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

An early fall nor’easter is gathering strength along the central East Coast, pounding beaches in several states with heavy surf and threatening to bring coastal flooding, wind and rain to parts of the Northeast through the weekend. — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

Chappell Roan’s theatrical delivery rises alongside pounding drums and bright synths, transforming self-discovery into a full-room celebration. — Brittney Williams, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2026

Enthusiasts and internet critics have been quick to give a side eye and scoff at Nissan’s comeback plan and subsequent chest pounding. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 23 Sep. 2026

Skip the laborious pounding and use cutlets instead of whole breasts. — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2026

The trailer consisted of clips from old sitcoms set to pounding music, for some reason. — Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026

Usually the bar is a rowdy reprieve filled with sweaty bodies and pounding bass lines, with Lo situated behind the DJ decks. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

With styles rooted in Texas, Kansas City, North Carolina and Memphis, barbecue often elicits table-pounding opinions. — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 14 Sep. 2026

The Tigers opened the season at home, pounding Arkansas-Pine Bluff 54-14. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026