Synonyms of pounds

pounds 1 of 3

noun (1)

plural of pound

as in punches

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

give the nail a final pound with the hammer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• punches
• blows
• swipes
• hits
• strokes
• thumps
• thuds
• slaps
• licks
• whacks
• knocks
• spanks
• smacks
• bangs
• pokes
• clips
• beats
• hooks
• pelts
• socks
• hands
• slugs
• chops
• slams
• lashes
• claps
• boxes
• belts
• knees
• kicks
• switches
• fillips
• swats
• cuffs
• bats
• lickings
• whams
• picks
• stripes
• plumps
• buffets
• dabs
• clouts
• haymakers
• welts
• thwacks
• hacks
• bops
• whops
• biffs
• smashes
• larrups
• raps
• stingers
• busts
• swings
• cracks
• wallops
• douses
• bashes
• beatings
• counterstrokes
• rabbit punches
• shivers
• counters
• sucker punches
• body blows
• counterpunches
• rights
• crunchers
• roundhouses
• lefts
• counterblows
• knockdowns
• uppercuts
• KOs
• whips
• batterings
• sidewinders
• whippings
• bastinadoes
• thrashings
• drubbings
• kayos
• knockouts
• right-handers
• wallopings
• pastings
• one-twos

pounds

2 of 3

noun (2)

plural of pound

as in cages

an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals

stray dogs wearing tags are kept in that pound until their owners can be notified

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cages
• coops
• pens
• corrals
• kennels
• runs
• folds
• hutches
• aquariums
• cotes
• stockades
• fences
• kraals
• pigpens
• dovecotes
• henhouses
• sheepfolds
• live-boxes
• terraria

pounds

3 of 3

verb

present tense third-person singular of pound

1

as in shuffles

to move heavily or clumsily

pounding down the road as fast as he could run

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuffles
• stomps
• stumbles
• barges
• clumps
• stamps
• lumps
• hauls
• sloughs
• stumps
• trudges
• scuffs
• flounders
• drags
• lurches
• shambles
• galumphs
• weaves
• tramps
• plods
• lumbers
• staggers
• flogs
• flops
• slogs
• scuffles
• waddles
• reels
• sways
• tromps
• totters
• wobbles
• blunders
• dodders
• teeters
• careens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slides
• glides
• waltzes
• floats
• whisks
• drifts
• hangs
• hovers
• coasts
• breezes
• poises
• wafts

2

as in hits

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

pounding nails into boards all day long

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hits
• punches
• knocks
• slaps
• bangs
• smacks
• clips
• slams
• claps
• whacks
• swipes
• boxes
• strikes
• bats
• kicks
• nails
• slugs
• socks
• licks
• cracks
• hammers
• bobs
• thumps
• tags
• belts
• shoves
• clocks
• taps
• chops
• jabs
• zaps
• clouts
• swats
• flicks
• thwacks
• whales
• bludgeons
• pushes
• strokes
• pokes
• bashes
• bops
• bonks
• wallops
• busts
• raps
• pastes
• stabs
• smites
• bumps
• clobbers
• slogs
• peppers
• biffs
• knees
• pelts
• mauls
• butts
• beats
• stamps
• hangs one on
• batters
• dumps
• lashes
• cuffs
• beans
• pummels
• scuffs
• levels
• buffets
• laces
• drubs
• floors
• mangles
• slashes
• roughs
• creams
• spears
• brains
• decks
• jostles
• fells
• bungs
• saps
• bowls (down or over)
• canes
• bunts
• clubs
• whips
• pommels
• sledges
• switches
• prods
• knocks down
• skulls
• flails
• lambastes
• sucker punches
• sledgehammers
• conks
• thrashes
• cudgels
• flogs
• rabbit-punches

