Synonyms for ram
noun
An object used to deliver a thrust
plunger, pump, beam, prow, hammerhead, arm piece, weight, pole, shaft, lever, spike, battering ram, pile driver, tamping iron, punch, sledge hammer, rammer, tamper, monkey, bat, maul, hydraulic ram, spar, piston, drop weight, bow; see also bar 1, hammer.
A male sheep
tup, wild ram, buck, bucksheep; see sheep.
Breeds of rams include: Leicester, Rambouillet, Merino, Lincoln, Jacob, Scottish blackface, Wensleydale, Oxforddown, Hampshire, Cotswold, Southdown, Suffolk, Shropshire, Cheviot.
verb
To strike with force
bump, slam, collide, hook; see butt 1, crash 4, hit 1, 2.
To thrust or pack forcibly
drive, cram, jam, stuff; see drive 4, pack 2.
See ram in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To cause to penetrate with force:
dig, drive, plunge, run, sink, stab, stick, thrust. See put inTo force to move or advance with or as if with blows or pressure:
drive, propel, push, shove, thrust. See moveTo do or achieve by forcing obstacles out of one's way:
press, push, shove. See push
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