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
• stumped
• staggered
• plodded
• slogged
• flogged
• galumphed
• flopped
• tromped
• swayed
• reeled
• waddled
• blundered
• tottered
• careened
• wobbled
• teetered
• doddered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slid
• glided
• whisked
• hung
• floated
• drifted
• coasted
• waltzed
• 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
• hit
• knocked
• slapped
• slammed
• banged
• punched
• clapped
• struck
• whacked
• clipped
• swiped
• cracked
• thumped
• batted
• kicked
• bashed
• hammered
• nailed
• shoved
• licked
• tapped
• swatted
• poked
• slugged
• bobbed
• pushed
• thwacked
• clobbered
• jabbed
• bludgeoned
• rapped
• chopped
• socked
• bopped
• pasted
• walloped
• smote
• clocked
• boxed
• zapped
• flicked
• stabbed
• whaled
• slogged
• busted
• tagged
• clouted
• belted
• bumped
• pummeled
• bonked
• stroked
• biffed
• battered
• beat
• mauled
• buffeted
• lashed
• pelted
• peppered
• mangled
• roughed
• stamped
• slashed
• hung one on
• drubbed
• cuffed
• dumped
• whipped
• laced
• butted
• bunged
• lambasted
• scuffed
• prodded
• jostled
• creamed
• kneed
• decked
• thrashed
• speared
• bunted
• leveled
• felled
• flailed
• clubbed
• caned
• floored
• sapped
• 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
• thumped
• pelted
• battered
• knocked
• slapped
• beat
• hit
• slammed
• punched
• smashed
• attacked
• spanked
• pummeled
• assaulted
• batted
• chopped
• did
• bashed
• mauled
• hammered
• hided
• smacked
• thrashed
• buffeted
• bludgeoned
• whacked
• clubbed
• walloped
• paddled
• lathered
• flogged
• threshed
• raided
• laced
• tanned
• stormed
• swiped
• whupped
• slogged
• punched out
• slated
• switched
• curried
• belted
• boxed
• lambasted
• basted
• tromped
• worked over
• drubbed
• wounded
• whaled
• belabored
• cracked
• swatted
• whopped
• roughed (up)
• messed (up)
• fibbed
• birched
• rushed
• pasted
• clobbered
• assailed
• socked
• strapped
• pommeled
• bunged up
• beat up on
• cuffed
• thwacked
• laid on
• busted
• caned
• clouted
• descended (on or upon)
• jumped (on)
• beset
• whomped
• whammed
• pounced (on or upon)
• scourged
• lammed
• lacerated
• horsewhipped
• flagellated
• 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
• stamped
• cut
• chased
• worked
• patted
• formed
• modeled
• kneaded
• sculpted
• coined
• chiseled
• hewed
• minted
• planished
• boasted
• sculptured
• 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
• micronized

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pounded

The updraft knifed through the building, whose inhabitants were already suffering without heat or power for much of the winter as Russia pounded Ukraine’s energy system. —Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026

The glass began to sway as fans pounded on it in excitement and then gave way, with pieces raining on Smith. —ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026

Alan Sneade was counting his blessings and thanking the neighbor who pounded on his door shortly before a fire engulfed the back of his six-unit condominium Monday afternoon. —Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026

The war has jolted markets and rattled the global economy as shipping has been cut off and airstrikes have pounded military and civilian infrastructure. —Arkansas Online, 16 Apr. 2026

Trump has long pounded the table for rate cuts and has wanted Fed Chair Jerome Powell out for years. —Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026

But on public lands, these areas tend to get pounded. —Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2026

And with that, almost as a warning, the skies opened up and the market was pounded with rain. —John Ramos, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026

The day the Iran ceasefire deal was announced, Israel pounded Beirut with airstrikes, killing more than 300 people in the deadliest day in Lebanon since the war began, according to the country’s Health Ministry. —E. Eduardo Castillo, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026