Beat and Tick

Similar meaning words

mutual synonyms sentence examples collocations

Beat

Beat verb - Make a sound like a clock or a timer.
Usage example: the grandfather clock beat midnight
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Beat
Antonyms for Beat
Tick is a synonym for beat in sound topic. In some cases you can use "Tick" instead the word "Beat" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like rhythm, music, throb, throbbing.
Nearby Words: beaten, beating, beater, beatable

Tick

Tick verb - Make a sound like a clock or a timer.
Usage example: the clocks were ticking
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Tick
Beat is a synonym for tick in click topic. You can use "Beat" instead the word "Tick" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as sound, rhythm, music, clicking.
Nearby Words: ticked, ticking

Mutual synonyms

Related pairs

How words are described

musical musical beat musical tick
normal normal beat normal tick
single single beat single tick
cheery cheery beat cheery tick
Other adjectives: next, basic, last, verbal, giant.

Common collocations

number beat number tick number

Both words in one sentence

  • Mood-Swinger Bipolarity is a pendulum swinging back and forth, going tick-tock like the beat of a heart, sometimes slowing so that it will be days before the next tick, perigees before the next tock.
    Source: Mood-Swinger
  • Video Game / Final Fantasy XIII The easiest way to beat him is to let Poison tick away at his health while the party keeps itself alive.
    Source: Video Game / Final Fantasy XIII
  • Webcomic / Rusty and Co. Delayed Reaction: Roxanne doesn't tick immediately when Rusty announces his intent to eat flowers, but after a beat she realizes how weird it is since rust monsters aren't herbivore.
    Source: Webcomic / Rusty and Co.
More sentences
Cite this Source
Tick and Beat. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/beat/tick
Beat & Tick. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/beat/tick>.
Tick or Beat. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/beat/tick.

Synonyms for beat


Synonyms for tick

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "beat" and "tick" have occurred on timeline