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bate

The word “bate” has 1 syllable: bate

It's pronounced as /beɪt/

What is synonym and antonym for bate?

In the thesaurus, “bate” has 42 synonyms and 28 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for bate along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for bate

Antonyms for bate

  • add
  • adjoin
  • affix
  • aid
  • annex
  • append
  • assist
  • attach
  • enlarge
  • extend
  • fasten
  • fix
  • free
  • graft
  • help
  • hitch
  • increase
  • infuse
  • inject
  • insert
  • interfuse
  • introduce
  • liberate
  • raise
  • rise
  • subjoin
  • tag
  • tie

Meanings of bate

  • verb
    1. To reduce the force of something; to abate.
    2. To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation.
    3. (sometimes figurative) To cut off, remove, take away.
    4. To leave out, except, bar.
    5. To waste away.
    6. To deprive of.
    7. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
    8. To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
    9. To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
    10. Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
    11. To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
    12. To hit; strike.
    13. To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
    14. To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
    15. To move with pulsation or throbbing.
    16. To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event.
    17. To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
    18. To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
    19. To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
    20. (In haggling for a price) of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price.
    21. To indicate by beating or drumming.
    22. To tread, as a path.
    23. To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
    24. To be in agitation or doubt.
    25. To make a sound when struck.
    26. To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
    27. To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.
    28. To arrive at a place before someone.
    29. To have sexual intercourse.
    30. To rob.
    31. To masturbate.
  • noun
    1. Strife; contention.
    2. An alkaline lye which neutralizes the effect of the previous application of lime, and makes hides supple in the process of tanning.
    3. A vat which contains this liquid.

Example Sentences

  • The hunter tried not to bate his breath while stalking the deer.
  • You should not bate your enthusiasm before the project is complete.
  • The horse began to bate when it heard the loud noise.
  • She warned him not to bate an inch during the negotiation.
  • The tension in the room did not bate despite the long discussion.

On this page you'll find 70 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to bate, such as: abate, abbreviate, abridge, add, adjoin, affix, aid.

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