Synonyms for dash
dæʃdash

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1. dash

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

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

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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

Matched Categories

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

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1. run

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1. dashverb

   Synonyms:
   strike violently

2. dashverb

   Synonyms:
   throw forcibly

3. dashverb

   Synonyms:
   adulterate, deteriorate (by mixture), alloy

4. dashverb

   Synonyms:
   disappoint, frustrate, thwart, ruin, destroy, shatter, spoil

5. dashverb

   Synonyms:
   surprise, confound, abash, put to shame

6. dashverb

   Synonyms:
   rush, dart, fly swiftly

7. dashnoun

   Synonyms:
   stroke, blow

8. dashnoun

   Synonyms:
   rush, onset, sudden advance

9. dashnoun

   Synonyms:
   infusion, tinge, tincture, sprinkling, spice, touch, smack, little, small quantity

10. dashnoun

    Synonyms:
    flourish, show, ostentatious display

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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

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1. List of paraphrases for "dash":

   dashboard, indent, under-dash, hyphen, underdash, scoreboard, sprint, pinch

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1. List of known nicknames for "Dash":

   Javier Aracil Romero, Dash, DJ Dash, Thomas Kalber, Damir Kvočić

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How to use dash in a sentence?

1. Elizabeth Bergamini:

   We went from needing to vaccinate several hundred thousand people in the St. Louis area to an additional half-million people, but we still hadn’t vaccinated that first group, so it has been this mad dash, it has just been a whole hot mess.

2. Mickey Mehta:

   Today life is going through unstable paces, animals slaved in cages and food exhibited in show-cases. We eat thrash, our language is brash, life is a dash and humanity is about to crash. Black is cash, party is a bash and cleansing is just a splash. Wake up, come back to nature or else a human being will just be reduced to a caricature . Let your life be naturalized, get MickeyMized.

3. Mely Martinez:

   If you are into salty, sweet, soft, crunchy, spongy mixed all together with a dash of spice, this is for you, yes, this concoction sounds really weird, but it is an explosion of flavors in your mouth.

4. Richard Solomons:

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

5. Sophocles:

   Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till some one dash it from them.