KICK: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for KICK?

Need another word that means the same as “kick”? Find 47 synonyms and 30 related words for “kick” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Kick” are: complain, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off, give up, kick back, recoil, boot, punt, strike with the foot, break, get out of, abandon, end, escape from, spring back, fly back, kicking, beef, gripe, squawk, bang, charge, flush, rush, thrill, potency, stimulant effect, alcoholic effect, strength, power, punch, excitement, stimulation, tingle, craze, enthusiasm, obsession, mania, passion, preoccupation, fixation

Kick as a Noun

Definitions of "Kick" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “kick” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A thrill of pleasurable, often reckless excitement.
• The swift release of a store of affective force.
• The act of delivering a blow with the foot.
• (in sport) an instance of striking the ball with the foot.
• The backward jerk of a gun when it is fired.
• A sudden forceful jolt.
• (chiefly in rugby) a player of specified kicking ability.
• A temporary interest in a particular thing.
• An irregular movement of the ball caused by dust.
• A blow or forceful thrust with the foot.
• A rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics.
• The recoil of a gun when discharged.
• Soft sports shoes; trainers.
• The sharp stimulant effect of alcohol or a drug.
• The sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs.
• Informal terms for objecting.

Synonyms of "Kick" as a noun (29 Words)

alcoholic effect	A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually.
bang	An act or instance of having sex. She brushed back her wispy bangs.
beef	A cow, bull, or ox fattened for its meat. Beef cattle.
boot	A covering to protect the lower part of a horse’s leg. A boot disk.
charge	The price charged for some article or service. The judge gave a painstakingly careful charge to the jury.
craze	A fine crack in a glaze or other surface. The new craze for step aerobics.
enthusiasm	Something that arouses enthusiasm. Her energy and enthusiasm for life.
excitement	Something that arouses a feeling of excitement. The excitements of the previous night.
fixation	(histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body. During the period of total blindness there was a complete absence of visual fixation.
flush	Denoting a type of toilet that has a flushing device. He pressed the flush absent mindedly.
gripe	Gastric or intestinal pain; colic. If your baby has gripe or is teething we have the medication to help them.
kicking	An assault in which the victim is kicked repeatedly. They gave him a good kicking.
mania	Mental illness marked by periods of great excitement or euphoria, delusions, and overactivity. He had a mania for automobiles.
obsession	An unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone. She cared for him with a devotion bordering on obsession.
passion	An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action. She nurses a passion for Thomas.
potency	A male’s ability to achieve an erection. A myth of enormous potency.
power	The rate of doing work measured in watts or less frequently horse power. The power of speech.
preoccupation	The mental state of being preoccupied by something. Their main preoccupation was how to feed their families.
punch	An iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings normally served in a punch bowl. Photos give their arguments an extra visual punch.
punt	A long, narrow flat-bottomed boat, square at both ends and propelled with a long pole, used on inland waters chiefly for recreation. Punting is an important part of the game.
recoil	The action of recoiling. His body jerked with the recoil of the rifle.
rush	A sudden burst of activity. Come back after the rush.
squawk	The noise of squawking. She awoke to the squawk of chickens.
stimulant effect	A drug that temporarily quickens some vital process.
stimulation	Encouragement of something to make it develop or become more active. Ovarian stimulation for in vitro fertilization.
strength	Capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects. We faced an army of great strength.
thrill	An experience that produces a sudden feeling of excitement and pleasure. The thrills of space travel.
tingle	A somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles. A tingle of anticipation.

Usage Examples of "Kick" as a noun

• The jogging kick.
• The shuttle accelerated with a kick.
• Rich kids turning to crime just for kicks.
• A kick in the head.
• A sidecar is a smooth drink but it has a powerful kick.
• The team’s kicking was excellent.
• I get such a kick out of driving a racing car.
• Scott’s kick went wide of the goal.
• He does it for kicks.
• He gave the ball a powerful kick.
• The swimmer’s kicking left a wake behind him.
• Strong stuff, this brew: he felt the kick.
• He suffered a kick on the pink in frame four.
• A pair of basketball kicks.
• The kick must be synchronized with the arm movements.

