Synonyms of punched

punched

verb

past tense of punch

1

as in slapped

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

after the man had punched the bartender for eighty-sixing him, bouncers stepped in and restrained him until the police could arrive

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in drilled

to make a hole or series of holes in

punch a ticket

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drilled
• pierced
• poked
• punctured
• holed
• perforated
• tapped
• bored
• riddled
• cut
• penetrated
• pricked
• slashed
• broke
• gouged
• split
• broached
• prickled
• slit
• hollowed
• excavated
• notched
• grooved
• ruptured
• gashed
• rent
• burrowed (into)
• rended

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• filled
• sealed
• patched
• plugged

3

as in drove

to urge, push, or force onward

cowboys punching cattle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drove
• ran
• run
• herded
• shepherded
• whipped
• pressed
• spurred
• hounded
• pricked
• goaded
• prodded
• prompted
• flogged
• wrangled
• exhorted
• egged
• scourged