Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun thumping

1 sense of thumping

Sense 1
thump, thumping, clump, clunk, thud -- (a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects))
       => sound -- (the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them")

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

3 senses of thump

Sense 1
beat, pound, thump -- (move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast")
       => move -- (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right")

Sense 2
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 3
thump, pound, poke -- (hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist")
       => hit -- (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face")

Antonyms of adj thumping

1 sense of thumping

Sense 1
humongous, banging, thumping, whopping, walloping -- ((used informally) very large; "a thumping loss")

INDIRECT (VIA large, big) -> small, little -- (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group")
INDIRECT (VIA large, big) -> small, little -- (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group")

Similarity of adj thumping

1 sense of thumping

Sense 1
humongous, banging, thumping, whopping, walloping -- ((used informally) very large; "a thumping loss")
       => large (vs. small), big (vs. little) -- (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world")

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