" thumping "

1: as in thrashing, pounding;

•  Synonyms : 

•  assault,

•  attack,

•  bashing,

•  battering,

•  battery,

•  batting,

•  beating,

•  belting,

•  bludgeoning,

•  buffeting,

•  clubbing,

•  cudgeling,

•  drubbing,

•  flogging,

•  hammering,

•  lacing,

•  licking,

•  mauling,

•  paddling,

•  pelting,

•  pommeling,

•  pounding,

•  pummeling,

•  smashing,

•  socking,

•  thrashing,

•  tromping,

•  walloping,

•  whaling,

•  whipping,

•  damage,

•  detriment,

•  harm,

•  hurt,

•  impairment,

•  injury,

•  frenzy,

•  fury,

•  onslaught,

•  outbreak,

•  outrage,

•  paroxysm,

•  rage,

•  rampage,

•  revolt,

•  riot,

•  rupture,

•  shock,

•  storm,

•  terror,

•  threat,

•  tumult,

•  turbulence,

•  upheaval,

•  uproar,

•  barbarity,

•  brutality,

•  savagery,

•  browbeating,

•  bulldozing,

•  bullying,

•  hectoring,

•  strong-arming,

•  force,

•  foul play,

•  violence,

•  crippling,

•  maiming,

•  mayhem,

•  mutilation

•  Antonyms : 

•  pacificism,

•  pacifism,

•  nonviolence

1: as in snobbishness, snootiness;

•  Synonyms : 

•  inflation,

•  self-assertion,

•  side,

•  snobbery,

•  snobbishness,

•  snobbism,

•  snootiness,

•  arrogance,

•  assumption,

•  bumptiousness,

•  consequence,

•  haughtiness,

•  hauteur,

•  high horse,

•  huffiness,

•  imperiousness,

•  loftiness,

•  lordliness,

•  masterfulness,

•  peremptoriness,

•  pomposity,

•  pompousness,

•  presumptuousness,

•  pretense,

•  pretension,

•  pretentiousness,

•  self-consequence,

•  self-importance,

•  superciliousness,

•  superiority,

•  toploftiness,

•  authoritativeness,

•  bossiness,

•  bowwow,

•  brag,

•  dominance,

•  high-handedness,

•  condescension,

•  disdain,

•  scorn,

•  attitude,

•  cheek,

•  cheekiness,

•  impertinence,

•  impudence,

•  sauciness,

•  boastfulness,

•  bombast,

•  braggadocio,

•  bravado,

•  strut,

•  swagger,

•  triumphalism,

•  vaingloriousness,

•  vainglory,

•  cockiness,

•  complacence,

•  conceit,

•  egoism,

•  egotism,

•  pride,

•  pridefulness,

•  self-assumption,

•  self-centeredness,

•  self-complacency,

•  self-conceit,

•  self-content,

•  self-contentment,

•  self-opinion,

•  self-partiality,

•  self-satisfaction,

•  smugness,

•  swelled head,

•  vanity,

•  superiority complex

•  Antonyms : 

•  demureness,

•  down-to-earthness,

•  humbleness,

•  humility,

•  modesty,

•  unassumingness,

•  unpretentiousness,

•  naturalness,

•  sincerity,

•  quietness,

•  reserve,

•  reservedness

1: a person who actively supports or favors a cause;

  * e.g., " ... changes that came about only because of the relentless clamor of the group's tub-thumpers "

•  Synonyms : 

•  advocate,

•  advocator,

•  apostle,

•  backer,

•  booster,

•  champion,

•  espouser,

•  exponent,

•  expounder,

•  friend,

•  gospeler,

•  herald,

•  hierophant,

•  high priest,

•  paladin,

•  promoter,

•  proponent,

•  protagonist,

•  supporter,

•  true believer,

•  white knight

•  Antonyms : 

•  adversary,

•  antagonist,

•  opponent

1: to a great degree;

  * e.g., " ... wrote several thumping big books on World War II "

•  Synonyms : 

