Synonyms of thumped

thumped

verb

past tense of thump

1

as in smacked

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

thumped the desk with his hand as he delivered his speech

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in pounded

to strike repeatedly

playfully knocked his younger brother down and began to thump him with a foam bat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pounded
• licked
• lashed
• whipped
• pelted
• beat
• knocked
• battered
• slapped
• punched
• slammed
• hit
• spanked
• attacked
• smashed
• batted
• assaulted
• pummeled
• did
• thrashed
• bashed
• smacked
• mauled
• hammered
• bludgeoned
• walloped
• hided
• chopped
• clubbed
• whacked
• buffeted
• paddled
• flogged
• lathered
• switched
• drubbed
• raided
• lambasted
• tromped
• punched out
• swiped
• belted
• threshed
• stormed
• slogged
• curried
• laced
• tanned
• slated
• worked over
• whupped
• whopped
• boxed
• basted
• whaled
• belabored
• swatted
• cracked
• fibbed
• wounded
• birched
• roughed (up)
• messed (up)
• clobbered
• rushed
• assailed
• pommeled
• socked
• strapped
• pasted
• thwacked
• bunged up
• beat up on
• laid on
• clouted
• cuffed
• busted
• jumped (on)
• caned
• descended (on or upon)
• whomped
• beset
• whammed
• lammed
• scourged
• pounced (on or upon)
• lacerated
• horsewhipped
• flagellated
• leathered
• gored
• cudgeled
• mangled
• mutilated
• pistol-whipped
• maimed
• blackjacked
• fustigated
• cowhided
• rawhided

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of thumped

With Gujarat stranded at 204-8, Deshpande thumped his chest in jubilation. —ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026

Mary was the one who tried too hard at piano practice and still thumped the piano, the one who was too earnest. —Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026

Admittedly this isn’t 1985, but the Red Storm absolutely thumped UConn, a 2-seed, to win the title, and have won their last six. —Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 15 Mar. 2026

Too often on Rogers Arena ice, in games when the Canucks are overmatched and easily thumped by a far too superior side, the third period has turned into a points night for the visiting side. —Thomas Drance, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026

Wiki Carmona scored two goals against his former team after Prince Owusu found the net on a penalty kick and CF Montreal thumped the New York Red Bulls 3-0 on Sunday. —CBS News, 9 Mar. 2026

The long-running music/movement/fantasy/comedy/mime/percussion performance spectacle took a hit last year when its standing companies in New York, Boston and Chicago all thumped their last drum full of blue paint. —Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026

The Buccaneers thumped the Chiefs 31-9 in Super Bowl LV, but Tampa Bay players were blown away by what quarterback Patrick Mahomes did in the game. —Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026

House music thumped in the background like the heartbeat of a menacing jungle cat. —Josh Miller, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2026