Synonyms of ramming

ramming

verb

present participle of ram

1

as in bumping

to come into usually forceful contact with something

the truck suddenly swerved and rammed into the side of a building

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bumping
• slamming
• colliding
• banging
• smashing
• crashing
• knocking
• hitting
• impinging
• impacting
• bashing
• thudding
• swiping
• striking
• glancing
• bouncing
• scraping
• pushing
• skipping
• brushing
• contacting
• landing
• kissing
• sweeping
• touching
• rebounding
• ricocheting
• skimming
• shaving
• grazing
• nudging
• caroming
• clunking
• jostling
• pressing
• bulldozing
• muscling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• skirting

2

as in cramming

to fit (people or things) into a tight space

rammed as many candies into his mouth as he could fit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cramming
• squeezing
• loading
• wedging
• jamming
• sandwiching
• packing
• crowding
• crushing
• shoehorning
• stuffing
• filling
• heaping
• jam-packing

3

as in speeding

to proceed or move quickly

I threw myself out of the way as a car rammed through the crosswalk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speeding
• driving
• racing
• rushing
• flying
• hurrying
• traveling
• zipping
• scurrying
• trotting
• jumping
• chasing
• running
• blasting
• blowing
• scooting
• darting
• tearing
• buzzing
• stepping
• ripping
• scuttling
• dashing
• bolting
• barreling
• shooting
• hurling
• zooming
• pelting
• humping
• whirling
• blazing
• bowling
• hurtling
• rocketing
• careering
• careening
• hustling
• jogging
• belting
• bundling
• breezing
• motoring
• hastening
• coursing
• nipping
• haring
• galloping
• whisking
• rustling
• cracking (on)
• cannonballing
• bombing
• jetting
• bustling
• highballing
• hying
• beating it
• making tracks
• getting a move on
• stepping on it
• accelerating
• sprinting
• stampeding
• hotfooting (it)
• flitting
• scudding
• shaking a leg
• whizzing
• scampering
• scuffling
• streaking
• outrunning
• overtaking
• beetling
• outpacing
• quickening
• stepping out
• outstripping
• arrowing
• catching up
• beelining
• fast-forwarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• poking
• creeping
• crawling
• dragging
• poking
• lingering
• hanging (around or out)
• lagging
• loitering
• dawdling
• strolling
• shuffling
• lumbering
• sauntering
• dallying
• ambling
• plodding
• decelerating
• tarrying
• slowing (down or up)
• dillydallying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ramming

Bystander video of the July 2024 incident shows Showalter dropping from a standing position and ramming his knee into the neck of a restrained man, William Hardy, of Kansas City, who was lying on the ground. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026

And Trooper Bernard Major reaching speeds up to 94 miles an hour before ramming the suspect’s truck from behind. — Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026

In March, a man attacked Temple Israel synagogue in a Detroit suburb, ramming his car into the building and opening fire on a security guard before dying by suicide. — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026

The drones rip through the hallways scanning for a threat before disorienting a suspect using flashing lights and subduing them using pepper balls or by ramming into their body, the company says. — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

Momota has been seen running around with a cone over his head and ramming it into his mother, according to the AP. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026

The car continued going back and forth, ramming the bus and hitting an unmarked squad car. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

Hamilton, driving a Hyundai Sonata, fled at speeds of up to 130 mph, prompting the trooper to use the ramming technique state police refer to as a tactical vehicle intervention in an attempt to spin Hamilton out and halt him near the 28-mile marker. — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 7 Aug. 2026

Trucks and semis from all over the southwest came to Richmound, blaring horns and, in one case, ramming the new fence surrounding the school. — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026