Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb smash
10 senses of smash
Sense 1
smash, nail, boom, blast -- (hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer")
=> hit -- (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face")
Sense 2
smash, dash -- (break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate")
=> break -- (destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match")
Sense 3
bankrupt, ruin, break, smash -- (reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him")
=> impoverish -- (make poor)
Sense 4
smash -- (hit violently; "She smashed her car against the guard rail")
=> hit, strike -- (drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling")
Sense 5
crush, smash, demolish -- (humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her")
=> humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase -- (cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss")
Sense 6
bang up, smash up, smash -- (damage or destroy as if by violence; "The teenager banged up the car of his mother")
=> damage -- (inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree")
Sense 7
smash -- (hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke)
=> hit -- (cause to move by striking; "hit a ball")
Sense 8
smash -- (collide or strike violently and suddenly; "The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail")
=> collide, clash -- (crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed")
Sense 9
smash -- (overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful); "The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off")
=> demolish, destroy -- (defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors")
Sense 10
smash -- (break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow; "The window smashed")
=> break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart -- (become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart")
Antonyms of adj smashed
1 sense of smashed
Sense 1
besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet -- (very drunk)
INDIRECT (VIA intoxicated) -> sober -- (not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol))
Similarity of adj smashed
1 sense of smashed
Sense 1
besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet -- (very drunk)
=> intoxicated (vs. sober), drunk, inebriated -- (stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated")