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

Need another word that means the same as “whiplash”? Find 3 synonyms for “whiplash” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Whiplash” are: whiplash injury, lash, whip

Whiplash as a Noun

Definitions of "Whiplash" as a noun

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

• Injury caused by a severe jerk to the head, typically in a car accident.
• A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object.
• An injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident.
• The flexible part of a whip or something resembling it.
• Used with reference to something resembling a blow with a whip.

Synonyms of "Whiplash" as a noun (3 Words)

Usage Examples of "Whiplash" as a noun

• He cringed before the icy whiplash of Curtis's tongue.
• Suffering from whiplash, he spent weeks with his neck in a collar.