Synonyms for hammer
ˈhæm ərham·mer

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1. hammer, cocknoun

   the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled

   Synonyms:
   pounding, rooster, shaft, prick, power hammer, turncock, tool, peter, pound, mallet, hammering, dick, stopcock, malleus, putz, pecker, cock

2. hammernoun

   a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking

   Synonyms:
   cock, hammering, power hammer, pound, mallet, malleus, pounding

3. malleus, hammernoun

   the ossicle attached to the eardrum

   Synonyms:
   power hammer, pound, cock, pounding, mallet, malleus, hammering

4. mallet, hammernoun

   a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.

   Synonyms:
   power hammer, pound, cock, pounding, mallet, malleus, beetle, hammering

5. hammernoun

   a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw

   Synonyms:
   cock, hammering, power hammer, pound, mallet, malleus, pounding

6. hammernoun

   a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate

   Synonyms:
   cock, hammering, power hammer, pound, mallet, malleus, pounding

7. hammer, power hammernoun

   a power tool for drilling rocks

   Synonyms:
   pounding, pound, cock, malleus, power hammer, mallet, hammering

8. hammer, pound, hammering, poundingverb

   the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

   "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"

   Synonyms:
   quid, lbf., dog pound, pounding, buffeting, throbbing, power hammer, malleus, throb, pound, mallet, hammering, pound sign, pound sterling, punt, cock, lb

9. hammerverb

   beat with or as if with a hammer

   "hammer the metal flat"

   Synonyms:
   forge

10. forge, hammerverb

    create by hammering

    "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"

    Synonyms:
    form, fake, mould, spirt, excogitate, work, shape, devise, counterfeit, mold, invent, contrive, forge, fashion, formulate, spurt

Matched Categories

1. • Auditory Ossicle
   • Beat
   • Drumstick
   • Hand Tool
   • Power Tool
   • Sports Equipment
   • Striker

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1. tenderizer

   a type of hammer, used for bludgeon or building

   bob grabbed a tenderizer to hit in the nails in the wood

   Submitted by cj_t on July 9, 2023  

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1. hammernoun

   Synonyms:
   sledge, sledge-hammer, maul, mallet, beetle, gavel, kevel, crandall, marteline

   Associated words:
   peen, hephestic, poll

2. hammerverb

   Synonyms:
   beat, forge, malleate, beetle

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1. List of paraphrases for "hammer":

   marteau, gavel, hummer, hammar, hamer, sledgehammer, mallet, sledge, hammers

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1. Donald Trump:

   I'm not bringing up anything that's not in his book, you know, when he says he went after his mother and wanted to hit her in the head with a hammer, that bothers me. I mean, that's pretty bad. When he says he's pathological -- and he says that in the book, I don't say that -- and again, I'm not saying anything, I'm not saying anything other than pathological is a very serious disease. And he said he's pathological, somebody said he has pathological disease.

2. James A. Froude:

   You cannot dream yourself into a character you must hammer and forge yourself one.

3. Todd Spitzer:

   When I was a prosecutor, the law behind possession was a felony, we would use the hammer under the law of a felony. We would force someone into treatment and upon successful treatment, the felony would be dismissed. Now look what we have as a result of ridiculous short-sighted liberalization of drug use.

4. Michael Learned:

   When people say, ‘I wish you had been my mom,’ it always makes me feel a little sad, olivia was a fictional character. We all wish she had been our mother. I tried to get [producer] Earl Hammer to let her make mistakes because all mothers do at times.

5. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius:

   With a small hammer you can achieve great things.