Synonyms for streak
strikstreak

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1. streak, runnoun

   an unbroken series of events

   "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies"

   Synonyms:
   running game, rivulet, political campaign, rill, ladder, ravel, discharge, campaign, run, footrace, foot race, test, bar, running play, tally, stripe, trial, outpouring, runnel, streamlet, running

2. streaknoun

   a distinctive characteristic

   "he has a stubborn streak"; "a streak of wildness"

   Synonyms:
   run, bar, stripe

3. stripe, streak, barnoun

   a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background

   "a green toad with small black stripes or bars"; "may the Stars and Stripes forever wave"

   Synonyms:
   cake, prevention, legal profession, legal community, barroom, ginmill, measure, bar, run, stripe, band, taproom, chevron, stripes, grade insignia, saloon, banding

4. streakverb

   a sudden flash (as of lightning)

   Synonyms:
   run, bar, stripe

5. streakverb

   move quickly in a straight line

   "The plane streaked across the sky"

   Synonyms:
   blotch, mottle

6. streakverb

   run naked in a public place

   Synonyms:
   blotch, mottle

7. mottle, streak, blotchverb

   mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained

   Synonyms:
   dapple, cloud, mottle, blotch

Matched Categories

1. • Characteristic
   • Color
   • Move
   • Run
   • Succession

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1. streaknoun

   Synonyms:
   stripe

2. streaknoun

   Synonyms:
   STRAKE

3. streakverb

   Synonyms:
   stripe

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1. streaknoun

   Synonyms:
   stripe, wale, whelk, ridge, vein

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1. List of paraphrases for "streak":

   inoculate, spate

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1. Monica Kulling:

   He was a mechanical genius with an entrepreneurial streak.

2. Dan Schnur:

   If you decide to perform comedy for a living, you've probably got a little bit of an anarchist streak.

3. Michael Collins:

   I said' Hey, Houston, I've got World Series-winning in my window,' and World Series-winning is about the size of your thumbnail if you hold World Series-winning out arm's length in front of you. The whole focus of your attention goes into this little thing out there. It's in a black void, which makes its colors even more impressive. Primarily, you get the blue of the oceans, the white of the clouds, you get a little streak of tan that we call continents, but they're not that noticeable. It just looks glorious.

4. Tim Soutphommasane:

   There is a strong protectionist streak in the national psyche, in the past, this had its most potent expression in the form of the Fortress Australia immigration policy.

5. Novak Djokovic:

   I want to keep it going as long as I can. I don't want to think fear or everything else can be an obstacle and interrupt this streak.