tapped
The word “tapped” has 1 syllable: tapped
It's pronounced as /tæpt/
What is synonym and antonym for tapped?
In the thesaurus, “tapped” has 101 synonyms and 31 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for tapped along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for tapped
- abandoned
- banged
- bashed
- basket-case
- batted
- beat
- bled
- bonked
- bopped
- bored
- chinked
- chucked
- clapped
- clapt
- clattered
- cleaned
- cleared
- clicked
- clinked
- debilitated
- decanted
- defenseless
- dented
- dependent
- depleted
- destitute
- dinted
- drafted
- drained
- drummed
- effused
- embossed
- emptied
- evacuated
- exhausted
- exposed
- feeble
- flicked
- flushed
- forlorn
- forsaken
- friendless
- hammered
- handcuffed
- hit
- impotent
- imprinted
- incapable
- incompetent
- inefficient
- inexpert
- infirm
- invalid
- knocked
- miked
- milked
- needled
- over a barrel
- paralyzed
- pasted
- patted
- pierced
- pinged
- pinned
- pit-a-patted
- pitter-pattered
- pounded
- powerless
- pricked
- prostrate
- pumped
- punctured
- purged
- rapped
- shiftless
- siphoned
- slammed
- smacked
- socked
- stamped
- struck
- sucked
- swatted
- syphoned
- tapped out
- thudded
- thumped
- thwacked
- tipped
- unable
- unfit
- unprotected
- up creek without paddle
- vacated
- vacuated
- voided
- vulnerable
- walloped
- weak
- whacked
- with hands tied
Antonyms for tapped
- able
- bathed
- capable
- competent
- deluged
- doused
- dowsed
- drenched
- drowned
- enterprising
- filled
- fit
- flooded
- independent
- inundated
- overflowed
- potent
- powerful
- resourceful
- secure
- skilled
- soaked
- soused
- strong
- submerged
- swamped
- unwired
- washed
- watered
- wet
- wetted
Meanings of tapped
- verb
- To furnish with taps.
- To draw off liquid from a vessel.
- To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
- To exploit.
- To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
- To intercept a communication without authority.
- To cut an internal screw thread.
- To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already been used that turn (by analogy to "tapping," in the sense of drawing on to the point of temporary exhaustion, the resources or abilities represented by the card).
- To cadge, borrow or beg.
- To drain off fluid by paracentesis.
- To advance someone for a post or job, or for membership of a club.
- To strike lightly.
- To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
- To make a sharp noise.
- To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.
- To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
- To force (an opponent) to submit.
- To put a new sole or heel on.
- adjective
- Furnished with active taps (e.g. a keg or a maple tree).
- Of a card or playing piece, used up for the current turn.
Example Sentences
- She tapped the screen to unlock her phone.
- He tapped his fingers on the table while waiting.
- The company tapped him for a leadership role.
- She tapped the microphone to check if it was working.
- The tree was tapped to collect maple syrup.
On this page you'll find 132 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to tapped, such as: abandoned, able, banged, bashed, basket-case, bathed, batted.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
banged
- barred
- bash
- bashed
- batted
- battered
- beaned
- beat
- belted
- biffed
- bludgeoned
- bobbed
- bolted
- bonked
- boom
- bopped
- bounced
- boxed
- brained
- brushed
- buffeted
- bulldozed
- bump
- bumped
- bunged
- bunted
- burst
- bust
- busted
- butted
- caned
- caromed
- chained
- chopped
- clang
- clapped
- clapt
- clatter
- clipped
- clobbered
- clocked
- closed
- clouted
- clubbed
- clunked
- collide
- collided
- conked
- contacted
- cracked
- crash
- crashed
- creamed
- cudgeled
- cudgelled
- cuffed
- decked
- detonate
- drubbed
- drum
- dumped
- echo
- explode
- fastened
- felled
- flailed
- flicked
- flogged
- floored
- glanced
- grazed
- hammer
- hammered
- hit
- hung one on
- impacted
- impinged
- jabbed
- jostled
- kicked
- kissed
- kneed
- knock
- knocked
- knocked down
- laced
- lambasted
- landed
- lashed
- latched
- leveled
- levelled
- licked
- locked
- make noise
- mangled
- mauled
- muscled
- nailed
- nudged
- pasted
- peal
- pelted
- peppered
- poked
- pommeled
- pommelled
- pound
- pounded
- pressed
- prodded
- pummel
- pummeled
- pummelled
- punched
- pushed
- rabbit-punched
- rammed
- rap
- rapped
- rattle
- rebounded
- resound
- ricocheted
- ricochetted
- roughed
- sapped
- scraped
- scuffed
- sealed
- secured
- shaved
- shoved
- shut
