ramming

The word “ramming” has 2 syllables: ram-ming

It's pronounced as /ˈræmɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for ramming?

In the thesaurus, “ramming” has 136 synonyms and 20 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for ramming

  • accelerating
  • arrowing
  • banging
  • barreling
  • barrelling
  • bashing
  • beating it
  • beelining
  • beetling
  • belting
  • blasting
  • blazing
  • blowing
  • bolting
  • bombing
  • bouncing
  • bowling
  • breezing
  • brushing
  • bulldozing
  • bumping
  • bundling
  • bustling
  • buzzing
  • cannonballing
  • careening
  • careering
  • caroming
  • catching up
  • chasing
  • clunking
  • colliding
  • contacting
  • coursing
  • cramming
  • crashing
  • crowding
  • crushing
  • darting
  • dashing
  • driving
  • fast-forwarding
  • filling
  • flitting
  • flying
  • galloping
  • getting a move on
  • glancing
  • grazing
  • haring
  • hastening
  • heaping
  • hieing
  • highballing
  • hitting
  • humping
  • hurling
  • hurrying
  • hurtling
  • hustling
  • hying
  • impacting
  • impinging
  • jam-packing
  • jamming
  • jetting
  • jogging
  • jostling
  • jumping
  • kissing
  • knocking
  • landing
  • loading
  • making tracks
  • motoring
  • muscling
  • nipping
  • nudging
  • outpacing
  • outrunning
  • outstripping
  • overtaking
  • packing
  • pelting
  • pressing
  • pushing
  • quickening
  • racing
  • rebounding
  • ricocheting
  • ricochetting
  • ripping
  • rocketing
  • running
  • rushing
  • rustling
  • sandwiching
  • scampering
  • scooting
  • scraping
  • scudding
  • scuffling
  • scurrying
  • scuttling
  • shaking a leg
  • shaving
  • shoehorning
  • shooting
  • skimming
  • skipping
  • slamming
  • smashing
  • speeding
  • sprinting
  • squeezing
  • stampeding
  • stepping
  • stepping on it
  • stepping out
  • streaking
  • striking
  • stuffing
  • sweeping
  • swiping
  • tearing
  • thudding
  • touching
  • traveling
  • travelling
  • trotting
  • wedging
  • whirling
  • whisking
  • whizzing
  • zipping
  • zooming

Antonyms for ramming

Meanings of ramming

  • verb
    1. To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function.
    2. To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.
    3. To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
    4. To thrust during sexual intercourse.
  • noun
    1. A collision, where something is rammed.

Example Sentences

  • The ship's captain ordered full speed ahead, ramming into the enemy vessel.
  • The suspect was arrested for ramming his car into a police barricade.
  • The battering ram was used for ramming the castle gates during the siege.
  • The angry bull kept ramming the fence of its pen, trying to escape.
  • The protestors were accused of ramming through the police line during the demonstration.

On this page you'll find 156 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to ramming, such as: accelerating, ambling, arrowing, banging, barreling, barrelling, bashing.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

jamming

  • ad hoc
  • ad lib
  • ad-lib
  • at first glance
  • automatic
  • autoschediastic
  • bloating
  • blocking
  • boring
  • brimming
  • bulking
  • bulldozing
  • bulling
  • bunging
  • by ear
  • casual
  • charging
  • choking
  • clogging
  • clotting
  • congesting
  • corking
  • cramming
  • crashing
  • crowding
  • crushing
  • damming
  • drenching
  • elbowing
  • expedient
  • extemporary
  • extempore
  • fake
  • filling
  • flooding
  • free
  • furring
  • glutting
  • gridlocking
  • heaping
  • honeycombing
  • immediate
  • impromptu
  • improv
  • improvisatory
  • improvised
  • improviso
  • informal
  • inundating
  • jam-packing
  • jostling
  • loading
  • made-up
  • makeshift
  • matting
  • muscling
  • obstructing
  • occluding
  • off the cuff
  • off the top of head
  • offhand
  • on impulse
  • on-the-spot
  • overcharging
  • overfilling
  • overflowing
  • overwhelming
  • packing
  • penetrating
  • pressing
  • pushing
  • ramming
  • refilling
  • refreshing
  • reloading
  • repacking
  • replenishing
  • sandwiching
  • saturating
  • shoehorning
  • shouldering
  • shoving
  • silting
  • snap
  • spiling
  • spontaneous
  • spur-of-the-moment
  • squashing
  • squeezing
  • stoppering
  • stoppling
  • stuffing
  • swamping
  • taking for ride
  • thought out loud
  • thrusting
  • toss off
  • toss out
  • tossed off
  • tossed out
  • unplanned
  • unpremeditated
  • unprepared
  • unrehearsed
  • unstudied
  • wedging
  • winging it

