English

Detailed Synonyms for hit in English

hit:

to hit verb (hits, hit, hitting)

  1. to hit
    to hit; to strike; to touch; to affect; to move; to concern
    • hit verb (hits, hit, hitting)
    • strike verb (strikes, struck, striking)
    • touch verb (touches, touched, touching)
    • affect verb (affects, affected, affecting)
    • move verb (moves, moved, moving)
    • concern verb (concerns, concerned, concerning)
  2. to hit
    to beat; to hit; to strike; to smash; to smack; to bang; to batter; to hammer
    • beat verb (beats, beated, beating)
    • hit verb (hits, hit, hitting)
    • strike verb (strikes, struck, striking)
    • smash verb (smashs, smashed, smashing)
    • smack verb (smacks, smacked, smacking)
    • bang verb (bangs, banged, banging)
    • batter verb (batters, battered, battering)
    • hammer verb (hammers, hammered, hammering)
  3. to hit
    to slap; to hammer; to hit; to smack; to bang
    • slap verb (slaps, slapped, slapping)
    • hammer verb (hammers, hammered, hammering)
    • hit verb (hits, hit, hitting)
    • smack verb (smacks, smacked, smacking)
    • bang verb (bangs, banged, banging)
  4. to hit
    – pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to 1
    to hit
    – pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to 1
    • hit verb (hits, hit, hitting)
      • He tries to hit on women in bars1
  5. to hit
    – gain points in a game 1
    to hit; to score; to tally; rack up
    – gain points in a game 1
    • hit verb (hits, hit, hitting)
      • He hit a home run1
      • He hit .300 in the past season1
    • score verb (scores, scored, scoring)
      • The home team scored many times1
    • tally verb (tallies, tallied, tallying)
    • rack up verb
  6. to hit
    – make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target 1
    to strike; to hit
    – make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target 1
    • strike verb (strikes, struck, striking)
      • The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 19391
      • We must strike the enemy's oil fields1
      • in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 21
    • hit verb (hits, hit, hitting)
  7. to hit
    – hit with a missile from a weapon 1
    to hit; to shoot; pip
    – hit with a missile from a weapon 1
    • hit verb (hits, hit, hitting)
    • shoot verb (shoots, shot, shooting)
    • pip verb
  8. to hit
    – hit the intended target or goal 1
    to hit
    – hit the intended target or goal 1
    • hit verb (hits, hit, hitting)
  9. to hit
    – consume to excess 1
    to hit
    – consume to excess 1
    • hit verb (hits, hit, hitting)
      • hit the bottle1
  10. to hit
    – affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely 1
    to strike; to hit
    – affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely 1
    • strike verb (strikes, struck, striking)
      • The earthquake struck at midnight1
    • hit verb (hits, hit, hitting)
      • We were hit by really bad weather1
  11. to hit
    – produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically 1
    to strike; to hit
    – produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically 1
    • strike verb (strikes, struck, striking)
      • The pianist strikes a middle C1
      • strike `z' on the keyboard1
      • her comments struck a sour note1
    • hit verb (hits, hit, hitting)
  12. to hit
