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 251 synonyms and 8 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for hammers

abates
abuses
admonishes
assails
assaults
attacks
bad-mouths
bangs
bashes
bastes
bastinades
bastinadoes
batons
bats
batters
bawls out
beans
beats
beats up on
beetles
belabors
belittles
belts
berates
besets
biffs
billies
billy clubs
birches
blackjacks
blames
blasts
bludgeons
boasts
bobs
bonks
bops
boxes
brains
buffets
bumps
bungs
bungs up
bunts
busts
butts
calls down
canes
carves
castigates
censures
chases
chastises
chews out
chides
chisels
chops
claps
clips
clobbers
clocks
clouts
clubs
coins
condemns
conks
cowhides
crabsticks
cracks
creams
criticizes
crooks
crosiers
croziers
crucifies
cudgels
cuffs
curries
cuts
decks
denounces
disparages
disses
does
draws
dresses down
drubs
dumps
excoriates
fashions
faults
fells
fibs
flagellates
flails
flays
flicks
flogs
floors
forges
forms
fustigates
gavels
gores
graves
hangs one on
harangues
hews
hickories
hides
hits
horsewhips
jabs
jaws
jostles
keelhauls
kicks
knaps
kneads
knees
knobkerries
knocks
knocks down
lacerates
laces
lambastes
lambasts
lams
lashes
lathers
lays into
lays on
leathers
lectures
levels
licks
maces
maims
mallets
mangles
mauls
mints
mocks
models
molds
mutilates
nails
nightsticks
paddles
pans
pastes
pats
pelts
peppers
pistol-whips
planishes
pokes
pommels
pounds
prods
pummels
punches
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pushes
puts down
rabbit-punches
rags
raids
raps
rates
rattans
rawhides
rebukes
reprehends
reprimands
reproaches
reproves
reviles
ridicules
rods
roughs
rungs
rushes
saps
scoffs
scolds
scores
scorns
scourges
scuffs
sculpts
sculptures
shillalahs
shillelaghs
shoves
skulls
slams
slaps
slashes
slates
sledgehammers
sledges
slogs
slugs
smacks
smashes
smites
socks
spanks
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staves
storms
straps
strikes
strokes
sucker punches
swats
swipes
switches
tags
takes to task
tans
taps
thrashes
threshes
thumps
thwacks
tongue-lashes
tromps
truncheons
upbraids
vituperates
waddies
walking sticks
wallops
whacks
whales
whams
whangees
whaps
whips
whomps
whops
whups
works
works over
wounds
zaps

Antonyms for hammers

approves
endorses
extolls
extols
indorses
lauds
praises
sanctions

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.

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