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
• nails
• bats
• cracks
• boxes
• thumps
• kicks
• bludgeons
• bashes
• taps
• thwacks
• clocks
• socks
• belts
• licks
• smites
• clouts
• shoves
• jabs
• swats
• zaps
• pokes
• stabs
• slugs
• bobs
• tags
• wallops
• raps
• bops
• clobbers
• flicks
• pushes
• chops
• bonks
• pastes
• whales
• biffs
• busts
• strokes
• slogs
• bumps
• mauls
• beats
• pummels
• hangs one on
• knees
• batters
• mangles
• stamps
• cuffs
• pelts
• peppers
• slashes
• roughs
• drubs
• buffets
• whips
• 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
• beans
• conks
• 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
• knocks
• pelts
• slaps
• smashes
• bats
• punches
• batters
• attacks
• slams
• bludgeons
• assaults
• does
• mauls
• spanks
• paddles
• bashes
• chops
• belts
• clubs
• slates
• pummels
• boxes
• switches
• whacks
• raids
• wallops
• thrashes
• works over
• threshes
• smacks
• tans
• punches out
• drubs
• swipes
• flogs
• laces
• whales
• buffets
• lathers
• storms
• curries
• belabors
• wounds
• bastes
• lambastes
• pommels
• slogs
• roughs (up)
• tromps
• fibs
• thwacks
• cracks
• whups
• messes (up)
• whops
• cudgels
• socks
• birches
• beats up on
• swats
• clouts
• bungs up
• rushes
• 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
• scores
• attacks
• upbraids
• flays
• bawls out
• calls down
• rants (at)
• dresses down
• rails (at or against)
• reams (out)
• rebukes
• admonishes
• chastises
• lays into
• faults
• mocks
• keelhauls
• bastes
• castigates
• chews out
• lambastes
• rates
• reproaches
• reads the riot act (to)
• takes to task
• tongue-lashes
• slams
• knocks
• pans
• blasts
• crucifies
• chides
• lashes
• abuses
• assails
• remonstrates (with)
• condemns
• 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
• praises
• extols
• lauds

hammers

2 of 2

noun

plural of hammer

as in sledgehammers

Related Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hammers

Verb

Ukraine has already begun to experience power outages this fall as Russia hammers its power grid heading into winter. — Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

Breaking Benjamin As pounding as any heavy metal band, this Pennsylvania group hammers its way to surprisingly melodic choruses. — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026

Inside the execution In the minutes before Silvia’s execution, rain hammers down on the roof of Florida State Prison. — Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026

Rubén Vargas hammers it in the from the left straight into the back of the net! — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 June 2026

Hartthijs de Vries, the 29-year-old who has been with the team for every year of their existence, hammers the pace at the front to keep the breakaway in check. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 9 May 2026

Ambrey Taylor hammers her eighth homer of the year off Texas pitcher Citlaly Gutierrez, and the Tide are rolling. — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 3 Apr. 2026

Investors who rushed to lend money to real estate developers in the United Arab Emirates are nursing losses as the Iran war hammers their bonds and threatens to stall a borrowing binge. — Selcuk Gokoluk, Bloomberg, 13 Mar. 2026

Using a large mallet, the magician hammers the automaton, played in the film by a real-life human actor, into smaller and smaller sizes. — G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Feb. 2026