flak

/flˈæk/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
2. intense adverse criticism
   “Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party”
3. artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes

Synonyms for flak

• flak catcher
• flack catcher
• flack
• fire
• attack
• blast
• antiaircraft
• antiaircraft gun
• pom-pom
• ack-ack
• ack-ack gun

Words that rhyme with flak

• back
• crack
• black
• pack
• rack
• slack
• hack
• track
• attack
• jack
• sack
• smack
• tack
• piggyback
• stack
• blackjack
• clack
• quack
• sac
• wrack
• bushwhack
• counterattack
• flack
• fullback
• hijack
• horseback
• humpback
• maniac
• quarterback
• razorback