jam-packing

  • bloating
  • brimming
  • bulking
  • charging
  • cramming
  • crowding
  • crushing
  • drenching
  • filling
  • flooding
  • glutting
  • heaping
  • honeycombing
  • jamming
  • loading
  • matting
  • overcharging
  • overfilling
  • overflowing
  • packing
  • penetrating
  • pressing
  • ramming
  • refilling
  • refreshing
  • reloading
  • repacking
  • replenishing
  • saturating
  • shoving
  • squashing
  • squeezing
  • stuffing
  • swamping

packing

  • Styrofoam
  • bearing
  • bloating
  • blocking
  • brimming
  • bringing
  • buffer
  • bulking
  • bumper
  • bunging
  • calking
  • carrying
  • carting
  • caulking
  • charging
  • chinking
  • choking
  • clogging
  • clotting
  • congesting
  • conveying
  • cramming
  • crowding
  • crushing
  • cushion
  • damming
  • delivering
  • displaying
  • drenching
  • exhibiting
  • fender
  • ferrying
  • fetching
  • fill
  • filler
  • filling
  • flaunting
  • flooding
  • forwarding
  • glutting
  • handing over
  • hauling
  • heaping
  • honeycombing
  • interlining
  • jam-packing
  • jamming
  • lining
  • loading
  • lugging
  • matting
  • moving
  • obstructing
  • occluding
  • overcharging
  • overfilling
  • overflowing
  • pad
  • padding
  • parading
  • peanuts
  • penetrating
  • plugging
  • pressing
  • quilting
  • ramming
  • refilling
  • refreshing
  • reloading
  • removing
  • repacking
  • replenishing
  • restuffing
  • saturating
  • sealing
  • sending
  • shifting
  • shipping
  • shoving
  • showing
  • showing off
  • sporting
  • squashing
  • squeezing
  • stopping
  • stuffing
  • swamping
  • taking
  • toting
  • transferring
  • transmitting
  • transporting
  • wadding

racing

zipping

  • accelerated
  • accelerating
  • arrowing
  • barreling
  • barrelling
  • beating it
  • beelining
  • beetling
  • belting
  • blasting
  • blazing
  • blowing
  • bolting
  • bombing
  • bowling
  • breakneck
  • breathless
  • breezing
  • brisk
  • bumbling
  • bundling
  • burring
  • bustling
  • buzzing
  • cannonballing
  • careening
  • careering
  • catching up
  • chasing
  • chirring
  • churring
  • cooing
  • coursing
  • curring
  • dancing
  • darting
  • dashing
  • dizzy
  • driving
  • droning
  • expeditious
  • fast
  • fast-forwarding
  • fizzing
  • fleet
  • flickering
  • flicking
  • flirting
  • flittering
  • flitting
  • fluttering
  • flying
  • galloping
  • getting a move on
  • haring
  • hastened
  • hastening
  • hasty
  • hieing
  • highballing
  • hissing
  • humming
  • humping
  • hurling
  • hurried
  • hurrying
  • hurtling
  • hustling
  • hying
  • jetting
  • jogging
  • jumping
  • lightning
  • making tracks
  • meandering
  • meteoric
  • motoring
  • murmuring
  • nipping
  • outpacing
  • outrunning
  • outstripping
  • overtaking
  • pelting
  • prompt
  • purring
  • quick
  • quickened
  • quickening
  • racing
  • rambling
  • ramming
  • rapid
  • ready
  • ripping
  • roaming
  • rocketing
  • running
  • rushed
  • rushing
  • rustling
  • sailing
  • scampering
  • scooting
  • scudding
  • scuffling
  • scurrying
  • scuttling
  • shaking a leg
  • shooting
  • sighing
  • sizzling
  • skipping
  • skittering
  • snappy
  • speeding
  • speedy
  • sprinting
  • stampeding
  • stepping
  • stepping on it
  • stepping out
  • streaking
  • swift
  • swishing
  • tearing
  • thrumming
  • traveling
  • travelling
  • trotting
  • wandering
  • warp-speed
  • wheezing
  • whirling
  • whirlwind
  • whirring
  • whishing
  • whisking
  • whispering
  • whistling
  • whizzing
  • whooshing
  • zinging
  • zooming

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