bang

The word “bang” has 1 syllable: bang

It's pronounced as /bæŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for bang?

In the thesaurus, “bang” has 337 synonyms and 18 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for bang along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for bang

  • KO
  • PDQ
  • abruptly
  • amusement
  • anon
  • apace
  • arousal
  • at once
  • away
  • bar
  • bash
  • bastinade
  • bastinado
  • bat
  • batter
  • battering
  • bean
  • beat
  • beating
  • belt
  • biff
  • blare
  • blast
  • blow
  • bludgeon
  • bludgeoning
  • bob
  • body blow
  • bolt
  • bonk
  • boom
  • boot
  • bop
  • bounce
  • box
  • brain
  • briskly
  • brush
  • buffet
  • bulldoze
  • bump
  • bung
  • bunt
  • burst
  • bust
  • butt
  • buzz
  • cane
  • carom
  • chain
  • charge
  • chop
  • clamor
  • clang
  • clangor
  • clank
  • clap
  • clash
  • clatter
  • clip
  • clobber
  • clobbering
  • clock
  • close
  • clout
  • club
  • clunk
  • collide
  • conk
  • contact
  • counter
  • counterblow
  • counterpunch
  • counterstroke
  • crack
  • crash
  • cream
  • cruncher
  • cudgel
  • cudgeling
  • cudgelling
  • cuff
  • dab
  • deck
  • delectation
  • delight
  • detonate
  • detonation
  • directly
  • discharge
  • diversion
  • douse
  • drub
  • drubbing
  • drum
  • dump
  • echo
  • electrification
  • enjoyment
  • entertainment
  • exactly
  • excitement
  • exhilaration
  • explode
  • fast
  • fasten
  • fell
  • fillip
  • flail
  • fleetly
  • flick
  • flog
  • flogging
  • floor
  • forthwith
  • freely
  • frisson
  • full tilt
  • fun
  • glance
  • graze
  • hack
  • hammer
  • hammering
  • hand
  • hang one on
  • hard
  • hastily
  • haymaker
  • head-on
  • headlong
  • high
  • hit
  • hook
  • howl
  • hubbub
  • hue and cry
  • hullabaloo
  • immediately
  • impact
  • impetuously
  • impinge
  • impulsively
  • in no time
  • incontinently
  • instantaneously
  • instanter
  • instantly
  • intoxication
  • jab
  • jollies
  • jolt
  • jostle
  • joy
  • kayo
  • kick
  • kiss
  • knee
  • knock
  • knock down
  • knockdown
  • knockout
  • lace
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • lambasting
  • land
  • larrup
  • lash
  • latch
  • left
  • level
  • lick
  • licking
  • lift
  • lock
  • make noise
  • mangle
  • maul
  • momentarily
  • muscle
  • nail
  • noisily
  • now
  • nudge
  • off the bat
  • on a dime
  • on the double
  • on the spot
  • one-two
  • opportunely
  • outcry
  • paste
  • pasting
  • peal
  • pelt
  • pepper
  • pick
  • pleasant feeling
  • pleasure
  • plumb
  • plump
  • poke
  • pommel
  • pop
  • posthaste
  • pound
  • pounding
  • precisely
  • presently
  • press
  • presto
  • prod
  • promptly
  • pronto
  • pummel
  • pummeling
  • pummelling
  • punch
  • punctually
  • push
  • quick
  • quickly
  • rabbit punch
  • rabbit-punch
  • ram
  • rap
  • rapidly
  • rashly
  • rattle
  • readily
  • rebound
  • recklessly
  • report
  • resound
  • ricochet
  • right
  • right away
  • right now
  • right off
  • right-hander
  • roar
  • roll
  • rough
  • roundhouse
  • rumble
  • rush
  • salvo
  • sap
  • scrape
  • scuff
  • seal
  • seasonably
  • secure
  • shave
  • shiver
  • shock
  • shortly
  • shot
  • shove
  • shut
  • sidewinder
  • skim
  • skip
  • skull
  • slam
  • slap
  • slash
  • sledge
  • sledgehammer
  • slog
  • slug
  • smack
  • smash
  • smite
  • snap
  • snappily
  • sock
  • soon
  • sound
  • spank
  • spear
  • speedily
  • stab
  • stamp
  • stinger
  • stop
  • straight
  • straight off
  • straightaway
  • straightway
  • strike
  • stripe
  • stroke
  • sucker punch
  • suddenly
  • surprise
  • surprize
  • swat
  • sweep
  • swift
  • swiftly
  • swing
  • swipe
  • switch
  • tag
  • tap
  • thrash
  • thrashing
  • thrill
  • thud
  • thump
  • thunder
  • thunderclap
  • thunk
  • thwack
  • titillation
  • touch
  • treat
  • tumult
  • unexpectedly
  • uppercut
  • uproar
  • wallop
  • walloping
  • welt
  • whack
  • whale
  • wham
  • whap
  • whip
  • whipping
  • whomp
  • whop
  • whump
  • wow
  • zap

