Synonyms of smash

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verb

1

as in to shatter

to cause to break with violence and much noise

the drunken guest deliberately smashed a glass against the brick fireplace

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shatter
• destroy
• demolish
• fracture
• split
• crash
• fragment
• wreck
• crack
• crush
• break down
• ruin
• vaporize
• annihilate
• splinter
• pulverize
• snap
• desolate
• tear down
• decimate
• devastate
• waste
• bust
• bash
• total
• nuke
• shiver
• wrack
• crunch

2

as in to demolish

to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive

the firecracker smashed the clay pot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shatter
• demolish
• blow
• destroy
• pop
• explode
• burst
• blast
• blow up
• detonate
• annihilate
• wreck
• ruin
• dynamite
• fragment
• decimate
• splinter
• discharge

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapse
• implode

3

as in to destroy

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

the invading troops smashed the resistance and went on to conquer the country

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroy
• shatter
• demolish
• ruin
• wreck
• devastate
• overcome
• damage
• pulverize
• annihilate
• waste
• decimate
• vaporize
• erode
• extinguish
• raze
• crush
• break
• kill
• ravage
• cream
• tear down
• pull down
• dismantle
• defeat
• desolate
• cripple
• total
• mar
• nuke
• blast
• rub out
• remove
• injure
• subdue
• conquer
• wrack
• best
• do in
• lick
• disintegrate
• whip
• thrash
• spoil
• mutilate
• beat
• master
• surmount
• dissolve
• trim
• dynamite
• disfigure
• prevail (over)
• win (against)
• obliterate
• impair
• harm
• sack
• triumph (over)
• clobber
• eradicate
• rout
• deface
• scotch
• mangle
• deteriorate
• blow up
• trounce
• fell
• wear (away)
• assassinate
• sweep (away)
• wipe out
• plunder
• disassemble
• slay
• wash out
• exterminate
• scour
• slaughter
• undo
• vitiate
• expunge
• trample
• execute
• loot
• take down
• overbear
• unmake
• havoc
• liquidate
• drub
• gut
• extirpate
• blot out
• wallop
• vandalize
• murder
• cut down
• overmatch
• zap
• pillage
• despoil
• massacre
• efface
• kill off
• dispatch
• snuff (out)
• butcher
• trash
• take out
• stamp (out)
• mow (down)
• skunk
• unbuild
• root (out)
• dilapidate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• build
• construct
• raise
• set up
• create
• erect
• repair
• put up
• fix
• produce
• patch
• make
• rear
• form
• mend
• invent
• assemble
• found
• establish
• shape
• protect
• manufacture
• organize
• forge
• save
• constitute
• mold
• preserve
• fabricate
• revamp
• frame
• bring about
• fashion
• institute
• recondition
• restore
• rebuild
• conserve
• doctor
• reconstruct
• father
• renovate
• remodel

4

as in to bump

to come into usually forceful contact with something

we nearly smashed into each other on the skating rink

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bump
• collide
• slam
• bang
• hit
• knock
• crash
• ram
• impinge
• swipe
• bash
• impact
• strike
• thud
• bounce
• scrape
• skip
• push
• glance
• contact
• sweep
• brush
• rebound
• land
• ricochet
• kiss
• touch
• skim
• graze
• shave
• nudge
• jostle
• clunk
• muscle
• carom
• press
• bulldoze

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• miss
• skirt

smash

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noun

ˈsmash 

1

as in collision

a forceful coming together of two things

the awful smash when his dreams got hit by reality

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collision
• thump
• crash
• slam
• shock
• jolt
• blow
• impact
• slap
• bump
• pounding
• kick
• hit
• knock
• encounter
• contact
• punch
• strike
• concussion
• impingement
• jar
• wallop
• jounce
• hammering
• thrashing
• bashing
• buffet
• rap
• pummelling
• licking
• pummeling
• touch
• clobbering
• bludgeoning
• battering
• meeting
• lambasting

2

as in crash

the violent coming together of two bodies into destructive contact

the sound of the smash made all of the bystanders immediately whip their heads around

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collision
• crash
• wreck
• accident
• smashup
• concussion
• crack-up
• destruction
• pileup
• ruin
• demolishment

3

as in blow

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument

she gave the tennis ball a smash and sent it flying over the other side of the net

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blow
• hit
• slap
• thump
• knock
• punch
• swipe
• thud
• whack
• pound
• smack
• poke
• slam
• stroke
• bang
• lick
• spank
• beat
• chop
• clap
• clip
• hook
• kick
• switch
• crack
• bash
• swat
• lash
• hack
• bat
• bop
• pick
• belt
• pelt
• rap
• slug
• box
• bust
• sock
• biff
• thwack
• wham
• stripe
• buffet
• plump
• pounding
• haymaker
• fillip
• douse
• dab
• cuff
• swing
• knee
• wallop
• clout
• stinger
• whap
• welt
• beating
• licking
• whop
• hand
• counter
• left
• larrup
• right
• hammering
• counterblow
• whip
• sucker punch
• roundhouse
• body blow
• counterstroke
• shiver
• one-two
• uppercut
• whipping
• knockdown
• thrashing
• pummeling
• knockout
• KO
• counterpunch
• battering
• rabbit punch
• cruncher
• pummelling
• clobbering
• sidewinder
• drubbing
• pasting
• flogging
• bludgeoning
• cudgelling
• bastinado
• cudgeling
• walloping
• kayo
• right-hander
• bastinade
• lambasting

4

as in bang

a loud explosive sound

the bikes collided with a huge smash

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bang
• clap
• pop
• boom
• blast
• slam
• crash
• crack
• whack
• thunderclap
• roar
• knock
• report
• snap
• tap
• thwack
• whomp
• whump
• clash
• thunk
• howl
• clank
• clang
• wham
• rap
• blare
• hue and cry
• outcry
• clamor
• clangor
• tumult
• hubbub
• uproar
• hullabaloo

5

as in hit

a person or thing that is successful

the new Broadway musical is a smash

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hit
• success
• blockbuster
• winner
• supernova
• megahit
• phenomenon
• pip
• blue chip
• gem
• treasure
• crackajack
• victory
• marvel
• corker
• natural
• triumph
• sensation
• coup
• blue chipper
• wonder
• prizewinner
• jewel
• crackerjack
• jim-dandy
• dandy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bomb
• failure
• flop
• bust
• catastrophe
• turkey
• fiasco
• washout
• debacle
• clinker
• dud
• misfire
• lemon
• disappointment
• loser
• bummer
• débâcle
• fizzle

Examples of smash in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

That’s, of course, because the June presidential debate led us to Biden’s courageous and unexpected decision to step down, smash any intraparty uprising about a free-for-all primary, and declare Kamala Harris his successor. —Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024

The clear implication is that the only change possible is a revolutionary one that smashes the experiment and starts from scratch. —Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2024

Noun

Both 2024 hits ultimately grossed more than Greta Gerwig’s smash. —Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024

The judgment came in response to a lawsuit filed by the estate of Isaac Hayes, who co-wrote the 1966 smash with David Porter. —Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024