batting

The word “batting” has 2 syllables: bat-ting

It's pronounced as /ˈbætɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for batting?

In the thesaurus, “batting” has 231 synonyms and 3 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for batting

ambling
assailing
assault
assaulting
attack
attacking
banging
barbarity
bashing
basting
battering
battery
beaning
beating
beating up on
belaboring
belting
besetting
biffing
birching
blackjacking
bludgeoning
bobbing
bonking
bopping
boxing
braining
browbeating
brutality
buffeting
bulldozing
bullying
bumping
bunging
bunging up
bunting
busting
butting
caning
chopping
clapping
clipping
clobbering
clocking
clouting
clubbing
conking
cowhiding
cracking
creaming
crippling
cruising
cudgeling
cudgelling
cuffing
currying
damage
dawdling
decking
detriment
doing
down
drifting
drubbing
dumping
felling
fibbing
flagellating
flailing
flicking
floating
flogging
flooring
floss
fluff
force
foul play
frenzy
fur
fury
fustigating
fuzz
galavanting
gallivanting
goring
gypsying
hammering
hanging one on
harm
hectoring
hiding
hitting
hoboing
horsewhipping
hurt
impairment
injury
jabbing
jostling
kicking
kicking around
kneeing
knocking
knocking down
lacerating
lacing
lambasting
lamming
lashing
lathering
laying on
leathering
leveling
levelling
licking
lint
maiming
mangling
mauling
maundering
mayhem
meandering
mooching
moping
mutilating
mutilation
nailing
nap
onslaught
outbreak
outrage
paddling
paroxysm
pasting
pelting
peppering
pile
pistol-whipping
poking
pommeling
pommelling
pounding
prodding
pummeling
pummelling
punching
punching out
pushing
rabbit-punching
rage
raiding
rambling
rampage
ranging
rapping
rawhiding
revolt
riot
roaming
roughing
roving
rupture
rushing
sapping
sauntering
savagery
scourging
scuffing
shock
shoving
skulling
slamming
slapping
slashing
slating
sledgehammering
sledging
slogging
slugging
smacking
smashing
smiting
socking
spanking
spearing
stabbing
stamping
storm
storming
straggling
strapping
straying
striking
stroking
strolling
strong-arming
sucker punching
swatting
swiping
switching
tagging
tanning
tapping
terror
thrashing
threat
threshing
thumping
thwacking
traipsing
tramping
tromping
tumult
turbulence
upheaval
uproar
vagabonding
violence
walloping
wandering
whacking
whaling
whamming
whapping
whipping
whomping
whopping
whupping
working over
wounding
zapping

Antonyms for batting

nonviolence
pacificism
pacifism

Meanings of batting

noun
1. Cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc.
2. Special cotton for surgery.
3. The act of someone who bats.
4. The action of using a bat.
verb
1. To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
2. To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
3. To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
4. To flutter.
5. To wink.
6. To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
7. (usually with 'around' or 'about') To flit quickly from place to place.

Example Sentences

He spent the afternoon batting balls at the practice field.
The quilt was filled with soft cotton batting.
She’s been batting cleanup for the team this season.
The cat kept batting at the string dangling from the chair.
He was batting over .300 by the end of the season.

On this page you'll find 234 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to batting, such as: ambling, assailing, assault, assaulting, attack, attacking, banging.

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