smash

1. 1.

   a vigorous blow

   “the sudden knock floored him”

   “he took a bash right in his face”

   “he got a bang on the head”

   Synonymsknockbashbangbelt

   Broaderblow
2. 2.

   a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)

   Synonymssmash-up

   Broadercollision

   motor vehicle

3. 3.

   a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head

   Synonymsoverhead

   Broaderreturn
4. 4.

   the act of colliding with something

   “his crash through the window”

   “the fullback's smash into the defensive line”

   Synonymscrash

   Broaderhit

   Narrowerimpingement
5. 5.

   a conspicuous success

   “that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career”

   “that new Broadway show is a real smasher”

   “the party went with a bang”

   Synonymshitsmasherstrikebang

   Broadersuccess

   Narrowerblockbustersleeper

1. 1.

   with a loud crash

   “the car went smash through the fence”

   Synonymssmashingly

Other forms of smash

plural

smashes·

past tense

smashed·

present participle

smashing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about smash

What does smash mean?

smash means "hit hard". That is the primary sense; the word has 16 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in smash?

smash has 1 syllable: smash. In IPA it is /ˈsmæʃ/.

What is another word for smash?

Close synonyms include nail, boom, blast, dash, bankrupt. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is smash a common word?

smash is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.