Antonyms for dash
dæʃdash

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1. dash

   Antonyms:
   raise, reinstate, erect, creep, crawl, lag, hobble

   Synonyms:
   burl, cast, throw, subvert, detrude, drive, rush, send, fly, speed, dart, scatter, strike, course

Matched Categories

1. • Break
   • Elegance
   • Frustrate
   • Hurl
   • Intimidate
   • Mix
   • Punctuation Mark
   • Run
   • Telegraphic Signal
   • Track Event

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1. dash, elan, flair, panache, stylenoun

   distinctive and stylish elegance

   "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"

   Synonyms:
   flare, ardor, bolt, expressive style, manner, vogue, mode, hyphen, flair, dah, way, zeal, ardour, style, trend, genius, fashion, stylus, elan, panache, sprint

2. dash, sprintnoun

   a quick run

   Synonyms:
   flair, dah, bolt, elan, panache, sprint, style, hyphen

3. dashnoun

   a footrace run at top speed

   "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash"

   Synonyms:
   flair, dah, bolt, elan, panache, sprint, style, hyphen

4. hyphen, dashnoun

   a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text

   Synonyms:
   flair, dah, bolt, elan, panache, sprint, style, hyphen

5. dash, dahnoun

   the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

   Synonyms:
   flair, dah, bolt, elan, panache, sprint, style, hyphen

6. dash, boltverb

   the act of moving with great haste

   "he made a dash for the door"

   Synonyms:
   flair, dah, bolt, thunderbolt, elan, deadbolt, panache, sprint, style, hyphen, bolt of lightning

7. dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shootverb

   run or move very quickly or hastily

   "She dashed into the yard"

   Synonyms:
   bourgeon, winkle, shoot, swank, burgeon forth, scud, frighten away, sprout, hit, crash, film, flash, smash, wink, rack, take, show off, pullulate, fool, fleet, flutter, scare off, flaunt, scare away, buck, scoot, fool away, ostentate, fritter, dissipate, dart, flit, blink, pall, frivol away, daunt, fritter away, charge, inject, germinate, scare, shoot down, snap, photograph, blast, spud, frighten off, pip, tear, twinkle

8. smash, dashverb

   break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over

   "Smash a plate"

   Synonyms:
   scare off, ruin, shoot, demolish, scoot, pall, frighten away, blast, flash, scare, crush, bang up, bankrupt, break, smash up, daunt, scud, nail, scare away, crash, boom, frighten off, dart, smash

9. crash, dashverb

   hurl or thrust violently

   "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"

   Synonyms:
   barge in, scare off, go down, shoot, scoot, pall, doss down, frighten away, flash, gate-crash, scare, break apart, doss, daunt, scud, break up, ram, scare away, crash, frighten off, dart, smash

10. dashverb

    destroy or break

    "dashed ambitions and hopes"

    Synonyms:
    pall, scare, scare off, dart, flash, daunt, frighten off, scare away, scud, smash, frighten away, crash, shoot, scoot

11. daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scareverb

    cause to lose courage

    "dashed by the refusal"

    Synonyms:
    weary, dull, shoot, scoot, pall, cloy, flash, fatigue, scare, fright, affright, scare off, frighten, tire, frighten away, scud, jade, die, become flat, scare away, crash, daunt, frighten off, dart, smash

12. dashverb

    add an enlivening or altering element to

    "blue paint dashed with white"

    Synonyms:
    pall, scare, scare off, dart, flash, daunt, frighten off, scare away, scud, smash, frighten away, crash, shoot, scoot

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1. dashnoun

   Synonyms:
   collision, allision, crash, abashment, frustration, infusion, smack, tincture, sprinkling, onset, rush, sally, energy, animation, vigor, (Slang) parade, flourish, show, ostentation

How to use dash in a sentence?

1. Richard Solomons:

   We could grow faster, but we won't compromise quality, it's not about a dash for growth.

2. Crawford Township:

   Even though the car was upside down in the water for 20 minutes, we recovered the dog under the dash floorboard where there was an air pocket.

3. Julie Wylie-Rosett:

   I think it depends on what you were eating before — if you were eating the DASH diet, possibly not, but if you were eating the typical American diet before, which is so low in fruit and vegetables, definitely.

4. Suffolk County:

   Bertha slithered out from under the dash while the owner [was] driving the van to an event. The owner felt tugging on the seat belt. When he looked down, there was Bertha, she was well hidden under the dash even though the van was thoroughly searched.

5. John Kasich:

   It's just hard work and you can't pay attention to all the flash and dash that's out there.

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