Kick as a Verb

Definitions of "Kick" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “kick” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Strike or propel forcibly with the foot.
• Stop consuming.
• Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness.
• Thrash about or strike out with the feet.
• Kick a leg up.
• (chiefly in rugby) score (a goal) by a kick.
• Drive or propel with the foot.
• (of a gun) recoil when fired.
• Strike out with the foot or feet.
• Make a goal.
• Spring back, as from a forceful thrust.
• Succeed in giving up (a habit or addiction.
• Strike with the foot.

Synonyms of "Kick" as a verb (18 Words)

abandon	Forsake, leave behind. He had clearly abandoned all pretence of trying to succeed.
boot	Kick give a boot to. When I booted the computer I heard a extremely loud rattle.
break	Break down literally or metaphorically. She put out an arm to break her fall.
complain	Express complaints discontent displeasure or unhappiness. Her husband began to complain of headaches.
end	Have an end in a temporal spatial or quantitative sense either spatial or metaphorical. The symphony ends in a pianissimo.
escape from	Be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by.
fly back	Decrease rapidly and disappear.
get out of	Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition.
give up	Occur.
kick back	Stop consuming.
kvetch	Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness. Jane s kvetching about her crummy existence.
plain	Express complaints discontent displeasure or unhappiness. My mother complains all day.
punt	Travel in a punt. In summer you can enjoy punting along the river.
quetch	Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness.
recoil	Rebound or spring back through force of impact or elasticity. Ronni felt herself recoil at the very thought.
sound off	Measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line.
spring back	Spring back spring away from an impact.
strike with the foot	Hit against; come into sudden contact with.

Usage Examples of "Kick" as a verb

• Police kicked down the door.Kick a habit.Wray kicked 11 points.The boy kicked the dog.He kicked the door open.She has a lot to kick about.He kicked the extra point after touchdown.She kicked out at him.The gun kicked back into my shoulder.Smokers may soon have new help to kick the habit.Their guns kick so hard that they have developed a bad case of flinching.He kicked his feet free of a vine.

Associations of “Kick” (30 Words)

ball	The game of baseball. Whelan sent a long ball to Goddard.
beat	Relating to the beat generation or its philosophy. Beat the drum.
boxing	The enclosure of something in a package or box.
canoe	Travel by canoe. He had once canoed down the Nile.
cast	A mould used to make an object by casting. Who cast this beautiful movie.
discharge	Go off or discharge. The insurer is discharged from liability from the day of breach.
eject	Leave an aircraft rapidly using an ejection seat or capsule. Angry supporters were forcibly ejected from the court.
evict	Expel from one’s property or force to move out by a legal process. The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months.
expel	Force (someone) to leave a place. She was expelled from school.
field	A fielder. Field artillery.
flog	Make one’s way with strenuous effort. The men had been flogged and branded on the forehead.
game	The game equipment needed in order to play a particular game. His life was all fun and games.
goal	An instance of sending the ball into or over the goal especially as a unit of scoring in a game. The aircraft bumped towards our goal some 400 miles to the west.
instinctively	As a matter of instinct. Elizabeth reacted instinctively in giving him a hug.
lash	Lash or flick about sharply. The cat s tail lashed furiously from side to side.
leg	A cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person s leg. Adams broke his leg.
pugilism	The profession or hobby of boxing. I do not go to displays of pugilism.
pugilist	A boxer, especially a professional one.
punch	An iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings normally served in a punch bowl. The nail punched through the wall.
pushing	The act of applying force in order to move something away. The pushing is good exercise.
shove	Push (someone or something) roughly. He gave the door a shove.
soccer	A form of football played by two teams of eleven players with a round ball which may not be handled during play except by the goalkeepers.
sport	Someone who engages in sports. Go on be a sport.
squatter	Someone who settles on land without right or title. One of the wealthiest and most prominent squatter families of northern Victoria.
strap	Secure a sprained joint with a strap. Her bra strap.
thrash	Give a thrashing to beat hard. Two months of thrashing around on my own have produced nothing.
utilize	Make practical and effective use of. Vitamin C helps your body utilize the iron present in your diet.
violently	In a violent manner. The aircraft began violently shaking.
whip	A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object. The escaper had whipped his overcoat.
yard	A square or cubic yard especially of sand or other building materials. It cost two hundred up front one yard for Maurice one for the girl.