Synonyms for slap
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1. slapadverb

   Synonyms:
   just, smack dab, right, slap bang

2. slapverb

   A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.

   She slapped him in response to the insult.

   Synonyms:
   right, just, slap bang, smack dab

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. slap, smacknoun

   a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)

   Synonyms:
   thunder, nose drops, scag, flavour, hell dust, relish, savour, flavor, big H, smooch, smack, smacking, sapidity, tang, savor, skag

2. smack, smacking, slapverb

   the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

   Synonyms:
   scag, nose drops, flavour, hell dust, relish, savour, flavor, big H, smooch, smack, smacking, sapidity, tang, savor, thunder, skag

3. slapadverb

   hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand

   "The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead"

4. bang, slap, slapdash, smack, boltadverb

   directly

   "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"

   Synonyms:
   slapdash, smack, rigidly, bang, slam-bang, stiffly, bolt

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1. • Blow

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1. slapnoun

   Synonyms:
   blow (with something broad), clap

2. slapadjective

   Synonyms:
   with a slap

3. slapverb

   Synonyms:
   strike (with something broad), dab, pat

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1. slapadverb

   Synonyms:
   suddenly, violently, unceremoniously, instantly

2. slapnoun

   Synonyms:
   cuff, buffet

3. slapverb

   Synonyms:
   box, cuff, buffet

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "slap":

   blow, slapping, slapped, smack

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1. Lora Haddock DiCarlo:

   When they took the award away, it was definitely a slap in the face, it said to us that women's sexuality didn't deserve to be noteworthy of innovation.

2. Pete Hegseth:

   It’s hard to watch and then be told that it’s all part of a successful plan, ramadi was a model success story and we continue to see all of the gains we made there be somewhat reversed. It’s a slap in the faces of families of soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice.

3. Michael Ratner:

   A slap on the wrist is the most one could say about what can barely be called a sentence for what could have been treated as serious crimes including espionage.

4. Kathy Koch:

   It would have been better if the ‘joke’ would have never been told and the slap would have never been delivered.

5. Bernie Sanders:

   As a white person in America, you would've been the master, the slave owner. ... It was mostly black women who were enslaved in the house, who were raped, who were beaten daily, day in and day out, they endured physical and mental abuse. For a lot of people in America, that was like slap in the face to the black community, particularly to black women.