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

EngineAI lists the standard T800 at about 5 feet 8 inches tall and roughly 165 to 187 pounds, depending on the version. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

According to the team, individual magnets can weigh as much as 12,000 pounds. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

Police say Lok is five-feet, seven inches tall and weights 155 pounds. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

Smith had a chip on his shoulder the size of the Blue Ridge mountains and played at about 5-9 and 195 pounds. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2026

Listed at 6-foot-3, 245 pounds, Wilkerson is ranked the 238th prospect in Texas according to the 247Sports composite rankings. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Oct. 2026

The league had recently reduced remaining ticket prices to 79 pounds ($105) including for some high-end seats. — ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

Umpire Roberto Ortiz, wearing 10 pounds of protective gear and a black-and-gray uniform, got no such relief. — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

The association projects that diesel prices will breach the 2 pounds per liter milestone within days. — CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

Verb

Higher prices come as Ukraine pounds Russian refineries, forcing Moscow to ban diesel exports. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026

Part of the problem is that every summer, water pounds down on sidewalks in the Treasure Valley, drops rippling on glassy reflective surfaces, all because of sprinkler jets overshooting the grass and landing on pavement. — Idaho Statesman, 23 Aug. 2026

Ukraine pounds Russia with long-range strikes At the same time, Ukraine has shifted the war onto Russian soil through long-range drone strikes on oil facilities that have caused fuel shortages across Russia. — Volodymyr Yurchuk, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026

The first murder is a girl slicing into her slumbering mother’s neck with a hacksaw; then her brother pounds his father’s face in with a baseball bat. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026

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