Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb thud

3 senses of thud

Sense 1
thud, thump -- (make a dull sound; "the knocker thudded against the front door")
       => sound, go -- (make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'")

Sense 2
thud -- (strike with a dull sound; "Bullets were thudding against the wall")
       => hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with -- (hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow")

Sense 3
crump, thud, scrunch -- (make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants)
       => crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle -- (make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel")

Antonyms of adj thudding

1 sense of thudding

Sense 1
dull, thudding -- (not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets")

INDIRECT (VIA unreverberant) -> reverberant -- (having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected; "a reverberant room"; "the reverberant booms of cannon")

Similarity of adj thudding

1 sense of thudding

Sense 1
dull, thudding -- (not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets")
       => unreverberant (vs. reverberant), nonresonant -- (not reverberant; lacking a tendency to reverberate)