Drum Synonyms

drŭm
Small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. drumfish
Study intensively, as before an exam
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. beat
  2. thrum
  3. barrel
  4. bongo
  5. capstan
  6. cask
  7. cylinder
  8. cram
  9. drone
  10. gather
  11. instrument
  12. grind away
  13. keg
  14. pulsate
  15. reiterate
  16. bone-up
  17. strum
  18. tabor
  19. tambour
  20. swot
  21. tambourine
  22. tap
  23. throb
  24. get up
  25. thunder
  26. timbrel
  27. mug-up
  28. tom-tom
  29. swot-up
  30. bone
A musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. membranophone
  2. conga
  3. promote
  4. tympan
  5. snare-drum
  6. publicize
  7. base-drum
  8. bongo
  9. kettle-drum
  10. barrel
  11. support
  12. percussion-instrument
  13. snare
  14. tabla
  15. further
  16. tabor
  17. taborine
  18. tambour
  19. drumskin
  20. timbal
  21. vellum
  22. tabret
  23. tympanon
A cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. metal drum
A hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. brake-drum

Words Related to Drum

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Drum Sentence Examples

  • The drum of hooves jerked her attention back to the barn.

  • But the roll of the drums did not make the looting soldiers run in the direction of the drum as formerly, but made them, on the contrary, run farther away.

  • And then she heard the drum of hooves behind her.

  • Her pulse pounded like a drum in her ears.

  • Her old man beats her like a tin drum and he's gonna kill her if he finds where she is.

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