    – hit against; come into sudden contact with 1
    to strike; to hit; to run into; to collide with; impinge on
    – hit against; come into sudden contact with 1
    • strike verb (strikes, struck, striking)
      • He struck the table with his elbow1
    • hit verb (hits, hit, hitting)
      • The car hit a tree1
    • run into verb (runs into, ran into, running into)
    • collide with verb (collides with, collided with, colliding with)
    • impinge on verb
  13. to hit
    – deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument 1
    to hit
    – deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument 1
    • hit verb (hits, hit, hitting)
      • He hit her hard in the face1
  14. to hit
    – cause to move by striking 1
    to hit
    – cause to move by striking 1
    • hit verb (hits, hit, hitting)
      • hit a ball1
  15. to hit
    – reach a point in time, or a certain state or level 1
    to reach; to hit; to attain
    – reach a point in time, or a certain state or level 1
    • reach verb (reachs, reached, reaching)
      • This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour1
    • hit verb (hits, hit, hitting)
      • The thermometer hit 100 degrees1
    • attain verb (attains, attained, attaining)
  16. to hit
    – reach a destination, either real or abstract 1
    to gain; to reach; to make; to hit; to attain; to arrive at
    – reach a destination, either real or abstract 1
    • gain verb (gains, gained, gaining)
    • reach verb (reachs, reached, reaching)
      • The water reached the doorstep1
    • make verb (makes, made, making)
      • We barely made it to the finish line1
    • hit verb (hits, hit, hitting)
      • We hit Detroit by noon1
      • I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts1
    • attain verb (attains, attained, attaining)
    • arrive at verb (arrives at, arrived at, arriving at)
  17. to hit
    – drive something violently into a location 1
    to strike; to hit
    – drive something violently into a location 1
    • strike verb (strikes, struck, striking)
      • she struck her head on the low ceiling1
    • hit verb (hits, hit, hitting)
      • he hit his fist on the table1
  18. to hit
    – cause to experience suddenly 1
    to strike; to hit; to come to
    – cause to experience suddenly 1
    • strike verb (strikes, struck, striking)
      • Panic struck me1
      • The thought struck terror in our minds1
      • They were struck with fear1
    • hit verb (hits, hit, hitting)
      • An interesting idea hit her1
    • come to verb (comes to, came to, coming to)
  19. to hit
    – encounter by chance 1
    to hit; to stumble
    – encounter by chance 1
    • hit verb (hits, hit, hitting)
    • stumble verb (stumbles, stumbled, stumbling)
      • I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant1
  20. to hit
    – kill intentionally and with premeditation 1
    to dispatch; off; to hit; to remove; to murder; to bump off; to polish off; slay
    – kill intentionally and with premeditation 1
    • dispatch verb (dispatches, dispatched, dispatching)
    • off verb
    • hit verb (hits, hit, hitting)
    • remove verb (removes, removed, removing)
    • murder verb (murders, murdered, murdering)
      • The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered1
    • bump off verb (bumps off, bumped off, bumping off)
    • polish off verb (polishes off, polished off, polishing off)
    • slay verb

