Slam synonyms and antonyms
slăm
Category:
Part of speech:
(Sports) To hit a ball, puck, or shuttlecock in a forceful overhand stroke.
To hit or fall in such a way as to produce a thump or thumps:
To throw or fling something
To knock quickly and sharply
Advertisement
To throw (oneself) energetically (into a task)
Pound means to repeatedly strike with force.
To make a loud, sharp noise, as on impact
(Intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
To strike or try to strike something with a sharp blow:
praise (antonym)
(Archaic) A reason or basis for praise
compliment (antonym)
The definition of a compliment is the act of giving praise.
flattery (antonym)
Excessive, untrue, or insincere praise; exaggerated compliment or attention
flatter (antonym)
To try to please, or ingratiate oneself with, by praise and attention
To come together suddenly with a sharp sound.
To strike or slap with a sharp, resounding blow
To bash is to hit very hard or to say unkind things about someone or something.
Advertisement
To grasp mentally; apprehend:
To collide with something destructively, fall or come down violently.
(--- Slang) To sell (a narcotic) illegally:
close (related)
To move so that an opening is closed.
Advertisement
To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse one's authority. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows.
(Intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
To beat with a belt or strap.
To clash is to disagree or be in conflict.
(Slang) To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.
Advertisement
To find fault with:
To knock, bump, or strike
To clout is defined as to strike with the hand or to hit a ball hard.
To strike a sharp audible blow or series of blows, as on a door.
Pop is a noise inside of your ears when pressure equalizes or when your eyes getting big when you see something impressive.
To hit hard; slug
To strike down or kill with godly force.
Advertisement
To strike with something flat; whack
To defeat soundly; thrash.
(Sports) To hit or kick (the ball) in a certain direction.
Advertisement
To die.
(Intransitive) To break out in blisters.
To defeat soundly in a fight, contest, etc.
To strip, scratch, or rub off the skin of; flay, abrade, chafe, etc.
To beat; flail:
Advertisement
(Botany) To slit or soften the outer coat of seeds in order to speed germination.
To go or move at a very fast, often excessively fast rate.
To afflict with severe or widespread suffering and devastation; ravage.
To strike or beat with the force and sound of a slap:
(Sports) To hit or propel (a ball, for instance) forcefully in a straight line.
let-someone-have-it
sock it to someone
burn someone's ears
crawl all over
pin someone's ears back
put someone on the griddle
put someone on the hot seat
Advertisement
A chance at odds; something to bet on:
A column or obelisk; also, the main, usually cylindrical, part between the ends of a column or pillar
(Sports) An act or an instance of digging a ball.
A sharp point curving or projecting in an opposite direction from the main point of a fishhook, arrow, etc.
A jeer; taunt; scoff
A curve or contour that resembles the path of sweeping motion:
flap down
throw violently
dance the slam dance
To intentionally jump into and collide with another, similarly behaving dancer at a concert.
Thrash is defined as to beat or move around wildly.
slams (related)
Find another word for slam. In this page you can discover 85 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for slam, like: smash, bang, thump, impact, hurl, rap, rake-over-the-coals, fling, pound, slug and smack.
Trending topics