Antonyms for batter
ˈbæt ərbat·ter

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. batter

   Strike is the word for a single blow; to beat is to strike repeatedly, as a bird beats the air with its wings. Others of the above words describe the manner of beating, as bastinado, to beat on the soles of the feet; belabor, to inflict a comprehensive and exhaustive beating; cudgel, to beat with a stick; thrash, as wheat was beaten out with the old hand-flail; to pound (akin to Latin pondus, a weight) is to beat with a heavy, and pommel with a blunt, instrument. To batter and to bruise refer to the results of beating; that is battered which is broken or defaced by repeated blows on the surface (compare synonyms for SHATTER); that is bruised which has suffered even one severe contusion. The metaphorical sense of beat, however, so far preponderates that one may be very badly bruised and battered, and yet not be said to be beaten, unless he has got the worst of the beating. To beat a combatant is to disable or dishearten him for further fighting. Hence beat becomes the synonym for every word which implies getting the advantage of another. Compare CONQUER.

   Almost all antonyms in this class are passive, and can be formed indefinitely from the conquering words by the use of the auxiliary be; as, be beaten, be defeated, be conquered, etc.

   Antonyms:
   fail, fall, get the worst of, go down, go under, surrender

   Synonyms:
   bastinado, beat, belabor, bruise, castigate, chastise, conquer, cudgel, defeat, flog, overcome, pommel, pound, scourge, smite, spank, strike, surpass, switch, thrash, vanquish, whip, worst

   Preposition:
   Beat with a stick over the head; beat by a trick; out of town; beat to the ground; into submission.

Matched Categories

1. • Beat
   • Change Shape
   • Strike

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. batter, hitter, slugger, batsmannoun

   (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting

   Synonyms:
   batsman, hitter, striker, slugger, slogger

2. batterverb

   a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking

   Synonyms:
   batsman, hitter, slugger

3. buffet, knock about, batterverb

   strike against forcefully

   "Winds buffeted the tent"

   Synonyms:
   kick around, clobber, knock about, kick about, buffet, baste, dinge, buff

4. clobber, baste, batterverb

   strike violently and repeatedly

   "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"

   Synonyms:
   drub, cream, knock about, bat, buffet, tack, thrash, baste, lick, dinge, clobber

5. dinge, batterverb

   make a dent or impression in

   "dinge a soft hat"

   Synonyms:
   baste, clobber, dinge, buffet, knock about

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1. batterverb

   Synonyms:
   smite, pelt, assault, demolish, raze, shatter

How to use batter in a sentence?

1. Ashima:

   Water batter ground, I chatter around, no jitter sound, but litter mound!

2. Jackie Mills:

   I just got a mini doughnut pan, and it makes the cutest desserts. It's probably four bites, so you can bake a regular cake batter in it and have automatic portion control.

3. Omar Khayym:

   Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai Whose Portals are alternate Night and Day, How Sultn after Sultn with his Pomp Abode his destined Hour, and went his way.

4. Ralph Kiner:

   The Mets have gotten their leadoff batter on only once this inning.

5. Jeremy Ben-Ami:

   It's kind of like saying, you've got a baseball batter who's in a slump and so -- what they've been doing -- they look at the videotape and instead of like doing a better swing, they just start hitting the umpire with the bat. Yeah, doing something different -- but it has to make sense what you're doing, i don't think anybody who's been involved with this will say what we did worked... but that doesn't mean that this is the right approach.

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