Conjugations for hit:

present
  1. hit
  2. hit
  3. hits
  4. hit
  5. hit
  6. hit
simple past
  1. hit
  2. hit
  3. hit
  4. hit
  5. hit
  6. hit
present perfect
  1. have hit
  2. have hit
  3. has hit
  4. have hit
  5. have hit
  6. have hit
past continuous
  1. was hitting
  2. were hitting
  3. was hitting
  4. were hitting
  5. were hitting
  6. were hitting
future
  1. shall hit
  2. will hit
  3. will hit
  4. shall hit
  5. will hit
  6. will hit
continuous present
  1. am hitting
  2. are hitting
  3. is hitting
  4. are hitting
  5. are hitting
  6. are hitting
subjunctive
  1. be hit
  2. be hit
  3. be hit
  4. be hit
  5. be hit
  6. be hit
diverse
  1. hit!
  2. let's hit!
  3. hit
  4. hitting
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

hit adj

  1. hit
  2. hit
    beaten; hit

hit [the ~] noun

  1. the hit
    the smasher; the hit; the smash hit; the winner; the smash
  2. the hit
    the cracker; the hit; the chart topper; the bestseller; the box-office success
  3. the hit
    the hit
    • hit [the ~] noun
  4. the hit
    the collision; the crash; the hit; the smash
  5. the hit
    the goal; the hit; the winner
  6. the hit
    the hit; the winner; the sure card
  7. the hit
    – (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball) 1
    the hit
    – (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball) 1
    • hit [the ~] noun
      • he came all the way around on Williams' hit1
  8. the hit
    – a conspicuous success 1
    the strike; the hit; the bang; the smash; the smasher
    – a conspicuous success 1
    • strike [the ~] noun
    • hit [the ~] noun
      • that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career1
    • bang [the ~] noun
      • the party went with a bang1
    • smash [the ~] noun
    • smasher [the ~] noun
      • that new Broadway show is a real smasher1
  9. the hit
    – the act of contacting one thing with another 1
    the hit; the striking; the hitting
    – the act of contacting one thing with another 1
    • hit [the ~] noun
      • after three misses she finally got a hit1
    • striking [the ~] noun
    • hitting [the ~] noun
      • repeated hitting raised a large bruise1
  10. the hit
    – a connection made via the internet to another website 1
    the hit
    – a connection made via the internet to another website 1
    • hit [the ~] noun
      • WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide1
  11. the hit
    – a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate 1
    the hit
    – a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate 1
    • hit [the ~] noun
      • it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit1
  12. the hit
    – a dose of a narcotic drug 1
    the hit
    – a dose of a narcotic drug 1
    • hit [the ~] noun
  13. the hit
    – (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together 1
    the hit; the collision
    – (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together 1
    • hit [the ~] noun
    • collision [the ~] noun
      • the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction1
  14. the hit
    – Retrieval of a file from a Web site. Each separate file accessed on a Web page, including html documents and graphics, counts as a hit. 2
    the hit
    – Retrieval of a file from a Web site. Each separate file accessed on a Web page, including html documents and graphics, counts as a hit. 2
    • hit [the ~] noun
  15. the hit
    – A successful retrieval of a record matching a query. 2
    the hit
    – A successful retrieval of a record matching a query. 2
    • hit [the ~] noun
  16. the hit
    – A successful retrieval of data from a cache rather than from the slower hard disk or RAM. 2
    the hit
    – A successful retrieval of data from a cache rather than from the slower hard disk or RAM. 2
    • hit [the ~] noun
  17. the hit
    – A single action (for example, a click on an advertisement) taken by a customer at a Web site that results in one line of data being added to the Web server log file. 2
    the hit
    – A single action (for example, a click on an advertisement) taken by a customer at a Web site that results in one line of data being added to the Web server log file. 2
    • hit [the ~] noun
  18. the hit
    – A line of code executed by a test. 2
    the hit
    – A line of code executed by a test. 2
    • hit [the ~] noun

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Antonyms for "hit":


Related Definitions for "hit":

  1. (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)1
    • he came all the way around on Williams' hit1
  2. a conspicuous success1
    • that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career1
  3. the act of contacting one thing with another1
    • after three misses she finally got a hit1
  4. a connection made via the internet to another website1
    • WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide1
  5. a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate1
    • it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit1
  6. a dose of a narcotic drug1
  7. (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together1
  8. pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to1
    • He tries to hit on women in bars1
  9. gain points in a game1
    • He hit a home run1
    • He hit .300 in the past season1
  10. make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target1
  11. hit with a missile from a weapon1
  12. hit the intended target or goal1
  13. consume to excess1
    • hit the bottle1
  14. affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely1
    • We were hit by really bad weather1
  15. produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically1
  16. hit against; come into sudden contact with1
    • The car hit a tree1
  17. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument1
    • He hit her hard in the face1
  18. cause to move by striking1
    • hit a ball1
  19. reach a point in time, or a certain state or level1
    • The thermometer hit 100 degrees1
  20. reach a destination, either real or abstract1
    • We hit Detroit by noon1
    • I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts1
  21. drive something violently into a location1
    • he hit his fist on the table1
  22. cause to experience suddenly1
    • An interesting idea hit her1
  23. encounter by chance1
  24. kill intentionally and with premeditation1
  25. Retrieval of a file from a Web site. Each separate file accessed on a Web page, including html documents and graphics, counts as a hit.2
  26. A successful retrieval of a record matching a query.2
  27. A successful retrieval of data from a cache rather than from the slower hard disk or RAM.2
  28. A single action (for example, a click on an advertisement) taken by a customer at a Web site that results in one line of data being added to the Web server log file.2
  29. A line of code executed by a test.2

Related Synonyms for hit