Synonyms for stroke
stroʊkstroke

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1. stroke

   A blow is a sudden impact, as of a fist or a club; a stroke is a sweeping movement; as, the stroke of a sword, of an oar, of the arm in swimming. A shock is the sudden encounter with some heavy body; as, colliding railway-trains meet with a shock; the shock of battle. A slap is given with the open hand, a lash with a whip, thong, or the like; we speak also of the cut of a whip. A buffet or cuff is given only with the hand; a blow either with hand or weapon. A cuff is a somewhat sidelong blow, generally with the open hand; as, a cuff or box on the ear. A stripe is the effect or mark of a stroke. In the metaphorical sense, blow is used for sudden, stunning, staggering calamity or sorrow; stroke for sweeping disaster, and also for sweeping achievement and success. We say a stroke of paralysis, or a stroke of genius. We speak of the buffets of adverse fortune. Shock is used of that which is at once sudden, violent, and prostrating; we speak of a shock of electricity, the shock of an amputation, a shock of surprise. Compare BEAT.

   Synonyms:
   blow, box, buffet, calamity, concussion, cuff, cut, disaster, knock, lash, misfortune, rap, shock, stripe, thump

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1. stroke, shotnoun

   (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand

   "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"

   Synonyms:
   shaft, stab, dig, guessing, fortuity, slash, snap, guesswork, blastoff, stroking, barb, throw, gibe, cam stroke, shooter, slam, scene, solidus, virgule, crack, snapshot, shooting, separatrix, guess, diagonal, cerebrovascular accident, jibe, chance event, accident, apoplexy, injection, pellet, dead reckoning, shot

2. throw, stroke, cam strokenoun

   the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam

   Synonyms:
   slash, fortuity, apoplexy, shot, cam stroke, separatrix, virgule, diagonal, accident, cerebrovascular accident, chance event, stroking, solidus, throw

3. stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVAnoun

   a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain

   Synonyms:
   slash, fortuity, apoplexy, shot, cam stroke, separatrix, virgule, diagonal, accident, cerebrovascular accident, chance event, stroking, solidus, throw

4. strokenoun

   a light touch

   Synonyms:
   slash, fortuity, apoplexy, shot, cam stroke, separatrix, virgule, diagonal, accident, cerebrovascular accident, chance event, stroking, solidus, throw

5. stroke, strokingnoun

   a light touch with the hands

   Synonyms:
   slash, fortuity, apoplexy, shot, cam stroke, separatrix, virgule, diagonal, accident, cerebrovascular accident, chance event, stroking, solidus, throw

6. strokenoun

   (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club

   "Nicklaus won by three strokes"

   Synonyms:
   slash, fortuity, apoplexy, shot, cam stroke, separatrix, virgule, diagonal, accident, cerebrovascular accident, chance event, stroking, solidus, throw

7. strokenoun

   the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew

   Synonyms:
   slash, fortuity, apoplexy, shot, cam stroke, separatrix, virgule, diagonal, accident, cerebrovascular accident, chance event, stroking, solidus, throw

8. accident, stroke, fortuity, chance eventnoun

   anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause

   "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity"

   Synonyms:
   stroking, solidus, slash, apoplexy, shot, cam stroke, separatrix, virgule, diagonal, accident, cerebrovascular accident, chance event, fortuity, throw

9. solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrixnoun

   a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

   Synonyms:
   cam stroke, gash, throw, stroking, bezant, accident, fortuity, bezzant, slash, cut, bias, solidus, virgule, diagonal, chance event, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, byzant, separatrix, slice, shot

10. strokenoun

    a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush

    "she applied the paint in careful strokes"

    Synonyms:
    slash, fortuity, apoplexy, shot, cam stroke, separatrix, virgule, diagonal, accident, cerebrovascular accident, chance event, stroking, solidus, throw

11. strokenoun

    any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing

    Synonyms:
    slash, fortuity, apoplexy, shot, cam stroke, separatrix, virgule, diagonal, accident, cerebrovascular accident, chance event, stroking, solidus, throw

12. strokeverb

    a single complete movement

    Synonyms:
    slash, fortuity, apoplexy, shot, cam stroke, separatrix, virgule, diagonal, accident, cerebrovascular accident, chance event, stroking, solidus, throw

13. strokeverb

    touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions

    "He stroked his long beard"

14. strokeverb

    strike a ball with a smooth blow

15. strokeverb

    row at a particular rate

16. strokeverb

    treat gingerly or carefully

    "You have to stroke the boss"

Matched Categories

1. • Attack
   • Flatter
   • Golf
   • Happening
   • Locomotion
   • Mark
   • Movement
   • Oarsman
   • Punctuation Mark
   • Row
   • Score
   • Strike
   • Touch

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1. strokenoun

   Synonyms:
   blow, knock, rap, pat, hit, thump

2. strokenoun

   Synonyms:
   attack, shock

3. strokenoun

   Synonyms:
   affliction, reverse, calamity, hardship, misfortune, visitation

4. strokenoun

   Synonyms:
   touch, dash, sudden effort, sudden effect

5. strokeverb

   Synonyms:
   rub gently (with the hands, in one direction)

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1. List of paraphrases for "stroke":

   avc, apoplexy, systolic, attack, race, cerebrovascular, ejection, blow, acv, slash, clot, bar, lca, diseases

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1. Jessica Anderson:

   The Biden Administration needs to wake up and learn that it is not acceptable to use children for an experimental woke agenda, by pushing to expand access to dangerous cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers for minors without parental consent, Biden’s Executive Order threatens the physical and mental health – and futures – of our nation’s children. It’s also an unprecedented power grab, using the stroke of a pen to bully governors and parents who are simply trying to protect kids in their state.

2. Wash Westmoreland:

   Many of the neurological appointments that Still Alice had in the book echoed appointments that Richard Glatzer had had when they were testing to see if Richard Glatzer'd had a stroke — like what's today's date, where are we, all that stuff. It was eerily similar, rich is an incredibly strong person, and never let Lou Gehrig Disease get him down. He always wanted to keep life as normal as possible.

3. Democratic Senate:

   It was just simply only ever been about addressing some of the lingering issues of the stroke, the auditory processing, and we’re going to be able to work that out.

4. Phil Mickelson:

   I flew it by him 25 yards, i have gotten a lot more speed in the offseason. That really bothered him. So the 14th hole is a dogleg right to left. I guess he really hammered one. I had not played the hole before. I just hit a little stock cut. ... He was 11 yards by me. If that's what it takes to stroke his ego, then that's what it takes. Had I known that he was going to make a big deal about it, I would have swung a fraction harder and put it past him.

5. Jennifer Solomon:

   The studies have shown that it has not been harmful in high level athletes who are healthy-- there's been no studies looking at this in an average person or anybody with any diseases or illnesses, in my opinion, if somebody has risks for heart disease or cardiac disease or a family history of stroke, I still think that this could cause a huge stress on the body, which can lead to potential dangerous issues.