Antonyms for pommel
ˈpʌm əl, ˈpɒm-pom·mel

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1. pommel

   Strike is the word for a single blow; to beat is to strike repeatedly, as a bird beats the air with its wings. Others of the above words describe the manner of beating, as bastinado, to beat on the soles of the feet; belabor, to inflict a comprehensive and exhaustive beating; cudgel, to beat with a stick; thrash, as wheat was beaten out with the old hand-flail; to pound (akin to Latin pondus, a weight) is to beat with a heavy, and pommel with a blunt, instrument. To batter and to bruise refer to the results of beating; that is battered which is broken or defaced by repeated blows on the surface (compare synonyms for SHATTER); that is bruised which has suffered even one severe contusion. The metaphorical sense of beat, however, so far preponderates that one may be very badly bruised and battered, and yet not be said to be beaten, unless he has got the worst of the beating. To beat a combatant is to disable or dishearten him for further fighting. Hence beat becomes the synonym for every word which implies getting the advantage of another. Compare CONQUER.

   Almost all antonyms in this class are passive, and can be formed indefinitely from the conquering words by the use of the auxiliary be; as, be beaten, be defeated, be conquered, etc.

   Antonyms:
   fail, fall, get the worst of, go down, go under, surrender

   Synonyms:
   bastinado, batter, beat, belabor, bruise, castigate, chastise, conquer, cudgel, defeat, flog, overcome, pound, scourge, smite, spank, strike, surpass, switch, thrash, vanquish, whip, worst

   Preposition:
   Beat with a stick over the head; beat by a trick; out of town; beat to the ground; into submission.

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1. pommel

   Antonyms:
   smooth, caress, pat, stroke

   Synonyms:
   beat, thump, baste, thrash, strike, cudgel

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1. pommelnoun

   a handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on a pommel horse

   Synonyms:
   saddlebow, knob

2. pommel, saddlebownoun

   handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle

   Synonyms:
   saddlebow, knob

3. knob, pommelverb

   an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger

   Synonyms:
   saddlebow, boss, thickening, knob, node

4. pummel, pommel, biffverb

   strike, usually with the fist

   "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"

   Synonyms:
   biff, pummel

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1. pommelverb

   Synonyms:
   beat, pound, maul, belabor, cudgel, thwack, club

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1. lock

   lock keeps the door close and a pommel is a knob so it keeps it open

   Submitted by anonymous on February 24, 2020  

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