Synonyms of belted

belted

verb

past tense of belt

1

as in hit

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

belted the baseball out of the park

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in wrapped

to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt

belted the little boy's pants tightly so they would stay up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wrapped
• bandaged
• circled
• banded
• girthed
• girdled
• taped
• girded
• engirded
• begirt
• engirdled
• trussed
• girted
• lashed
• enwound
• looped
• tied up
• roped
• wound
• wired
• corded
• swathed
• chained
• wreathed
• shackled
• enchained
• enwreathed
• enswathed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unwrapped
• untied
• unwound
• unshackled
• ungirded
• unbound
• unlashed

3

as in lashed

to strike repeatedly

belted the punching bag relentlessly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lashed
• pounded
• licked
• whipped
• pelted
• battered
• thumped
• batted
• hit
• punched
• knocked
• spanked
• slapped
• attacked
• beat
• slammed
• smashed
• assaulted
• did
• mauled
• laced
• clubbed
• hammered
• walloped
• chopped
• bashed
• hided
• thrashed
• buffeted
• smacked
• pummeled
• paddled
• lathered
• bludgeoned
• curried
• slated
• tanned
• switched
• boxed
• threshed
• whacked
• punched out
• raided
• basted
• worked over
• lambasted
• stormed
• whaled
• flogged
• swatted
• swiped
• birched
• slogged
• strapped
• whopped
• tromped
• cuffed
• wounded
• belabored
• drubbed
• socked
• pommeled
• fibbed
• cracked
• clouted
• roughed (up)
• clobbered
• bunged up
• whupped
• rushed
• pasted
• assailed
• messed (up)
• caned
• beat up on
• busted
• thwacked
• beset
• gored
• flagellated
• descended (on or upon)
• horsewhipped
• jumped (on)
• leathered
• laid on
• lacerated
• mangled
• scourged
• cudgeled
• whammed
• pounced (on or upon)
• whomped
• lammed
• mutilated
• cowhided
• maimed
• pistol-whipped
• rawhided
• blackjacked
• fustigated

4

as in zipped

to proceed or move quickly

the boy went belting along on his skateboard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• zipped
• raced
• sped
• trotted
• drove
• hurried
• rushed
• flew
• scurried
• traveled
• chased
• scooted
• jumped
• buzzed
• darted
• ran
• stepped
• rammed
• blasted
• bolted
• blew
• tore
• dashed
• bowled
• ripped
• barreled
• hurled
• zoomed
• scuttled
• whirled
• rustled
• pelted
• hustled
• jogged
• humped
• bundled
• breezed
• motored
• rocketed
• bustled
• nipped
• blazed
• careered
• shot
• hurtled
• careened
• whisked
• jetted
• cracked (on)
• coursed
• hastened
• galloped
• beat it
• hied
• bombed
• highballed
• cannonballed
• stepped on it
• hared
• made tracks
• streaked
• shook a leg
• sprinted
• scudded
• scampered
• hotfooted (it)
• stampeded
• flitted
• scuffled
• accelerated
• beetled
• whizzed
• got a move on
• overtook
• stepped out
• outpaced
• outran
• outstripped
• quickened
• arrowed
• caught up
• fast-forwarded
• beelined

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawled
• poked
• dragged
• crept
• lingered
• poked
• strolled
• lagged
• hung (around or out)
• loitered
• sauntered
• ambled
• shuffled
• tarried
• lumbered
• dallied
• plodded
• dawdled
• slowed (down or up)
• decelerated
• dillydallied

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of belted

Cleveland also belted two homers — by Daniel Schneemann and Jo Adell — to tie the game at 2 in the sixth. — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026

Osbourne’s dress was belted, creating a more cinched silhouette. — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2026

Durbin belted Cameron’s first pitch into the first row of seats above the Green Monster. — ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026

The range from the verses being super low, the chorus being fully belted out nonstop on the same note, and then that breaking point of the high part. — Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2026

Montgomery belted his 31st on Saturday with a solo shot two batters after Murakami. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2026

And at the end of it all, a euphoric fan base, tipsy with its sudden reversal of fortune, belted out a 1976 Abba song in South Florida. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

After inducing a leadoff groundout, the Venezuelan right-hander hung a dead-center changeup that Dominic Canzone belted into the Mariners bullpen for a solo home run. — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

The rapper Boosie Badazz belted the song on a boat with his young daughters. — Abigail Sylvor Greenberg, Vanity Fair, 21 Aug. 2026