Synonyms of pounded

pounded

verb

past tense of pound

1

as in stomped

to move heavily or clumsily

pounding down the road as fast as he could run

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stomped
• shuffled
• stumbled
• weaved
• barged
• stamped
• lurched
• hauled
• trudged
• dragged
• sloughed
• tramped
• floundered
• clumped
• lumped
• shambled
• scuffled
• scuffed
• lumbered
• staggered
• stumped
• plodded
• slogged
• flogged
• galumphed
• flopped
• tromped
• swayed
• reeled
• waddled
• blundered
• tottered
• careened
• wobbled
• teetered
• wabbled
• doddered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slid
• glided
• whisked
• hung
• floated
• drifted
• coasted
• waltzed
• hanged
• hovered
• breezed
• poised
• wafted

2

as in smacked

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner

pounding nails into boards all day long

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smacked
• knocked
• hit
• slapped
• banged
• slammed
• punched
• whacked
• struck
• clapped
• clipped
• swiped
• cracked
• thumped
• batted
• kicked
• bashed
• hammered
• shoved
• nailed
• licked
• tapped
• swatted
• pushed
• poked
• bobbed
• slugged
• jabbed
• chopped
• thwacked
• clobbered
• rapped
• bludgeoned
• socked
• bopped
• pasted
• boxed
• walloped
• clocked
• flicked
• smote
• zapped
• stabbed
• whaled
• busted
• tagged
• slogged
• clouted
• belted
• bumped
• stroked
• clapt
• pummeled
• bonked
• pummelled
• battered
• biffed
• beat
• bust
• mauled
• lashed
• buffeted
• pelted
• peppered
• mangled
• roughed
• stamped
• slashed
• hung one on
• drubbed
• cuffed
• dumped
• whipped
• laced
• butted
• bunged
• lambasted
• scuffed
• prodded
• jostled
• levelled
• creamed
• kneed
• decked
• thrashed
• speared
• bunted
• leveled
• felled
• flailed
• clubbed
• pommelled
• caned
• floored
• sapped
• cudgelled
• flogged
• switched
• pommeled
• conked
• beaned
• knocked down
• sledged
• bowled (down or over)
• sledgehammered
• cudgeled
• brained
• sucker punched
• skulled
• rabbit-punched

3

as in licked

to strike repeatedly

during the storm the waves furiously pounded the beach

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licked
• lashed
• whipped
• pelted
• battered
• thumped
• knocked
• slapped
• beat
• slammed
• hit
• smashed
• punched
• attacked
• spanked
• batted
• pummeled
• chopped
• assaulted
• did
• pummelled
• bashed
• mauled
• hammered
• hided
• smacked
• thrashed
• buffeted
• bludgeoned
• whacked
• clubbed
• walloped
• paddled
• lathered
• raided
• flogged
• threshed
• laced
• stormed
• tanned
• boxed
• whupped
• swiped
• slogged
• switched
• slated
• punched out
• curried
• belted
• lambasted
• basted
• tromped
• whapped
• worked over
• drubbed
• wounded
• cracked
• whaled
• belabored
• whopped
• roughed (up)
• swatted
• messed (up)
• fibbed
• birched
• rushed
• pommelled
• pasted
• clobbered
• assailed
• socked
• strapped
• pommeled
• bunged up
• beat up on
• cuffed
• thwacked
• busted
• laid on
• caned
• clouted
• descended (on or upon)
• jumped (on)
• beset
• whomped
• cudgelled
• whammed
• pounced (on or upon)
• scourged
• lammed
• lacerated
• horsewhipped
• flagellated
• bust
• mangled
• gored
• mutilated
• cudgeled
• leathered
• pistol-whipped
• maimed
• blackjacked
• cowhided
• fustigated
• rawhided

4

as in drew

to shape with a hammer

pounding out a depression in the metal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drew
• hammered
• carved
• fashioned
• forged
• molded
• beat
• wrought
• stamped
• cut
• chased
• worked
• patted
• formed
• modeled
• kneaded
• modelled
• sculpted
• coined
• chiseled
• hewed
• minted
• planished
• boasted
• sculptured
• chiselled
• abated
• graved
• knapped

5

as in crushed

to reduce to fine particles

the tablet may be pounded and mixed in with the animal's food

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crushed
• beat
• disintegrated
• ground
• crumbled
• pulverized
• powdered
• smashed
• milled
• grated
• mulled
• comminuted
• shattered
• atomized
• broke
• brayed
• fractured
• crunched
• dashed
• fragmented
• splintered
• busted
• kibbled
• bust
• micronized