•  achingly,

•  almighty,

•  archly,

•  awful,

•  awfully,

•  badly,

•  beastly,

•  blisteringly,

•  bone,

•  colossally,

•  corking,

•  cracking,

•  damn,

•  damned,

•  dang,

•  deadly,

•  desperately,

•  eminently,

•  enormously,

•  especially,

•  ever,

•  exceedingly,

•  extra,

•  extremely,

•  fabulously,

•  fantastically,

•  far,

•  fiercely,

•  filthy,

•  frightfully,

•  full,

•  greatly,

•  heavily,

•  highly,

•  hugely,

•  immensely,

•  incredibly,

•  intensely,

•  jolly,

•  majorly,

•  mightily,

•  mighty,

•  monstrous,

•  mortally,

•  most,

•  much,

•  particularly,

•  passing,

•  rattling,

•  real,

•  really,

•  right,

•  roaring,

•  roaringly,

•  seriously,

•  severely,

•  so,

•  sore,

•  sorely,

•  spanking,

•  specially,

•  stinking,

•  such,

•  super,

•  supremely,

•  surpassingly,

•  terribly,

•  that,

•  too,

•  unco,

•  uncommonly,

•  vastly,

•  very,

•  vitally,

•  way,

•  whacking,

•  wicked,

•  wildly

•  Antonyms : 

•  little,

•  negligibly,

•  nominally,

•  slightly,

•  somewhat

1: to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner;

  * e.g., " ... thumped the desk with his hand as he delivered his speech "

•  Synonyms : 

•  banging,

•  bashing,

•  batting,

•  belting,

•  biffing,

•  bludgeoning,

•  bobbing,

•  bonking,

•  bopping,

•  boxing,

•  busting,

•  clapping,

•  clipping,

•  clobbering,

•  clocking,

•  clouting,

•  cracking,

•  hammering,

•  hitting,

•  knocking,

•  nailing,

•  pasting,

•  pounding,

•  punching,

•  rapping,

•  slamming,

•  slapping,

•  slogging,

•  slugging,

•  smacking,

•  smiting,

•  socking,

•  striking,

•  swatting,

•  swiping,

•  tagging,

•  thwacking,

•  walloping,

•  whacking,

•  whaling,

•  zapping

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to strike repeatedly;

  * e.g., " ... playfully knocked his younger brother down and began to thump him with a foam bat "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bashing,

•  basting,

•  battering,

•  batting,

•  beating,

•  belaboring,

•  belting,

•  birching,

•  bludgeoning,

•  buffeting,

•  bunging up,

•  clubbing,

•  currying,

•  doing,

•  drubbing,

•  fibbing,

•  flogging,

•  hammering,

•  hiding,

•  lacing,

•  lambasting,

•  lashing,

•  lathering,

•  licking,

•  mauling,

•  messing (up),

•  paddling,

•  pelting,

•  pommeling,

•  pounding,

•  pummeling,

•  punching out,

•  roughing (up),

•  slating,

•  slogging,

•  switching,

•  tanning,

•  thrashing,

•  threshing,

•  tromping,

•  walloping,

•  whaling,

•  whipping,

•  whopping,

•  whupping,

•  working over

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner;

  * e.g., " ... thumped the desk with his hand as he delivered his speech "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bang,

•  bash,

•  bat,

•  belt,

•  biff,

•  bludgeon,

•  bob,

•  bonk,

•  bop,

•  box,

•  bust,

•  clap,

•  clip,

•  clobber,

•  clock,

•  clout,

•  crack,

•  hammer,

•  hit,

•  knock,

•  nail,

•  paste,

•  pound,

•  punch,

•  rap,

•  slam,

•  slap,

•  slog,

•  slug,

•  smack,

•  smite,

•  sock,

•  strike,

•  swat,

•  swipe,

•  tag,

•  thwack,

•  wallop,

•  whack,

•  whale,

•  zap

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to strike repeatedly;

  * e.g., " ... playfully knocked his younger brother down and began to thump him with a foam bat "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bash,

•  baste,

•  bat,

•  batter,

•  beat,

•  belabor,

•  belt,

•  birch,

•  bludgeon,

•  buffet,

•  bung up,

•  club,

•  curry,

•  do,

•  drub,

•  fib,

•  flog,

•  hammer,

•  hide,

•  lace,

•  lambaste,

•  lash,

•  lather,

•  lick,

•  maul,

•  mess (up),

•  paddle,

•  pelt,

•  pommel,

•  pound,

•  pummel,

•  punch out,

•  rough (up),

•  slate,

•  slog,

•  switch,

•  tan,

•  thrash,

•  thresh,

•  tromp,

•  wallop,

•  whale,

•  whip,

•  whop,

•  whup,

•  work over

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively;

  * e.g., " ... the studio is going all out to tub-thump its latest summer blockbuster "

•  Synonyms : 

•  ballyhooing,

•  blowing up,

•  cracking up,

•  crying up,

•  glorifying,

•  touting,

•  trumpeting

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively;

  * e.g., " ... the studio is going all out to tub-thump its latest summer blockbuster "

•  Synonyms : 

•  ballyhoo,

•  blow up,

•  crack up,

•  cry up,

•  glorify,

•  tout,

•  trumpet

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)