- skimmed
- skipped
- skulled
- slam
- slammed
- slapped
- slashed
- sledged
- sledgehammered
- slogged
- slugged
- smacked
- smash
- smashed
- smote
- socked
- sound
- speared
- stabbed
- stamped
- stopped
- strike
- stroked
- struck
- sucker punched
- swatted
- swept
- swiped
- switched
- tagged
- tapped
- thrashed
- thudded
- thump
- thumped
- thunder
- thwacked
- touched
- walloped
- whack
- whacked
- whaled
- whipped
- zapped
bankrupt
- absent
- almsman
- backslider
- bare
- barren
- beggar
- bereft
- blackguard
- blank
- break
- broke
- bust
- cad
- debauchee
- debaucher
- decadent
- deficient
- degenerate
- delinquent
- depleted
- derelict
- destitute
- deviate
- devoid
- down-and-out
- down-and-outer
- drifter
- empty
- exhausted
- failed
- fragmental
- fragmentary
- gamine
- have-not
- heel
- hobo
- impoverish
- impoverished
- in Chapter 11
- incomplete
- incorrigible
- indigent
- innocent
- insolvent
- insufficient
- knave
- lacking
- lecher
- libertine
- lost
- mendicant
- miscreant
- missing
- out of business
- panhandler
- partial
- pauper
- pauperize
- perv
- pervert
- playboy
- playgirl
- profligate
- ragamuffin
- rake
- rakehell
- rascal
- reduce
- reprobate
- rip
- roamer
- rogue
- ruin
- ruined
- satyr
- scoundrel
- short
- spent
- stark
- straiten
- tapped out
- tramp
- transient
- urchin
- vacant
- vagabond
- villain
- void
- waif
- wanting
- wipe out
bankrupted
- bankrupt
- beggared
- beggarly
- broke
- bust
- busted
- cash-strapped
- depressed
- deprived
- destitute
- dirt-poor
- disadvantaged
- dispossessed
- distressed
- down-and-out
- famished
- hand-to-mouth
- hard up
- hardscrabble
- impecunious
- impoverished
- indigent
- insolvent
- low
- necessitous
- needful
- needy
- pauperized
- penniless
- penurious
- pinched
- poor
- poorish
- possessionless
- poverty-stricken
- reduced
- ruined
- short
- skint
- straitened
- tapped out
- threadbare
- unaffluent
- underprivileged
- wiped out
clobbered
- annihilated
- ate alive
- banged
- bashed
- batted
- battered
- beaned
- beat
- beat the pants off
- belt
- belted
- bested
- bettered
- biffed
- blast
- blew away
- bludgeoned
- bobbed
- bombed
- bonked
- bopped
- boxed
- brained
- broke
- buffeted
- bumped
- bunged
- bunted
- buried
- bust
- busted
- butted
- caned
- capped
- chopped
- clapped
- clapt
- clipped
- clocked
- clouted
- clubbed
- conked
- conquered
- cracked
- creamed
- crushed
- cudgeled
- cudgelled
- cuffed
- decked
- destroyed
- did in
- dispatched
- drub
- drubbed
- dumped
- dusted
- eclipsed
- exceeded
- excelled
- felled
- finished
- flailed
- flattened
- flicked
- flogged
- floored
- flourished
- hammered
- hit
- hung one on
- hurdled
- jabbed
- jostled
- kicked
- kneed
- knocked
- knocked down
- knocked off
- knocked over
- laced
- lambaste
- lambasted
- lashed
- leveled
- levelled
- lick
- licked
- mangled
- mastered
- mauled
- nailed
- nosed out
- outdid
- outdistanced
- outfought
- outshined
- outshone
- outstripped
- overbore
- overcame
- overmatched
- overpowered
- overthrew
- overtopped
- overwhelmed
- pasted
- pelted
- peppered
- pipped
- poked
- pommeled
- pommelled
- pounded
- prodded
- pummeled
- pummelled
- punched
- pushed
- rabbit-punched
- ran circles around
- ran rings around
- rapped
- roughed
- routed
- sank
- sapped
- scored
- scuffed
- shellac
- shellacked
- shoved
- skinned
- skulled
- skunked
- slam
- slammed
- slapped
- slashed
- slaughtered
- sledged
- sledgehammered
- slogged
- slug
- slugged
- smacked
- smash
- smear
- smoked
- smote
- smother
- smothered
- snowed under
- socked
- speared
- stabbed
- stamped
- stroked
- struck
- subdued
- subjugated
- succeeded
- sucker punched
- sunk
- surmounted
- surpassed
- swatted
- swept
- swiped
- switched
- tagged
- tapped
- thrash
- thrashed
- threw
- thumped
- thwacked
- took
- topped
- transcended
- trim
- trimmed
- tromped
- trounced
- upended
- upset
- vanquished
- wallop
- walloped
- waxed
- whacked
- whaled
- whapped
- whip
- whipped
- whomped
- whopped
- whupped
- wiped the floor with
- wiped the ground with
- worsted
- zapped
dabbed
- anointed
- applied
- bedaubed
- besmeared
- blanketed
- brushed
- carpeted
- chucked
- clapped
- clapt
- clasped
- clenched
- clutched
- coated
- covered
- daubed
- felt
- flicked
- grasped
- grazed
- gripped
- handled
- held
- hit
- knocked
- laid
- laid on
- layered
- mantled
- overlaid
- overlay
- overspread
- palmed
- palpated
- palped
- patted
- plastered
- pounded
- rapped
- shaved
- sheeted
- skimmed
- slathered
- smeared
- spread
- surfaced
- tagged
- tapped
- tipped
- touched
- whacked