Synonyms of pounding

pounding 1 of 2

noun

as in hammering

Related Words

• hammering
• thrashing
• battering
• bashing
• licking
• pummeling
• thump
• blow
• bludgeoning
• clobbering
• hit
• slap
• knock
• punch
• buffet
• lambasting
• rap
• contact
• encounter
• meeting
• touch
• shock
• jolt
• impact
• collision
• concussion
• impingement
• bump
• kick
• slam
• jar
• jounce
• wallop
• crash
• strike
• smash

pounding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of pound

1

as in shuffling

to move heavily or clumsily

pounding down the road as fast as he could run

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuffling
• stomping
• stumbling
• barging
• trudging
• lurching
• hauling
• stamping
• sloughing
• scuffling
• dragging
• weaving
• scuffing
• tramping
• floundering
• shambling
• clumping
• plodding
• slogging
• stumping
• lumping
• lumbering
• staggering
• flogging
• galumphing
• swaying
• flopping
• reeling
• tromping
• waddling
• tottering
• blundering
• careening
• wobbling
• teetering
• doddering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sliding
• gliding
• coasting
• whisking
• floating
• waltzing
• hanging
• drifting
• hovering
• breezing
• wafting
• poising

2

as in banging

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

pounding nails into boards all day long

Synonyms & Similar Words

• banging
• hitting
• slamming
• knocking
• slapping
• smacking
• punching
• clapping
• whacking
• striking
• clipping
• thumping
• cracking
• swiping
• hammering
• batting
• kicking
• nailing
• bashing
• tapping
• licking
• bobbing
• shoving
• swatting
• pushing
• jabbing
• thwacking
• slugging
• boxing
• poking
• bopping
• bludgeoning
• chopping
• clobbering
• slogging
• walloping
• rapping
• clocking
• smiting
• socking
• zapping
• clouting
• bonking
• flicking
• stabbing
• belting
• pasting
• busting
• bumping
• stroking
• tagging
• battering
• beating
• whaling
• pummeling
• biffing
• mauling
• peppering
• pelting
• hanging one on
• slashing
• mangling
• buffeting
• lashing
• stamping
• cuffing
• scuffing
• drubbing
• whipping
• roughing
• dumping
• butting
• jostling
• prodding
• lambasting
• kneeing
• lacing
• creaming
• bunging
• flailing
• thrashing
• sapping
• bunting
• cudgeling
• spearing
• decking
• pommeling
• bowling (down or over)
• felling
• switching
• clubbing
• caning
• flogging
• braining
• leveling
• flooring
• knocking down
• sledgehammering
• conking
• sledging
• skulling
• sucker punching
• beaning
• rabbit-punching

3

as in licking

to strike repeatedly

during the storm the waves furiously pounded the beach

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licking
• battering
• lashing
• thumping
• whipping
• beating
• hiding
• pelting
• knocking
• hitting
• slapping
• slamming
• punching
• doing
• smashing
• attacking
• hammering
• assaulting
• pummeling
• spanking
• chopping
• batting
• bashing
• mauling
• smacking
• thrashing
• bludgeoning
• storming
• raiding
• slogging
• paddling
• walloping
• whacking
• buffeting
• belting
• clubbing
• lathering
• drubbing
• flogging
• boxing
• switching
• whopping
• threshing
• working over
• punching out
• tanning
• slating
• tromping
• swiping
• lambasting
• currying
• basting
• whaling
• cracking
• wounding
• whupping
• belaboring
• roughing (up)
• lacing
• messing (up)
• rushing
• fibbing
• swatting
• thwacking
• pommeling
• birching
• strapping
• assailing
• cudgeling
• pasting
• clobbering
• bunging up
• beating up on
• socking
• busting
• cuffing
• descending (on or upon)
• jumping (on)
• whamming
• whomping
• pouncing (on or upon)
• laying on
• caning
• clouting
• scourging
• lacerating
• flagellating
• besetting
• lamming
• mangling
• pistol-whipping
• leathering
• mutilating
• goring
• maiming
• horsewhipping
• blackjacking
• rawhiding
• cowhiding
• fustigating

4

as in drawing

to shape with a hammer

pounding out a depression in the metal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drawing
• hammering
• forging
• fashioning
• carving
• beating
• molding
• working
• stamping
• chasing
• cutting
• forming
• patting
• kneading
• sculpting
• modeling
• planishing
• chiseling
• coining
• hewing
• boasting
• minting
• abating
• graving
• sculpturing
• knapping

5

as in grinding

to reduce to fine particles

the tablet may be pounded and mixed in with the animal's food

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grinding
• crushing
• beating
• disintegrating
• pulverizing
• crumbling
• milling
• smashing
• powdering
• braying
• mulling
• comminuting
• grating
• atomizing
• breaking
• shattering
• fracturing
• crunching
• fragmenting
• splintering
• dashing
• busting
• kibbling
• micronizing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pounding

Noun

Rucking targets both at once without the joint pounding of running or the recovery debt of hard gym sessions. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026

Rutted migration routes, carved by the constant pounding of animal hooves, littered northern Pennsylvania. — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026

But perhaps the constant pounding was just too much for the pier, built in 1973. — John Ramos, CBS News, 7 June 2026

Most of those killed died during the second pounding. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026

Another popular belief is that the pounding of the raindrops on the ground mimics the sound of moles hunting for food, and the worms flee to escape being on the mole’s menu. — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026

Russia’s relentless pounding of urban areas behind the front line following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than four years ago has killed thousands of civilians. — Serra Yedikardes, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026

However, while chemically the same, beach sand is made up of tiny crystals of quartz that have been pulverized by geological weathering and the pounding of ocean waves. — John Ballato, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026

This section of shoreline is lined with cliffs, below which are sea caves, formed over centuries by the relentless pounding of Lake Superior waves. — Stephanie Pearson, Outside, 19 Feb. 2026

Verb

Keeber’s eldest son is still pounding the pavement looking for work as employers pull back entry-level hiring. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026

Video captured by a tourist on board a boat in northern Botswana showed the heart-pounding moment the vessel had to outrun a charging hippo. — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026

Eddie Williams was taking a merciless pounding against her planking as the sodden wreck heaved and rolled. — James D. Oxley, Outdoor Life, 5 Aug. 2026

Kelce spent the offseason pounding beers in VIP suites on the Eras Tour, married Taylor Swift in July, and expanded his media empire. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Rain softly pounding the ground played over the speakers as droplets filled the stage. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2026

During the rescue, which was caught on video, 16-year-old lifeguard Ryder Williams and another lifeguard pulled a 10-year-old to safety amid pounding waves. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Video of a 16-year-old lifeguard rescuing a child from pounding waves has gone viral, drawing praise from local beachgoers all the way to the White House. — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

Ram is doing something no one else has really done before by rolling out an entire lineup of pavement-pounding muscle trucks. — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 29 July 2026