Hang and Pound

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Hang

Hang verb - To place on an elevated point without support from below.
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Synonyms for Hang
Antonyms for Hang
Pound is an antonym for hang.
Nearby Words: hangup, hanging, hangout, hanger, hanged

Pound

Pound verb - To move heavily or clumsily.
Usage example: pounding down the road as fast as he could run
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Synonyms for Pound
Antonyms for Pound
Hang is an antonym for pound.
Nearby Words: pounded, pounding, poundage, pounder
Similar words of hang

Similar words of pound

Common collocations

sense hang sense pound sense
body hang body pound body
someone hang someone pound someone
rest hang rest pound rest
Other words: head, enemy, enemies.

Both words in one sentence

  • Rasputinian Death He still refuses to die quite yet, and heads stubbornly for the altar where he's supposed to complete the Ritual of Soul Unbinding, where you have to pound him to death's door A THIRD TIME (the characters hang amazed lampshades on Gulcasa's sheer determination here) before he finally actually dies.
    Source: Rasputinian Death
  • Parasol Parachute Read that again: a multi-hundred pound robot breaks his fall with a dinky hang glider small enough to fold into a standard-sized toolbox, all while falling upside-down from several stories of a New York high rise.
    Source: Parasol Parachute
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Pound and Hang. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hang/pound
Hang & Pound. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hang/pound>.
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Antonyms for pound

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