Synonyms of thumping

thumping 1 of 3

adverb

as in extremely

to a great degree

wrote several thumping big books on World War II

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

thumping

2 of 3

noun

as in pounding

Related Words

• pounding
• thrashing
• hammering
• beating
• smashing
• whipping
• pummeling
• bashing
• flogging
• drubbing
• attack
• clubbing
• battering
• belting
• mauling
• assault
• licking
• pelting
• paddling
• whaling
• bludgeoning
• walloping
• buffeting
• injury
• batting
• harm
• battery
• hurt
• cudgeling
• detriment
• tromping
• onslaught
• damage
• impairment
• riot
• threat
• shock
• revolt
• lacing
• socking
• frenzy
• turbulence
• terror
• rampage
• fury
• upheaval
• rupture
• outrage
• paroxysm
• outbreak
• pommeling
• tumult
• rage
• savagery
• uproar
• brutality
• bulldozing
• barbarity
• storm
• bullying
• browbeating
• violence
• crippling
• foul play
• hectoring
• mayhem
• maiming
• mutilation
• strong-arming
• force

Dissimilar Words

• pacifism
• nonviolence
• pacificism

thumping

3 of 3

verb

present participle of thump

1

as in slapping

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

• slapping
• smacking
• knocking
• banging
• hitting
• slamming
• pounding
• punching
• clapping
• whacking
• striking
• clipping
• cracking
• swiping
• kicking
• hammering
• batting
• tapping
• bashing
• thwacking
• nailing
• bopping
• bobbing
• jabbing
• pushing
• shoving
• bludgeoning
• swatting
• poking
• clobbering
• licking
• flicking
• boxing
• slugging
• smiting
• walloping
• zapping
• rapping
• clouting
• chopping
• belting
• socking
• bumping
• stabbing
• bonking
• clocking
• slogging
• busting
• stroking
• pasting
• tagging
• biffing
• whaling
• beating
• pummeling
• battering
• mauling
• hanging one on
• peppering
• mangling
• drubbing
• scuffing
• stamping
• slashing
• pelting
• lashing
• buffeting
• whipping
• jostling
• cuffing
• dumping
• lambasting
• prodding
• butting
• roughing
• thrashing
• kneeing
• flailing
• bunging
• clubbing
• lacing
• creaming
• bunting
• cudgeling
• sapping
• switching
• felling
• spearing
• pommeling
• flogging
• knocking down
• bowling (down or over)
• decking
• caning
• flooring
• sledgehammering
• braining
• leveling
• sledging
• conking
• sucker punching
• skulling
• rabbit-punching
• beaning

2

as in licking

to strike repeatedly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pounding
• licking
• lashing
• beating
• whipping
• hiding
• battering
• knocking
• slapping
• hitting
• smashing
• pelting
• slamming
• punching
• attacking
• doing
• spanking
• hammering
• pummeling
• assaulting
• thrashing
• batting
• mauling
• smacking
• bashing
• chopping
• bludgeoning
• clubbing
• walloping
• whacking
• drubbing
• storming
• belting
• flogging
• whopping
• paddling
• raiding
• switching
• buffeting
• slogging
• working over
• punching out
• lathering
• lambasting
• boxing
• whupping
• whaling
• swiping
• tanning
• slating
• tromping
• currying
• threshing
• cracking
• basting
• thwacking
• fibbing
• messing (up)
• roughing (up)
• belaboring
• lacing
• wounding
• swatting
• rushing
• birching
• pommeling
• clobbering
• strapping
• beating up on
• bunging up
• clouting
• cudgeling
• socking
• assailing
• descending (on or upon)
• pasting
• busting
• jumping (on)
• whomping
• cuffing
• whamming
• laying on
• pouncing (on or upon)
• besetting
• caning
• lacerating
• lamming
• flagellating
• scourging
• leathering
• mangling
• pistol-whipping
• goring
• mutilating
• maiming
• horsewhipping
• blackjacking
• fustigating
• cowhiding
• rawhiding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of thumping

Noun

The aim wasn’t to make the chatbot Bible-thumping or pious. — Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 26 May 2026

The infant’s heart beats into the night, like the thumping of a little giant, breaking rocks deep in the Mines of Moria. — Literary Hub, 19 June 2026

His preferred genre was hardstyle—frantic thumping remixes of pop songs by the likes of Katy Perry and Taylor Swift. — Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026

Meanwhile, Paraguay is coming off a 4-0 thumping of Nicaragua in their final tune-up before the World Cup. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026

Filled with gray, silty water, the pool was vigorously boiling and producing loud thumping sounds caused by steam bubbles forming and collapsing beneath the surface. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 24 June 2026

The thumping, upbeat dance-pop track was produced and co-written with Zhone, and sees Lovato celebrating how much her low-rise jeans are turning someone on. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2026

Milan’s 4-0 thumping of Barcelona in 1994 was anomalous compared with the rest of their European campaign that season, but their defensive foundations were strong — with half of their six group games finishing 0-0. — Mark Carey, New York Times, 29 May 2026

Minnesota's 6-1 thumping of its Central Division rival in Game 1 sets up the possibility Monday night to go up 2-0 in a playoff series for the first time in 15 postseason appearances over its 25-season history. — CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026

Verb

Coproduced with Grayson Beatz, the track is laid back compared to his other bass-thumping, suspenseful works. — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 20 June 2026

Senegal did not even get to celebrate a late consolation, with Mbappe thumping the ball home brilliantly from distance. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 4 July 2026

These headphones are Hi-Res certified, with highly flexible silk diaphragms that extend up to 40kHz for exceptional treble clarity and thumping bass. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026