Synonyms of spanking

spanking 1 of 3

adjective

ˈspaŋ-kiŋ 

as in animated

having much high-spirited energy and movement

a spanking and speedy little horse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• animated
• lively
• energetic
• active
• bouncing
• animate
• brisk
• playful
• gay
• awake
• spirited
• frisky
• enthusiastic
• racy
• cheerful
• kinetic
• perky
• jaunty
• sparky
• jazzy
• mettlesome
• pert
• vivacious
• peppy
• springy
• snappy
• vital
• zippy
• on the go
• sprightly
• airy
• bright
• agile
• eager
• pizzazzy
• up
• spiffy
• wide-awake
• dashing
• sparkly
• alert
• dapper
• nervous
• impish
• boisterous
• frolicsome
• nimble
• upbeat
• chirpy
• exuberant
• bubbly
• buoyant
• spry
• effervescent
• chipper
• keen
• open-eyed
• chirrupy
• agog
• ebullient
• high-spirited
• skittish
• pixieish
• high-strung

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• limp
• dead
• inanimate
• inactive
• lifeless
• leaden
• listless
• languid
• lazy
• tired
• weary
• sleepy
• indolent
• lethargic
• languishing
• lackadaisical
• sluggish
• inert
• languorous
• boring
• vapid
• spiritless
• dull
• impassive
• tedious
• stolid
• apathetic
• irksome
• unambitious
• phlegmatic
• torpid

spanking

2 of 3

adverb

as in very

to a great degree

the bathroom tiles were spanking white when she finished cleaning them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• very
• extremely
• damn
• damned
• terribly
• badly
• too
• incredibly
• highly
• so
• really
• severely
• jolly
• desperately
• seriously
• that
• real
• full
• super
• especially
• whacking
• far
• thumping
• most
• cracking
• wicked
• intensely
• wildly
• such
• good and
• much
• heavily
• fiercely
• mighty
• greatly
• sore
• rattling
• extra
• bone
• particularly
• roaring
• awful
• exceptionally
• passing
• way
• absolutely
• specially
• dang
• deadly
• a lot
• awfully
• exceedingly
• fantastically
• fabulously
• almighty
• immensely
• totally
• monstrous
• thoroughly
• eminently
• filthy
• supremely
• mortally
• achingly
• corking
• sorely
• beastly
• ever
• uncommonly
• vitally
• completely
• hugely
• frightfully
• utterly
• positively
• as all get-out
• unco
• surpassingly
• stinking
• archly
• remarkably
• deeply
• right
• enormously
• blisteringly
• vastly
• entirely
• roaringly
• mightily
• colossally
• fully
• majorly
• downright
• wholly
• visibly
• flat-out
• significantly
• noticeably
• radically
• considerably
• purely
• obviously
• profoundly
• notably
• substantially
• extensively
• discernibly
• altogether
• plainly
• markedly
• palpably
• excessively
• plentifully
• appreciably
• obscenely
• monumentally
• grandly
• abundantly
• astonishingly
• astronomically
• amazingly
• monstrously
• overmuch
• staggeringly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• little
• somewhat
• slightly
• nominally
• just
• negligibly
• barely
• hardly
• scarcely
• scantily
• minimally
• marginally
• meagerly

spanking

3 of 3

verb

present participle of spank

as in smacking

Related Words

• smacking
• knocking
• whipping
• banging
• thumping
• pounding
• battering
• flapping
• fluttering
• flailing
• beating
• flicking
• flickering
• swinging
• buffeting
• flopping
• oscillating
• swaying
• flitting
• waving
• fanning
• throbbing
• pulsing
• undulating
• palpitating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spanking

Adjective

We’d been regularly hit by our father with a spanking spoon for talking back and fighting. — Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024

My Cat looks tiny and out-of-place among the spanking new hot rods parked out front. — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2023

Adverb

There was Vice President Biden's inaugural bromance selfie with President Obama on his brand spanking new Instagram account. — Christina Capatides, CBS News, 11 May 2018

Is this just about opportunistic politicians dipping into state coffers so they can be photographed cutting the ribbon at a spanking new factory? — New York Times, 8 May 2018