Synonyms of tick (off)

tick (off) 1 of 2

verb (1)

as in to list

to specify one after another

ticked off everything she would need to buy while her daughter wrote the items down on a list

Synonyms & Similar Words

• list
• recite
• detail
• outline
• reel off
• itemize
• enumerate
• catalog
• mention
• rehearse
• inventory
• numerate
• catalogue
• figure
• cite
• tabulate
• calculate
• chart
• compute
• estimate
• graph
• tally
• name
• diagram
• reckon

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• generalize

tick off

2 of 2

verb (2)

1

as in to admonish

to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault

she royally ticked the babysitter off for letting the child play outside unsupervised

Synonyms & Similar Words

• admonish
• reprimand
• get after
• blame
• scold
• get on
• criticize
• fault
• rail (at or against)
• chide
• reproach
• rebuke
• burn one's ears
• dress down
• chew out
• mock
• reprove
• jaw
• attack
• lecture
• condemn
• diss
• lambast
• rate
• minimize
• knock
• upbraid
• berate
• pan
• censure
• harangue
• put down
• flay
• lash
• abuse
• crucify
• keelhaul
• score
• assail
• slam
• belittle
• disparage
• ridicule
• denounce
• lambaste
• reprehend
• excoriate
• blast
• scoff
• bad-mouth
• castigate
• dis
• deride
• deprecate
• scorn

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• okay
• approve
• sanction
• endorse
• OK
• indorse
• salute
• praise
• applaud
• hail
• laud
• tout
• extol
• extoll

2

as in to anger

to make angry

it really ticks me off when someone says something like that

Synonyms & Similar Words

• anger
• infuriate
• enrage
• steam up
• outrage
• annoy
• irritate
• rub the wrong way
• mad
• ire
• enflame
• offend
• inflame
• incense
• rile
• rankle
• put out
• get one's goat
• madden
• roil
• aggravate
• burn (up)
• cross
• provoke
• ruffle
• exasperate
• vex
• affront
• peeve
• get
• huff
• nettle
• pique
• miff
• antagonize
• embitter
• envenom

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• please
• relieve
• delight
• gratify
• allay
• comfort
• console
• assuage
• soothe
• settle
• placate
• charm
• appease
• calm
• quiet
• conciliate
• lull
• pacify
• mollify
• disarm
• beguile
• captivate
• enchant
• bewitch

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of tick (off)

Verb

Another ally recalls how, after hearing small-business owners tick off the burdens of paperwork, Harris worked to automate the way small businesses pay taxes. —Charlotte Alter / Pittsburgh, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024

Raul's appointment would also tick off another box in that Ancelotti has reportedly wanted another member to join his coaching group. —Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024

The soaring vermilion bridge is one of the first sights that most transplants tick off their must-see list, and Ashwini’s work took her all around San Francisco. —Longreads, 10 Sep. 2024

Meanwhile Beard ticked off his something borrowed by wearing a tie handed down by his father from 1981. —Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 28 Sep. 2024