrich
  • equip
  • fancify
  • fancy up
  • feather
  • festoon
  • figure
  • filigree
  • fillet
  • flounce
  • freshen
  • frill
  • fringe
  • furbelow
  • garland
  • garnish
  • gem
  • gild
  • grace
  • gussy up
  • hang
  • impearl
  • jewel
  • lace
  • ornament
  • paint
  • pearl
  • redecorate
  • redo
  • ribbon
  • smarten
  • supplement
  • swag
  • trap
  • trim
  • wreathe

accessorized

  • adorned
  • arrayed
  • beautified
  • bedecked
  • bedizened
  • blazoned
  • bossed
  • braided
  • brightened
  • caparisoned
  • chased
  • decked
  • decorated
  • diamonded
  • did
  • did up
  • dolled up
  • draped
  • dressed
  • dressed up
  • embellished
  • emblazed
  • embossed
  • embroidered
  • enriched
  • fancied up
  • fancified
  • feathered
  • festooned
  • figured
  • filigreed
  • filleted
  • flounced
  • freshened
  • frilled
  • fringed
  • furbelowed
  • garlanded
  • garnished
  • gemmed
  • gilded
  • gilt
  • graced
  • gussied up
  • hanged
  • hung
  • impearled
  • jeweled
  • jewelled
  • laced
  • ornamented
  • painted
  • pearled
  • redecorated
  • redid
  • ribboned
  • smartened
  • swagged
  • trapped
  • trimmed
  • wreathed

accessorizes

  • adorns
  • arrays
  • beautifies
  • bedecks
  • bedizens
  • blazons
  • bosses
  • braids
  • brightens
  • caparisons
  • chases
  • decks
  • decorates
  • diamonds
  • does
  • does up
  • dolls up
  • drapes
  • dresses
  • dresses up
  • embellishes
  • emblazes
  • embosses
  • embroiders
  • enriches
  • fancies up
  • fancifies
  • feathers
  • festoons
  • figures
  • filigrees
  • fillets
  • flounces
  • freshens
  • frills
  • fringes
  • furbelows
  • garlands
  • garnishes
  • gems
  • gilds
  • graces
  • gussies up
  • hangs
  • impearls
  • jewels
  • laces
  • ornaments
  • paints
  • pearls
  • redecorates
  • redoes
  • ribbons
  • smartens
  • swags
  • traps
  • trims
  • wreathes

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