Synonyms of punched

punched

verb

past tense of punch

1

as in slapped

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

after the man had punched the bartender for eighty-sixing him, bouncers stepped in and restrained him until the police could arrive

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slapped
• smacked
• knocked
• hit
• slammed
• banged
• whacked
• pounded
• struck
• clapped
• swiped
• clipped
• kicked
• cracked
• bashed
• shoved
• thumped
• batted
• jabbed
• stabbed
• pushed
• tapped
• hammered
• poked
• swatted
• slugged
• socked
• licked
• nailed
• flicked
• chopped
• bopped
• clobbered
• bludgeoned
• boxed
• pasted
• clocked
• rapped
• zapped
• thwacked
• bumped
• busted
• walloped
• bobbed
• smote
• clouted
• belted
• biffed
• bonked
• tagged
• pummeled
• whaled
• stamped
• stroked
• bust
• slogged
• beat
• battered
• mauled
• slashed
• roughed
• cuffed
• lashed
• clapt
• pelted
• mangled
• whipped
• peppered
• pummelled
• buffeted
• butted
• dumped
• bunged
• jostled
• laced
• kneed
• scuffed
• hung one on
• lambasted
• prodded
• clubbed
• decked
• speared
• creamed
• felled
• bunted
• thrashed
• flailed
• floored
• pommelled
• pommeled
• drubbed
• conked
• caned
• beaned
• switched
• flogged
• sucker punched
• leveled
• knocked down
• sledgehammered
• skulled
• sapped
• brained
• sledged
• cudgelled
• rabbit-punched
• levelled
• cudgeled
• bowled (down or over)

2

as in drilled

to make a hole or series of holes in

punch a ticket

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drilled
• pierced
• poked
• holed
• punctured
• perforated
• tapped
• riddled
• bored
• cut
• penetrated
• slashed
• pricked
• broke
• gouged
• slit
• prickled
• split
• hollowed
• broached
• gashed
• notched
• grooved
• excavated
• ruptured
• rent
• rended
• burrowed (into)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• filled
• sealed
• plugged
• patched

• filled
• sealed
• plugged
• patched

3

as in drove

to urge, push, or force onward

cowboys punching cattle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drove
• ran
• run
• whipped
• herded
• shepherded
• pressed
• goaded
• hounded
• prodded
• pricked
• spurred
• flogged
• egged
• wrangled
• scourged
• prompted
• exhorted