Synonyms of haymaker

haymaker

noun

ˈhā-ˌmā-kər 

as in punch

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument

dealt his opponent a haymaker that sent him reeling across the boxing ring

Synonyms & Similar Words

• punch
• blow
• thud
• slap
• thump
• swipe
• hit
• knock
• whack
• stroke
• smack
• pound
• slam
• poke
• spank
• bang
• lick
• beat
• hook
• clip
• clap
• swat
• chop
• bat
• lash
• kick
• belt
• cuff
• wallop
• sock
• switch
• bop
• biff
• slug
• pelt
• smash
• knee
• stinger
• welt
• thwack
• wham
• hack
• box
• stripe
• rap
• buffet
• plump
• clout
• crack
• dab
• bash
• bust
• fillip
• pounding
• pick
• swing
• whap
• uppercut
• larrup
• douse
• roundhouse
• licking
• counterpunch
• hand
• whop
• beating
• counter
• counterstroke
• one-two
• KO
• knockdown
• left
• counterblow
• right
• knockout
• sidewinder
• body blow
• hammering
• sucker punch
• pummeling
• shiver
• thrashing
• whip
• whipping
• battering
• drubbing
• rabbit punch
• cruncher
• pummelling
• bastinado
• kayo
• pasting
• flogging
• walloping
• clobbering
• cudgeling
• cudgelling
• right-hander
• bludgeoning
• bastinade
• lambasting

Examples of haymaker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The angle from which the video was shot obscures whether the haymaker thrown by Julio Urías struck his wife. —Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024

Corner Nick McCloud threw haymakers into a crowd to defend rookie corner Dru Phillips. —Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2024

Their styles mesh well, with hard-nosed deliveries and haymaker punchlines. —Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 22 July 2024

The president’s camp is throwing haymakers at anyone on their side who is imprudent enough to be honest about the president’s condition and his dimming political prospects in November. —Noah Rothman, National Review, 1 July 2024