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hammers

The word “hammers” has 2 syllables: ham-mers

It's pronounced as /ˈhæmərz/

What is synonym and antonym for hammers?

In the thesaurus, “hammers” has 48 synonyms and 4 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for hammers

  • assaults
  • attacks
  • bangs
  • batons
  • bats
  • batters
  • beats
  • beetles
  • bludgeons
  • claps
  • clips
  • cracks
  • create
  • cudgels
  • does
  • draws
  • forge
  • forges
  • gavels
  • hides
  • hits
  • jaws
  • knocks
  • lashes
  • lectures
  • licks
  • mallets
  • mauls
  • nails
  • nightsticks
  • pelts
  • pounds
  • punches
  • reprimands
  • rods
  • scolds
  • slams
  • slaps
  • sledgehammers
  • smacks
  • smashes
  • staves
  • strikes
  • swipes
  • thumps
  • truncheons
  • whacks
  • whips

Antonyms for hammers

Meanings of hammers

  • noun
    1. A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
    2. The act of using a hammer to hit something}}.
    3. A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
    4. The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
    5. In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
    6. A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
    7. The last stone in an end.
    8. (frisbee) A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown above the head.
    9. Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour.
    10. One who, or that which, smites or shatters.
  • verb
    1. To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
    2. To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
    3. To emphasize a point repeatedly.
    4. To hit particularly hard.
    5. To ride very fast.
    6. To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
    7. To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly.
    8. To make high demands on (a system or service).
    9. To declare (a person) a defaulter on the stock exchange.
    10. To beat down the price of (a stock), or depress (a market).
    11. To have hard sex with.

Example Sentences

  • The blacksmith expertly wielded his hammers to shape the red-hot metal.
  • The construction workers used powerful pneumatic hammers to break apart the concrete.
  • With precision and skill, the sculptor chiseled away at the marble block with his hammers.
  • The drummer's rapid fire of hammers on the drum kit set the pace for the entire band.
  • As the clock struck midnight, the watchmaker delicately adjusted the gears with tiny hammers to ensure accurate timekeeping.

On this page you'll find 52 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to hammers, such as: approves, assaults, attacks, bangs, batons, bats, batters.

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  • pieces
  • produces
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jaws

nails

  • arrests
  • attach
  • bangs
  • bats
  • captures
  • catch
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  • claps
  • clinches
  • clips
  • cracks
  • decides
  • determines
  • exposes
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  • hit
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  • hook
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  • knocks
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  • pin
  • pounds
  • punches
  • seizes
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  • slams
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  • smacks
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  • swipes
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  • uncovers
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paddles

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