Antonyms for bang

Meanings of bang

  • noun
    1. A sudden percussive noise.
    2. A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
    3. An explosion.
    4. The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.
    5. A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!.
    6. An act of sexual intercourse.
    7. An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
    8. An explosive product.
    9. An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug).
    10. (Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
    11. Strong smell (of).
    12. A thrill.
    13. Hair hanging over the forehead.
    14. A hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead.
    15. Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.
    16. Cannabis, especially as used in the Indian subcontinent.
  • verb
    1. To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
    2. To hit hard.
    3. To engage in sexual intercourse.
    4. (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
    5. To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
    6. To inject intravenously.
  • adverb
    1. Right, directly.
    2. Precisely.
    3. With a sudden impact.
  • interjection
    1. A sudden percussive sound, such as made by the firing of a gun, slamming of a door, etc.

Example Sentences

  • The door slammed shut with a loud bang.
  • Fireworks lit up the sky with a spectacular bang.
  • He dropped the book on the table with a bang.
  • The tire blew out with a sudden bang, startling everyone.
  • They heard a bang from the kitchen and rushed to see what had happened.

On this page you'll find 355 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to bang, such as: KO, PDQ, abruptly, amusement, anon, apace, arousal.

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Related Words

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  • 24-carat
  • A-OK
  • OK
  • acceptable
  • ace
  • adequate
  • all right
  • awesome
  • bang-up
  • banner
  • beautiful
  • best
  • better
  • blue-chip
  • blue-ribbon
  • boffo
  • bonnie
  • bonny
  • boss
  • brag
  • brave
  • bully
  • bumper
  • capital
  • choice
  • choicest
  • classic
  • classical
  • cool
  • corking
  • crackerjack
  • cracking
  • dandy
  • decent
  • divine
  • dope
  • down
  • dynamite
  • excellent
  • exceptional
  • fab
  • fabulous
  • famous
  • fancy
  • fantabulous
  • fantastic
  • fine
  • first-class
  • first-rate
  • first-string
  • five-star
  • flawless
  • four-star
  • frontline
  • gangbuster
  • gangbusters
  • gilt-edge
  • gilt-edged
  • gone
  • good
  • grand
  • great
  • greatest
  • groovy
  • heavenly
  • high-class
  • high-grade
  • high-test
  • highest
  • hot
  • hype
  • ideal
  • immense
  • jim-dandy
  • keen
  • lovely
  • marvellous
  • marvelous
  • matchless
  • maximum
  • mean
  • most advantageous
  • most favorable
  • neat
  • nifty
  • noble
  • number one
  • numero uno
  • okay
  • optimal
  • out of this world
  • out-of-sight
  • par excellence
  • passable
  • peachy
  • peachy keen
  • peak
  • peerless
  • perfect
  • phat
  • premium
  • prime
  • primo
  • prize
  • prizewinning
  • quality
  • radical
  • righteous
  • satisfactory
  • select
  • sensational
  • slick
  • solid-gold
  • special
  • splendid
  • standard
  • stellar
  • sterling
  • superb
  • superfine
  • superior
  • superlative
  • supernal
  • swell
  • terrific
  • tip-top
  • tolerable
  • too much
  • top
  • top-notch
  • top-of-the-line
  • top-shelf
  • topflight
  • topping
  • traditional
  • unsurpassed
  • wizard
  • wonderful
  • world-class

