Synonyms of hammers

hammers 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of hammer

1

as in draws

to shape with a hammer

medieval artisans hammered brass into various bowls and trays, which they then embossed with elaborate designs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• draws
• forges
• pounds
• carves
• fashions
• beats
• molds
• stamps
• models
• works
• cuts
• chases
• pats
• forms
• chisels
• sculpts
• coins
• kneads
• graves
• planishes
• sculptures
• boasts
• hews
• knaps
• mints
• abates

2

as in hits

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

hammer a nail

hammered the ball for a home run

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hits
• slaps
• knocks
• punches
• smacks
• slams
• claps
• bangs
• whacks
• strikes
• clips
• pounds
• swipes
• bats
• nails
• cracks
• boxes
• thumps
• kicks
• bludgeons
• bashes
• taps
• thwacks
• clocks
• socks
• belts
• licks
• smites
• clouts
• shoves
• jabs
• swats
• pokes
• zaps
• stabs
• slugs
• bobs
• tags
• wallops
• raps
• bops
• flicks
• clobbers
• pushes
• chops
• bonks
• pastes
• whales
• biffs
• busts
• strokes
• slogs
• bumps
• mauls
• beats
• pummels
• hangs one on
• knees
• batters
• mangles
• stamps
• cuffs
• pelts
• peppers
• lambasts
• slashes
• roughs
• drubs
• whips
• buffets
• butts
• lashes
• dumps
• laces
• prods
• lambastes
• scuffs
• decks
• spears
• pommels
• bunts
• jostles
• cudgels
• clubs
• floors
• sledgehammers
• brains
• flails
• sledges
• creams
• bowls (down or over)
• switches
• conks
• beans
• levels
• bungs
• saps
• skulls
• fells
• canes
• knocks down
• thrashes
• flogs
• sucker punches
• rabbit-punches

3

as in licks

to strike repeatedly

tried hammering the door to wake them up

the crops were hammered with hail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licks
• pounds
• whips
• hides
• lashes
• beats
• hits
• thumps
• pelts
• knocks
• slaps
• smashes
• bats
• batters
• punches
• attacks
• slams
• assaults
• bludgeons
• does
• mauls
• spanks
• paddles
• bashes
• chops
• belts
• clubs
• slates
• pummels
• boxes
• whaps
• whacks
• switches
• raids
• wallops
• thrashes
• works over
• threshes
• smacks
• tans
• lambasts
• punches out
• drubs
• swipes
• flogs
• laces
• whales
• buffets
• lathers
• storms
• curries
• wounds
• belabors
• bastes
• lambastes
• pommels
• slogs
• roughs (up)
• tromps
• fibs
• thwacks
• cracks
• whups
• messes (up)
• whops
• cudgels
• socks
• birches
• beats up on
• swats
• clouts
• rushes
• bungs up
• straps
• descends (on or upon)
• clobbers
• pastes
• cuffs
• whams
• assails
• jumps (on)
• lams
• canes
• lacerates
• leathers
• busts
• besets
• lays on
• scourges
• pounces (on or upon)
• whomps
• flagellates
• horsewhips
• blackjacks
• mutilates
• mangles
• gores
• maims
• pistol-whips
• cowhides
• rawhides
• fustigates

4

as in scolds

to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings

the critics have long been hammering the stage actress for resorting to the same mixed bag of mannerisms over and over

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scolds
• lectures
• reprimands
• jaws
• blames
• criticizes
• rags
• berates
• lambasts
• scores
• attacks
• upbraids
• flays
• bawls out
• calls down
• admonishes
• rants (at)
• rails (at or against)
• dresses down
• reams (out)
• rebukes
• faults
• chastises
• lays into
• keelhauls
• mocks
• bastes
• castigates
• chews out
• lambastes
• rates
• reproaches
• reads the riot act (to)
• takes to task
• tongue-lashes
• slams
• knocks
• pans
• crucifies
• blasts
• chides
• lashes
• abuses
• assails
• condemns
• remonstrates (with)
• scourges
• harangues
• reprehends
• excoriates
• reviles
• laces (into)
• denounces
• reproves
• censures
• ridicules
• vituperates
• disparages
• scorns
• belittles
• scoffs
• bad-mouths
• disses
• puts down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approves
• endorses
• sanctions
• indorses
• praises
• extols
• lauds
• extolls

• approves
• endorses
• sanctions
• indorses
• praises
• extols
• lauds
• extolls

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hammers

2 of 2

noun

plural of hammer

as in sledgehammers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sledgehammers
• mallets
• staves
• mauls
• beetles
• bludgeons
• gavels
• cudgels
• truncheons
• nightsticks
• batons
• rods
• bats
• canes
• shillelaghs
• billies
• staffs
• staves
• billy clubs
• maces
• bastinadoes
• saps
• shillalahs
• waddies
• knobkerries
• blackjacks
• rungs
• clubs
• bastinades
• birches
• hickories
• rattans
• croziers
• switches
• crosiers
• crooks
• walking sticks
• crabsticks
• whangees