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

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. — ABC News, 4 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

Verb

Saturday’s match was missing the loud Latin passion and party atmosphere that South American teams’ fans would have brought; the near-constant singing and chanting to a steady pounding drumbeat. — Miami Herald, 12 July 2026

The drums began pounding; the rain started to beat down even harder. — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026

Federal aviation officials grounded flights at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Friday afternoon due to thunderstorms pounding the area. — Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026

Obviously a few strikeouts (four) there but did a nice job that (seventh-inning) at-bat being aggressive early on and pounding a double there down the line. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026

America is better when Paul Skenes is embarrassing hitters with Livvy in the stands pounding Miller Lites. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026

The heart-pounding encounter ended with the calf reunited with its mother, dramatic photos on a cellphone — and the couple continuing on to catch brook trout. — Kate Brumback, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

More than a year after the pulse-pounding season 3 finale, Alan Ritchson's Jack Reacher is gearing up for his next exercise in bone-crunching justice. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 30 June 2026

The atmosphere inside Atlanta’s World Cup matches so far has been electric, featuring pulse-pounding moments. — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 29 June 2026