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beating

The word “beating” has 2 syllables: beat-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈbiːtɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for beating?

In the thesaurus, “beating” has 505 synonyms and 56 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for beating

Antonyms for beating

Meanings of beating

  • 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.
  • noun
    1. The action by which someone or something is beaten.
    2. A heavy defeat or setback.
    3. The pulsation of the heart.

Example Sentences

  • The waves kept beating against the shore all night.
  • His heart was beating fast with excitement.
  • The team took a severe beating in last night’s game.
  • She was tired of beating herself up over past mistakes.
  • The drums were beating loudly during the parade.

On this page you'll find 561 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to beating, such as: abashing, abating, abetting, accepting, accomplishment, achievement, addling.

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  • annihilating
  • beating
  • beating the pants off
  • besting
  • bettering
  • blowing away
  • bombing
  • breaking
  • burying
  • capping
  • clobbering
  • conquering
  • creaming
  • crushing
  • destroying
  • dispatching
  • doing in
  • drubbing
  • dusting
  • eclipsing
  • exceeding
  • excelling
  • finishing
  • flattening
  • flourishing
  • hurdling
  • knocking off
  • knocking over
  • licking
  • mastering
  • nosing out
  • outdistancing
  • outdoing
  • outfighting
  • outshining
  • outstripping
  • overbearing
  • overcoming
  • overmatching
  • overpowering
  • overthrowing
  • overtopping
  • overwhelming
  • pasting
  • pipping
  • routing
  • running circles around
  • running rings around
  • scoring
  • shellacking
  • sinking
  • skinning
  • skunking
  • slaughtering
  • smoking
  • smothering
  • snowing under
  • subduing
  • subjugating
  • succeeding
  • surmounting
  • surpassing
  • sweeping
  • taking
  • thrashing
  • throwing
  • topping
  • transcending
  • trimming
  • tromping
  • trouncing
  • upending
  • upsetting
  • vanquishing
  • walloping
  • waxing
  • whapping
  • whipping
  • whomping
  • whopping
  • whupping
  • wiping the floor with
  • wiping the ground with
  • worsting

gaffing

gaining

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