Synonyms of clouts

clouts 1 of 2

noun

plural of clout

1

as in blows

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument

gave the stubborn handle a solid clout to make it turn

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blows
• punches
• slaps
• thumps
• hits
• thuds
• whacks
• swipes
• strokes
• knocks
• smacks
• pounds
• spanks
• licks
• pokes
• slams
• bangs
• hooks
• beats
• clips
• claps
• socks
• swats
• whaps
• belts
• cuffs
• biffs
• bats
• whams
• chops
• stripes
• haymakers
• pelts
• thwacks
• lashes
• hands
• raps
• switches
• kicks
• welts
• hacks
• bops
• knees
• fillips
• whops
• slugs
• stingers
• bashes
• wallops
• plumps
• lickings
• smashes
• buffets
• swings
• douses
• dabs
• boxes
• picks
• cracks
• busts
• larrups
• beatings
• counter-strokes
• counters
• counterpunches
• shivers
• counter-blows
• batterings
• whips
• roundhouses
• counterstrokes
• uppercuts
• lefts
• counterblows
• thrashings
• rights
• drubbings
• sidewinders
• kayos
• whippings
• rabbit punches
• sucker punches
• body blows
• pastings
• knockdowns
• right-handers
• crunchers
• KOs
• bastinadoes
• knockouts
• wallopings
• one-twos
• bastinades

2

as in influences

the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly

has a great deal of clout in the film industry

Synonyms & Similar Words

• influences
• sways
• leverages
• weights
• ins
• pulls
• authorities
• credits
• hefts
• juices
• importances
• scepters
• eminences
• counter-influences
• reigns
• impressions
• consequences
• dominions
• dominances
• counterinfluences
• impacts
• impresses
• sovereignties
• moments
• supremacies
• predominances
• imprints
• commands
• marks
• masteries
• sovranties

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• weaknesses
• impotences
• impotencies

clouts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of clout

as in slaps

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner

clouted the nail with the hammer and drove it all the way into the wood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slaps
• hits
• smacks
• knocks
• slams
• punches
• whacks
• bangs
• claps
• strikes
• clips
• pounds
• bats
• swipes
• cracks
• nails
• smites
• hammers
• socks
• kicks
• boxes
• thumps
• thwacks
• bashes
• swats
• bludgeons
• jabs
• licks
• pokes
• belts
• raps
• taps
• wallops
• bops
• zaps
• slugs
• biffs
• shoves
• bobs
• bonks
• tags
• clocks
• flicks
• clobbers
• chops
• stabs
• slogs
• pushes
• pastes
• whales
• busts
• strokes
• bumps
• mauls
• pummels
• batters
• cuffs
• bunts
• mangles
• beats
• drubs
• knees
• lambasts
• laces
• pelts
• roughs
• whips
• prods
• stamps
• butts
• lashes
• slashes
• decks
• hangs one on
• jostles
• lambastes
• buffets
• peppers
• pommels
• dumps
• spears
• flails
• scuffs
• bungs
• cudgels
• sledges
• clubs
• bowls (down or over)
• thrashes
• saps
• creams
• flogs
• conks
• levels
• floors
• canes
• beans
• fells
• brains
• switches
• skulls
• knocks down
• sledgehammers
• sucker punches
• rabbit-punches