Attack Synonyms
Dose , ambush, aggress, affect, abuse, address, act of aggression, admonishment, bout, and convulsion are synonyms for attack; defend and protect are antonyms of attack. On this page, you will find 216 another word for attack.
216 Another Word for Attack
1. begin an assault
- Ambush
- Begin an assault
- Begin hostilities
- Blitz
- Bombard
- Charge
- Fire on/at
- Pounce
- Rush
- Shell
- Strafe
- Strike
- Storm
2. assault
- Aggress
- Ambush
- Assail
- Assault
- Batter
- Beat up on
- Beat up
- Beat
- Do over
- Duff someone up
- Fall upon
- Get stuck into
- Have a go at
- Jump
- Knock about
- Knock around
- Lace into
- Lash out at
- Lay into
- Let fly at
- Let someone have it
- Mug
- Paste
- Pitch into
- Pounce on
- Pound
- Pummel
- Rough up
- Sail into
- Set about
- Set upon
- Strike at
- Tear into
- Thrash
- Work over
- Light into
3. affect
- Affect
- Damage
- Have an effect on
- Infect
- Strike at
- Strike
- Take hold of
- Injure
4. criticize
- Abuse
- Admonish
- Bag
- Bash
- Bawl out
- Berate
- Blame
- Blast
- Cane
- Carpet
- Castigate
- Censure
- Chastise
- Chew out
- Condemn
- Criticize
- Crucify
- Cut up
- Dress down
- Excoriate
- Find fault with
- Fulminate against
- Give someone a bad press
- Give someone a roasting
- Give someone a rocket
- Give someone a rollicking
- Give someone hell
- Hammer
- Harangue
- Haul over the coals
- Have a go at
- Impugn
- Knock
- Lambast
- Lay into
- Monster
- Objurgate
- Pillory
- Pull apart
- Pummel
- Rap over the knuckles
- Rate
- Ream out
- Rebuke
- Remonstrate with
- Reprimand
- Reproach
- Reprove
- Revile
- Roast
- Rollick
- Rubbish
- Sail into
- Savage
- Slag off
- Slam
- Slash
- Slate
- Take to pieces
- Take to task
- Tear a strip off someone
- Tear into
- Tear someone off a strip
- Vilify
- Reprehend
5. attend to
- Address
- Apply oneself to
- Attend to
- Buckle down to
- Concentrate on
- Confront
- Deal with
- Direct one's attention to
- Embark on
- Focus on
- Get cracking on
- Get started on
- Get stuck into
- Get to work on
- Get weaving on
- Go to work on
- Grapple with
- Have a crack at
- Have a go at
- Have a shot at
- See to
- Set about
- Set to work on
- Undertake
- Have a stab at
6. assault
- Act of aggression
- Assault
- Blitz
- Charge
- Drive
- Incursion
- Inroad
- Invasion
- Offensive
- Onslaught
- Push
- Raid
- Razzia
- Rush
- Sally
- Sortie
- Storming
- Strike
- Thrust
- Onset
7. criticism
- Admonishment
- Admonition
- Bashing
- Blast
- Broadside
- Caning
- Carpeting
- Censure
- Condemnation
- Criticism
- Denunciation
- Diatribe
- Dressing-down
- Earful
- Harangue
- Invective
- Knocking
- Polemic
- Rant
- Rap over the knuckles
- Rating
- Rebuke
- Reprimand
- Reproval
- Revilement
- Roasting
- Rocket
- Rollicking
- Slating
- Stricture
- Telling-off
- Ticking off
- Tirade
- Verbal onslaught
- Vilification
- Wigging
- Philippic
8. fit
- Bout
- Convulsion
- Dose
- Fit
- Flare-up
- Outburst
- Paroxysm
- Seizure
- Spasm
- Spell
- Access
Attack Sentences
The army prepared to attack.
The shark launched an attack.
They planned a surprise attack.
The soldiers defended against attack.
