Synonyms for bang
bæŋbang

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1. knock, bash, bang, smash, beltnoun

   a vigorous blow

   "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"

   Synonyms:
   crash, bam, swath, boot, clap, fringe, strike, thrill, smasher, roast, rap, belted ammunition, belt, kick, knock, rush, flush, overhead, brawl, smash-up, belt ammunition, charge, whang, whack, hit, knocking, eruption, bash, do, blast, smash

2. bang, clap, eruption, blast, bamnoun

   a sudden very loud noise

   Synonyms:
   flak, hit, belt, gonorrhoea, fringe, smash, blow, knock, bam, volcanic eruption, fire, clap, strike, eruption, boot, attack, gonorrhea, smasher, outbreak, thrill, gust, charge, flack, flush, bash, extravasation, rush, eructation, kick, irruption, good time, blast, clack

3. bang, fringenoun

   a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead

   Synonyms:
   outskirt, bam, rush, clap, periphery, fringe, strike, smasher, blast, thrill, kick, interference fringe, knock, charge, outer boundary, belt, hit, eruption, bash, flush, boot, smash

4. bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kicknoun

   the swift release of a store of affective force

   "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"

   Synonyms:
   iron boot, peak, recoil, strike, haste, accusation, thrill, shudder, blossom, commission, electric charge, prime, squawk, belt, explosive charge, blush, fringe, smash, care, hit, knock, bam, complaint, kick, bloom, gripe, heraldic bearing, billing, cathexis, clap, the boot, tutelage, hot flash, eruption, boot, efflorescence, outpouring, bursting charge, smasher, armorial bearing, guardianship, direction, rosiness, kicking, quiver, chill, charge, upsurge, heyday, rushing, frisson, bearing, spate, hurry, tingle, flower, flush, bitch, bash, blast, rush, shiver, burster, iron heel, mission, gush, surge, beef

5. hit, smash, smasher, strike, bangverb

   a conspicuous success

   "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang"

   Synonyms:
   charge, hit, crash, belt, fringe, smash, beauty, knock, bam, strike, ten-strike, striking, clap, lulu, stunner, kick, looker, eruption, boot, sweetheart, smasher, flush, thrill, collision, work stoppage, ravisher, hitting, rap, tap, bash, blast, rush, overhead, peach, mantrap, smash-up, dish, knockout

6. slam, bangverb

   strike violently

   "slam the ball"

   Synonyms:
   jazz, mosh, have sex, do it, thrash, screw, slam dance, sleep together, love, spang, know, lie with, roll in the hay, get it on, flap down, have it away, be intimate, eff, have a go at it, get laid, hump, bed, make out, have intercourse, have it off, bonk, sleep with, slam, make love

7. bangverb

   to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound

   "One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed"

   Synonyms:
   jazz, have sex, do it, hump, screw, have intercourse, sleep together, love, know, roll in the hay, get it on, lie with, have it away, be intimate, eff, have a go at it, get laid, bed, make out, spang, have it off, bonk, sleep with, slam, make love

8. slam, bangverb

   close violently

   "He slammed the door shut"

   Synonyms:
   jazz, mosh, have sex, do it, thrash, screw, slam dance, sleep together, love, spang, know, lie with, roll in the hay, get it on, flap down, have it away, be intimate, eff, have a go at it, get laid, hump, bed, make out, have intercourse, have it off, bonk, sleep with, slam, make love

9. bangverb

   move noisily

   "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged around the house"

   Synonyms:
   jazz, have sex, do it, hump, screw, have intercourse, sleep together, love, know, roll in the hay, get it on, lie with, have it away, be intimate, eff, have a go at it, get laid, bed, make out, spang, have it off, bonk, sleep with, slam, make love

10. sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonkverb

    have sexual intercourse with

    "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"

    Synonyms:
    spang, discern, screw, acknowledge, recognise, deal, whop, grapple, get along, bop, distinguish, go to sleep, bash, make love, do, jazz, cheat, roll in the hay, sock, cut, be intimate, retire, pick out, live, eff, go to bed, bonk, recognize, spot, hunch over, slam, do it, chicane, have intercourse, hit the sack, make out, manage, jockey, have sex, tell apart, complete, cognise, neck, whap, fill out, fill in, have a go at it, drive in, bed, have it away, sleep with, enjoy, sack out, hit the hay, contend, hunch forward, issue, love, hump, get laid, have it off, make do, sleep together, get by, write out, turn in, cope, crawl in, chouse, experience, know, come, get it on, kip down, shaft, fare, lie with, cognize, hunch

11. spang, bangadverb

    leap, jerk, bang

    "Bullets spanged into the trees"

    Synonyms:
    jazz, have sex, do it, hump, screw, have intercourse, sleep together, love, know, roll in the hay, get it on, lie with, have it away, be intimate, eff, have a go at it, get laid, bed, make out, spang, have it off, bonk, sleep with, slam, make love

12. bang, slap, slapdash, smack, boltadverb

    directly

    "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"

    Synonyms:
    slapdash, smack, rigidly, slam-bang, stiffly, bolt, slap

Matched Categories

1. • Blow
   • Close
   • Copulate
   • Excitement
   • Hairdo
   • Hit
   • Move
   • Sound

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1. bangverb

   Synonyms:
   beat, thump, pound, strike, knock, maul, pommel, thwack, WALLOP, deal roughly with

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1. bangnoun

   Synonyms:
   thump, whack, rap, knock, clangor, clang

2. bangverb

   Synonyms:
   thump, cudgel, maul, slam, resound, reëcho

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1. List of paraphrases for "bang":

   afraid, boom, bong, detonation, fear, pang, frightened, fearful

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1. Jacqui McGill:

   This is a significantly less intensive process, both from a power and a water perspective than the original expansion big bang.

2. The Chinese pilot:

   Suddenly, the windshield just cracked and made a loud bang, the next thing I know, my co-pilot had been sucked halfway out of the window.

3. Ashley Whillans:

   Even giving up a few hours of a paycheck to volunteer at a food bank may have more bang for your buck in making you feel happier.

4. Marc Maron:

   The first tower got hit, and we were jostled all over the place, i went downstairs walked outside, saw all pandemonium, and then five, six minutes later, bang.

5. Marcel Neeleman:

   The fact that we found the Wolfe Disk using this method, tells us that it belongs to the normal population of galaxies present at early times, when our newest observations with ALMA surprisingly showed that it is rotating, we realized that early rotating disk galaxies are not as rare as we thought and that there should be a lot more of them out there. Thanks to ALMA, we now have unambiguous evidence that they occur as early as 1.5 billion years after Big Bang.