Thesaurus:bang

Thesaurus

bang

English

Noun

Sense: a sharp, loud, resonant sound, as of an explosion

Synonyms

• bang
• blam
• boom
• boom-boom
• clap
• crack
• kaboom
• kerboom (UK)
• pow
• report

Antonyms

• humming    [⇒ thesaurus]
• murmur    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• chug
• putt
• thunderclap

Hypernyms

• sound    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:beep
• Thesaurus:tap
• Thesaurus:snap

Further reading

• “406. snap” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “bang” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.