Synonyms of hammer out

hammer out

verb

as in to forge

to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort

the city council hammered out new commercial development regulations with input from residents, business owners, and environmental activists

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forge
• develop
• carve (out)
• grind (out)
• create
• bring forth
• thrash (out)
• craft
• work up
• work out
• achieve
• construct
• generate
• devise
• crank out
• compose
• carry out
• churn out
• turn out
• engineer
• form
• cobble (together or up)
• model
• accomplish
• manufacture
• tailor
• cook (up)
• shape
• mint
• invent
• throw up
• originate
• effect
• hatch
• fashion
• conceive
• bring off
• fabricate
• frame
• concoct
• contrive

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• destroy
• tear down
• dismantle
• demolish
• ruin
• undo
• wreck
• raze
• unmake

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hammer out

And that’s just a small part of multiple wide-ranging transportation packages that will have to be hammered out between the chambers with just over a week remaining in the regular session. —Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026

Barack Obama, along with the Russians, Chinese and Europeans, hammered out the JCPOA, which kept any nuclear program in a bottle for years to come. —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026

For months, the league and its players have been trying to hammer out an agreement—a process that has brought to the surface many of the longest-simmering issues in women’s basketball. —Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026

Trump had sent Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, his son-in-law, to meet with Iranian officials in Geneva to try to hammer out a nuclear deal. —Brian Bennett, Time, 28 Feb. 2026