ram

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of RAM

to come into usually forceful contact with something <the truck suddenly swerved and rammed into the side of a building>

Synonyms bang, bash, bump, collide, crash, impact, impinge, knock, ram, slam, smash, strike, swipe, thud

Related Words bounce, carom, clunk, glance, rebound, ricochet, skim, skip; contact, land, touch; brush, graze, kiss, nudge, scrape, shave, sweep; bulldoze, jostle, muscle, press, push

Near Antonyms miss, skirt

to fit (people or things) into a tight space <rammed as many candies into his mouth as he could fit>

Synonyms cram, crush, jam, ram, sandwich, shoehorn, squeeze, stuff, wedge

Related Words fill, heap, jam-pack, load, pack

to proceed or move quickly <I threw myself out of the way as a car rammed through the crosswalk>

Related Words beetle, dart, flit, scamper, scud, scuffle; stampede, streak, whiz (or whizz); gallop, jog, sprint; accelerate, quicken, step out; catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake; arrow, beeline

Near Antonyms dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, hang (around or out), lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry; amble, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stroll; decelerate, slow (down or up)

Antonyms crawl, creep, poke

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