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beat

The word “beat” has 1 syllable: beat

It's pronounced as /bit/

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In the thesaurus, “beat” has 611 synonyms and 65 antonyms.

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Synonyms for beat

Antonyms for beat

Meanings of beat

  • noun
    1. A stroke; a blow.
    2. A pulsation or throb.
    3. A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
    4. A rhythm.
    5. The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency.
    6. (authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect; a plot point or story development.
    7. The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
    8. (by extension) An area of a person's responsibility, especially.
    9. An act of reporting news or scientific results before a rival; a scoop.
    10. That which beats, or surpasses, another or others.
    11. A precinct.
    12. A place of habitual or frequent resort.
    13. A low cheat or swindler.
    14. The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
    15. The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
    16. A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
    17. A beatnik.
  • verb
    1. To hit; strike.
    2. To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
    3. To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
    4. To move with pulsation or throbbing.
    5. To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event.
    6. To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
    7. To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
    8. To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
    9. (In haggling for a price) of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price.
    10. To indicate by beating or drumming.
    11. To tread, as a path.
    12. To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
    13. To be in agitation or doubt.
    14. To make a sound when struck.
    15. To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
    16. 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.
    17. To arrive at a place before someone.
    18. To have sexual intercourse.
    19. To rob.
  • adjective
    1. Exhausted.
    2. Dilapidated, beat up.
    3. Fabulous.
    4. Boring.
    5. (of a person) ugly.

Example Sentences

  • He beat the drum loudly during the parade.
  • She beat her opponent in the final match.
  • The rain beat against the windows all night.
  • I tried to beat the record for fastest completion.
  • The music had a strong rhythm that made everyone beat their feet to the tune.

On this page you'll find 676 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to beat, such as: KO, New York minute, abash, abate, abet, accent, accentuation.

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