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Synonyms & Antonyms of slam
(Entry 1 of 2)
- please don't slam the door every time you step out
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- she slammed the ball deep into center field
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- batter,
- beat,
- buffet,
- bung,
- chop,
- cuff,
- drub,
- lace,
- lambaste
- (or lambast),
- lick,
- mangle,
- maul,
- pelt,
- pepper,
- pommel,
- pummel,
- rough
- bowl (down or over),
- cream,
- deck,
- dump
- [slang],
- fell,
- floor,
- knock down,
- level
Phrases Synonymous with slam
- the car slammed into the wall with a fearful crunch
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- slammed the cast members for forgetting their lines on opening night
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slam
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of slam (Entry 2 of 2)
- gave the stubborn nail one last slam with the hammer
Synonyms for slam
- bang,
- bash,
- bat,
- beat,
- belt,
- biff,
- blow,
- bop,
- box,
- buffet,
- bust,
- chop,
- clap,
- clip,
- clout,
- crack,
- cuff,
- dab,
- douse
- [British],
- fillip,
- hack,
- haymaker,
- hit,
- hook,
- knock,
- larrup
- [dialect],
- lash,
- lick,
- pelt,
- pick,
- plump,
- poke,
- pound,
- punch,
- rap,
- slap,
- slug,
- smack,
- smash,
- sock,
- spank,
- stinger,
- stripe,
- stroke,
- swat,
- swipe,
- switch,
- thud,
- thump,
- thwack,
- wallop,
- welt,
- whack,
- wham,
- whop
- (also whap)
Words Related to slam
- body blow,
- hand,
- kick,
- knee,
- left,
- one-two,
- rabbit punch,
- right,
- right-hander,
- roundhouse,
- shiver,
- sidewinder,
- sucker punch,
- swing,
- uppercut
- bastinado
- (or bastinade),
- battering,
- beating,
- bludgeoning,
- clobbering,
- cudgeling
- (or cudgelling),
- drubbing,
- hammering,
- lambasting,
- licking,
- pasting,
- pounding,
- pummeling
- (also pummelling),
- thrashing
- shut the door with a loud slam
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- sported a gang tattoo on his arm that had gotten him plenty of respect in the slam
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- bastille,
- big house
- [slang],
- bridewell,
- brig,
- calaboose,
- can,
- clink
- [slang],
- cooler,
- coop,
- guardroom,
- hock,
- hold,
- hoosegow,
- jail,
- jailhouse,
- joint
- [slang],
- jug,
- lockup,
- nick
- [British slang],
- pen,
- penitentiary,
- pokey
- [slang],
- prison,
- quod
- [British slang],
- slammer,
- stir
- [slang],
- stockade,
- tolbooth
- [Scottish]
Words Related to slam
- glasshouse
- [British],
- guardhouse,
- hulk(s)
Near Antonyms for slam
- the sudden slam of my head against the trunk of the car
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The first known use of slam was in 1660
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