3

as in licks

to strike repeatedly

during the storm the waves furiously pounded the beach

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licks
• lashes
• hides
• pelts
• hits
• beats
• whips
• batters
• punches
• thumps
• knocks
• boxes
• does
• slaps
• bats
• chops
• attacks
• smashes
• mauls
• assaults
• spanks
• slams
• hammers
• belts
• threshes
• tans
• clubs
• paddles
• curries
• slates
• bastes
• whales
• works over
• swipes
• raids
• switches
• bludgeons
• punches out
• whacks
• laces
• pummels
• lathers
• buffets
• wounds
• thrashes
• drubs
• smacks
• wallops
• bashes
• flogs
• storms
• fibs
• socks
• roughs (up)
• slogs
• beats up on
• tromps
• rushes
• belabors
• whops
• bungs up
• straps
• pommels
• whups
• messes (up)
• cracks
• birches
• jumps (on)
• lambastes
• swats
• pounces (on or upon)
• lams
• whams
• clouts
• thwacks
• descends (on or upon)
• cuffs
• canes
• lays on
• pastes
• busts
• leathers
• cudgels
• whomps
• besets
• lacerates
• clobbers
• assails
• scourges
• flagellates
• mutilates
• maims
• cowhides
• fustigates
• gores
• blackjacks
• rawhides
• horsewhips
• pistol-whips
• mangles

4

as in draws

to shape with a hammer

pounding out a depression in the metal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• draws
• hammers
• fashions
• forges
• carves
• stamps
• beats
• coins
• models
• molds
• works
• pats
• cuts
• sculpts
• forms
• chases
• kneads
• planishes
• chisels
• graves
• sculptures
• mints
• knaps
• boasts
• abates
• hews

5

as in grinds

to reduce to fine particles

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grinds
• crushes
• beats
• mills
• powders
• disintegrates
• pulverizes
• crumbles
• comminutes
• brays
• smashes
• grates
• atomizes
• mulls
• kibbles
• crunches
• fractures
• breaks
• fragments
• shatters
• dashes
• splinters
• busts
• micronizes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pounds

Noun

The store’s bestselling K-beauty product is Beauty of Joseon’s Relief Sun Rice + Probiotics SPF, an organic sunscreen that retails for around 15 pounds. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 4 Aug. 2026

An American who purchases a home in Switzerland, Germany or the United Kingdom typically finances that home in Swiss francs, euros or pounds — the currency in which the property is priced and in which the taxpayer earns income. — Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Seaton, who was listed at 330 pounds last season at Colorado, is down to the 300-to-305-pound range and should be moving even better at LSU this season. — Dane Brugler, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

The search resulted in the seizure of 70,114 ecstasy pills weighing about 26 kilograms (57 pounds) as well as 4 grams of methamphetamine, authorities report. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026

The researchers estimate that the reduction could cut spacecraft mass from roughly 2,425 pounds (1,100 kg) to 425 pounds (193 kg). — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026

At the Honolulu tuna auction, as much as 100,000 pounds of fish are unloaded every day. — NPR, 3 Aug. 2026

The third-year edge rusher arrived at camp at 265 pounds, more than 10 pounds heavier than he was listed at last season. — Tyler M. Carmona july 29, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026

Ritchson gained 30 pounds for season 1 of Reacher, going from 205 pounds to 235 pounds in eight months through heavy weight training and a structured diet built with nutrition coach Daniela Kende. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026

Verb

Back from a hamstring injury, Teoscar Hernández rejoins a relentless Dodgers offense that pounds 17 hits and three homers in a 9-4 win over the Athletics. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026

Teams go bonkers when the player pounds their school name on the bracket. — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2026

Rain pounds down in a stinging curtain. — Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026

Her silver nail polish—reminiscent of the shade worn by Lou Reed (from one New York legend to another) in footage shown during Todd Haynes’s documentary The Velvet Underground—sparkles as Gaga pounds the keys of her piano throughout the film. — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026

That game enabled the younger brother to mentally shift from a pitcher prone to walks to a pitcher who now consistently pounds the zone. — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 4 May 2026

Irons pounds the drums like Bam-Bam smashing on two garbage-can lids. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026

James is staring into the middle distance while Luka pounds the air out of the Spalding for twenty seconds per possession. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026

That person, John Weil, is a former real estate developer who pounds the pavement looking for potential conversion candidates. — J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2026