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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tick (off)

Verb

As the seconds ticked off the clock and the bricks piled up, what had been roaring cheers from the hometown Chase Center crowd Saturday night quickly morphed into groans during the final round of the NBA All-Star Skills Challenge. —Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2025

One second had ticked off the clock since the first fight. —Arpon Basu, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025

This Netflix Original gleefully ticks off the rom-com bingo card: an elevator meet-cute, a late-night pizza bonding session, and yes, even a dramatic run to the airport. —Janey Tracey, EW.com, 7 Feb. 2025

Zach Conrad, a food-systems expert at the College of William & Mary, ticked off a multitude of reasons domestic production could not re-create our current avocado bounty. —Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2025