Beat
Rap
Rap noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Usage example: the doctor used a little hammer to give me a rap on the knee to test my reflexes
Beat is a synonym for rap in tap topic. You can use "Beat" instead the word "Rap" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as hit, hit quickly and lightly.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old beat | old rap |
| good | good beat | good rap |
| similar | similar beat | similar rap |
| short | short beat | short rap |
| Other adjectives: fast, original, single, heavy, actual, slow, little, bad, horrible, opening, catchy, last, aforementioned, upbeat. | ||
Common collocations
| people | beat people | rap people |
Both words in one sentence
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Snips and Snails' rap starts with a similar beat to Pinkie's rap in "Testing Testing 1, 2, 3".
- A line in the rap break by Nicki Minaj in Justin Bieber's 2012 hit, "Beauty And A Beat" mentions "gotta keep an eye out for Selen-ur", referencing his very high profile romance with Selena Gomez.
Source: Funny Aneurysm Moment / Music -
Beat: In "Das Sub," there's a really long one after one of the arrested students asks if Duckman will take the rap for the crime, and Cornfed just stares blankly.
Source: Western Animation / Duckman
Cite this Source
Rap and Beat. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/beat/rap
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