abuse

  • affront
  • asperse
  • aspersion
  • assail
  • attack
  • backbite
  • bad-mouth
  • bad-mouthing
  • bang up
  • bash
  • beat up
  • beat up on
  • belabor
  • belittle
  • belittlement
  • berate
  • billingsgate
  • blackguard
  • blackguardism
  • blame
  • blaspheme
  • blasphemy
  • blast
  • bleed
  • blow off
  • broadside
  • brutalize
  • bully
  • bung up
  • burn
  • calumniate
  • cap
  • castigate
  • castigation
  • censure
  • chastise
  • chastisement
  • cheat
  • chide
  • commercialize
  • commodify
  • corrupt
  • corruption
  • crime
  • criticism
  • criticize
  • curse
  • curses
  • cuss out
  • cut down
  • cut to the quick
  • cut up
  • damage
  • debase
  • debasement
  • decry
  • defamation
  • defame
  • defile
  • defilement
  • degrade
  • delinquency
  • deprave
  • derision
  • derogate
  • desecrate
  • desecration
  • destruction
  • diatribe
  • discount
  • disparage
  • disparagement
  • dissipate
  • do a number on
  • do an injustice to
  • dump on
  • epithet
  • excoriate
  • excoriation
  • execrate
  • execration
  • exhaust
  • expletive
  • exploit
  • exploitation
  • fault
  • fleece
  • fulminate
  • fulmination
  • give a black eye
  • harangue
  • harass
  • harm
  • harry
  • hose
  • hosing
  • hurl brickbat
  • hurt
  • ill-treat
  • ill-treatment
  • ill-usage
  • ill-use
  • impair
  • impairment
  • impose on
  • imprecate
  • imprecation
  • injure
  • injury
  • injustice
  • insult
  • insults
  • invective
  • jerk around
  • kick around
  • kicking around
  • knifing
  • knock
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • leverage
  • libel
  • light into
  • malediction
  • malevolence
  • maltreat
  • maltreatment
  • manhandle
  • manhandling
  • manipulate
  • mar
  • mess over
  • mess up
  • milk
  • minimize
  • misapplication
  • misapply
  • misconduct
  • misdeed
  • misemploy
  • misemployment
  • mishandle
  • mishandling
  • mismanage
  • mismanagement
  • mismanaging
  • mistreat
  • mistreatment
  • misusage
  • misuse
  • misutilization
  • molest
  • nag
  • obloquy
  • offend
  • offense
  • oppress
  • opprobrium
  • outrage
  • overburden
  • overcharge
  • overtax
  • overwork
  • persecute
  • perversion
  • pervert
  • pick on
  • pimp
  • polemic
  • pollute
  • pollution
  • potshot
  • profanation
  • profane
  • profanity
  • prostitute
  • prostitution
  • pushing around
  • put down
  • put-down
  • quinine
  • rag on
  • rebuke
  • reprimand
  • reproach
  • reproof
  • revile
  • revilement
  • ride
  • rip up
  • rough up
  • roughhouse
  • ruin
  • run down
  • sail into
  • sandbag
  • savage
  • scathe
  • scold
  • scolding
  • scurrility
  • shake up
  • signify
  • signifying
  • sin
  • skin
  • slam
  • slander
  • slap
  • sling mud
  • slur
  • smear
  • soak
  • sound
  • spoil
  • spoiling
  • squander
  • stick
  • swear at
  • swearing
  • swearword
  • taint
  • take apart
  • tear apart
  • tie into
  • tirade
  • torment
  • torture
  • total
  • trade on
  • traduce
  • trash
  • twist
  • upbraid
  • upbraiding
  • use
  • victimize
  • vilification
  • vilify
  • violate
  • violation
  • vitriol
  • vituperate
  • vituperation
  • walk on
  • waste
  • wax
  • whip
  • work
  • wrecking
  • wrong
  • wrongdoing
  • zing

accompaniments

accomplish

  • ace
  • achieve
  • actualize
  • arrive
  • attain
  • bring about
  • bring off
  • carry off
  • carry out
  • commit
  • compass
  • complete
  • conclude
  • consummate
  • do
  • do a bang-up job
  • do justice
  • do one proud
  • do the trick
  • effect
  • effectuate
  • end
  • execute
  • finish
  • fulfil
  • fulfill
  • gain
  • get someplace
  • get there
  • go through
  • hit
  • implement
  • make
  • make hay
  • make it
  • manage
  • nail
  • nail it
  • negotiate
  • perform
  • perpetrate
  • practice
  • practise
  • produce
  • prosecute
  • pull off
  • put it over
  • put through
  • rack up
  • reach
  • realize
  • reduplicate
  • reenact
  • repeat
  • score
  • sew up
  • take care of
  • win
  • wind up

accomplishes

  • aces
  • achieve
  • achieves
  • actualizes
  • arrive
  • attain
  • attains
  • bring about
  • bring off
  • brings about
  • brings off
  • carries off
  • carries out
  • carry out
  • commits
  • compasses
  • completes
  • conclude
  • consummate
  • do
  • do a bang-up job
  • do justice
  • do one proud
  • do the trick
  • does
  • effect
  • effects
  • effectuates
  • ends
  • executes
  • finish
  • finishes
  • fulfill
  • fulfills
  • fulfils
  • gain
  • get someplace
  • get there
  • goes through
  • hit
  • implements
  • make hay
  • make it
  • makes
  • manage
  • nail it
  • nails
  • negotiates
  • perform
  • performs
  • perpetrates
  • practices
  • practises
  • produce
  • prosecutes
  • pull off
  • pulls off
  • put it over
  • puts through
  • rack up
  • reach
  • realize
  • realizes
  • reduplicates
  • reenacts
  • repeats
  • score
  • sew up
  • take care of
  • win
  • winds up

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