Synonyms of banging

banging

verb

present participle of bang

1

as in bumping

to come into usually forceful contact with something

the toy car banged into the wall and stopped

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bumping
• slamming
• colliding
• smashing
• crashing
• knocking
• ramming
• hitting
• thudding
• bashing
• impinging
• impacting
• striking
• bouncing
• swiping
• glancing
• scraping
• skipping
• pushing
• contacting
• brushing
• ricocheting
• kissing
• touching
• rebounding
• sweeping
• clunking
• landing
• shaving
• caroming
• nudging
• skimming
• jostling
• grazing
• pressing
• bulldozing
• muscling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• skirting

2

as in knocking

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

idly banged trees with a stick

Synonyms & Similar Words

• knocking
• slapping
• smacking
• slamming
• hitting
• punching
• pounding
• clapping
• whacking
• striking
• clipping
• cracking
• swiping
• kicking
• thumping
• hammering
• bashing
• batting
• nailing
• tapping
• licking
• pushing
• bobbing
• poking
• shoving
• bopping
• rapping
• thwacking
• swatting
• jabbing
• flicking
• bonking
• boxing
• slugging
• clouting
• clobbering
• chopping
• bludgeoning
• busting
• clocking
• bumping
• socking
• smiting
• zapping
• stabbing
• belting
• pasting
• tagging
• stroking
• slogging
• walloping
• whaling
• biffing
• beating
• battering
• pummeling
• hanging one on
• pelting
• peppering
• mauling
• mangling
• slashing
• butting
• stamping
• lashing
• cuffing
• roughing
• dumping
• scuffing
• buffeting
• jostling
• whipping
• lambasting
• prodding
• bunging
• kneeing
• drubbing
• flailing
• creaming
• lacing
• bunting
• thrashing
• switching
• clubbing
• spearing
• cudgeling
• decking
• pommeling
• bowling (down or over)
• flogging
• braining
• knocking down
• sapping
• felling
• caning
• flooring
• sledgehammering
• conking
• leveling
• sledging
• sucker punching
• skulling
• rabbit-punching
• beaning

3

as in slamming

to shove into a closed position with force and noise

stomped off to his room and banged the door

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slamming
• shutting
• locking
• closing
• stopping
• latching
• sealing
• securing
• fastening
• barring
• bolting
• chaining
• battening (down)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opening
• unlocking
• unfastening
• unbolting
• unlatching
• unsealing
• unbarring

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of banging

The Chicago Cubs center fielder made an Air Jordan-style catch during Friday’s 6-1 win over the Miami Marlins, banging into a nook where two walls converge at funky loanDepot park. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Last week, law enforcement in the city of Kirkland, Washington (just northeast of Seattle) responded to a 911 call from a resident reporting loud banging inside their home. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 2 Sep. 2026

Fast-forward five centuries later to modern-day Seattle, and Liz is forever banging her head hearing her husband's persistent little cough. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Your plumber can also make sure pipes are well secured so the banging stops. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2026

Support for Infantino Eto’o is not the only person banging the drum for Infantino in what’s become an increasingly fractured landscape. — Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

On Sunday, residents of Jaimanitas, a neighborhood in the capital, took to the streets banging pots and pans to protest after 25 hours without electricity. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026

These were people who would insist that their American passenger ride in the cab of a trade truck rather than stand in the open back with 20 passengers banging into each other and a couple of goats for hours. — Ethan Gologor, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026

In the building across the street, an old woman came out onto her balcony in a nightgown, a toddler in tow, and began banging a pot. — Daniel Castro, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026