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
• clips
• pokes
• beats
• hooks
• pelts
• hands
• socks
• slugs
• chops
• slams
• lashes
• claps
• boxes
• belts
• knees
• switches
• kicks
• fillips
• cuffs
• swats
• lickings
• bats
• whams
• picks
• stripes
• plumps
• whaps
• buffets
• dabs
• clouts
• welts
• haymakers
• hacks
• thwacks
• bops
• whops
• biffs
• smashes
• larrups
• raps
• stingers
• busts
• swings
• cracks
• wallops
• bashes
• douses
• counter-strokes
• counterstrokes
• beatings
• rabbit punches
• counter-blows
• shivers
• counters
• sucker punches
• body blows
• counterpunches
• rights
• crunchers
• roundhouses
• lefts
• counterblows
• knockdowns
• uppercuts
• KOs
• batterings
• sidewinders
• whips
• whippings
• bastinadoes
• thrashings
• drubbings
• kayos
• knockouts
• right-handers
• wallopings
• pastings
• bastinades
• 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
• fences
• stockades
• kraals
• aquaria
• pigpens
• dovecotes
• dovecots
• terrariums
• 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
• drags
• flounders
• scuffs
• lurches
• shambles
• galumphs
• weaves
• tramps
• plods
• lumbers
• staggers
• flogs
• flops
• slogs
• scuffles
• waddles
• reels
• sways
• tromps
• totters
• wabbles
• 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
• taps
• clocks
• chops
• jabs
• zaps
• clouts
• flicks
• swats
• thwacks
• whales
• bludgeons
• pushes
• strokes
• pokes
• bashes
• bops
• bonks
• wallops
• busts
• raps
• pastes
• stabs
• smites
• bumps
• clobbers
• slogs
• peppers
• biffs
• knees
• pelts
• mauls
• beats
• butts
• 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
• lambasts
• 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
• chops
• bats
• slaps
• attacks
• smashes
• mauls
• assaults
• spanks
• slams
• hammers
• belts
• threshes
• tans
• paddles
• clubs
• curries
• slates
• bastes
• whales
• works over
• swipes
• switches
• raids
• bludgeons
• punches out
• whacks
• laces
• pummels
• whaps
• lathers
• wounds
• buffets
• thrashes
• drubs
• smacks
• wallops
• bashes
• flogs
• storms
• fibs
• socks
• roughs (up)
• slogs
• beats up on
• tromps
• rushes
• belabors
• whops
• bungs up
• lambasts
• straps
• pommels
• whups
• messes (up)
• cracks
• birches
• jumps (on)
• swats
• lambastes
• 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