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

Moscow's forces pounded apartment buildings, offices, gas stations and data centers, among other targets. — Hanna Arhirova, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026

The nor’easter that pounded North Carolina’s Outer Banks has turned the majestic sand dunes into death traps, coastal experts say. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2026

On a hot Saturday, Pawlikowski and I revisited those heights—the slopes from which, for almost four years, starting in the spring of 1992, Serbian artillery pounded Sarajevo, which lies vulnerably cupped in the valley below. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Moscow's forces pounded apartment buildings, offices, data centers and a building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in downtown Kyiv in a brazen daytime attack. — CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

With California’s coast getting pounded by strong waves amid a strengthening El Niño, residents and government leaders are turning to big rocks and seawalls to protect homes and keep a railroad from falling into the sea. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Burns grabbed his knee and pounded the ground with his fist in pain. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

Moscow’s forces pounded apartment buildings, offices, data centers and a building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in downtown Kyiv. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

The chicken is pounded thin before cooking and, at Le Flâneur, is served with Picholine olives, tomato, arugula, and Parmesan. — Colleen McNally Arnett, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2026