Need another word that means the same as “throb”? Find 55 synonyms and 30 related words for “throb” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Throb” are: pulsate, pulse, shiver, shudder, thrill, beat, palpitate, pound, thud, thump, hammer, drum, thrum, reverberate, vibrate, pitter-patter, go pit-a-pat, quiver, ache, hurt, throbbing, smarting, sting, stinging, twinge, stab, spasm, cause pain, be painful, be sore, smart, burn, prickle, pinch, cause discomfort, be tender, pounding, pulsation, beating, palpitation, thudding, thumping, hammering, drumming, reverberation, vibration, pit-a-pat, quivering
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “throb” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| beat | The act of beating to windward sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing. His beat ended at 6 a m. |
| beating | A defeat in a competitive situation. Torture methods included beating. |
| drumming | Small to medium sized bottom dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise. He practiced his drumming several hours every day. |
| hammering | The action or sound of hammering something. A 7 0 hammering by the league leaders. |
| palpitation | A noticeably rapid, strong, or irregular heartbeat due to agitation, exertion, or illness. The stimulants gave me palpitations. |
| pit-a-pat | A light touch or stroke. |
| pitter-patter | A series of rapid tapping sounds. |
| pounding | The act of pounding delivering repeated heavy blows. All she could hear was the pounding of her heart. |
| pulsation | A periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity. The pulsations seemed to be coming from a star. |
| pulse | (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients. Those close to the financial and economic pulse maintain that there have been fundamental changes. |
| quivering | An almost pleasurable sensation of fright. To minimize her quivering she pressed her chin against her chest. |
| reverberation | A remote or indirect consequence of some action. Electronic effects have been added such as echo and reverberation. |
| throbbing | An instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart. He felt a throbbing in his head. |
| thrum | A thrumming sound. The steady thrum of rain on the windows. |
| thud | A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects. School leavers have now come back down to earth with a thud. |
| thudding | A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects. He heard the hollow thudding of hooves. |
| thump | A heavy deadened sound. I felt a thump on my back. |
| thumping | A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects. |
| vibration | A person’s emotional state, the atmosphere of a place, or the associations of an object, as communicated to and felt by others. I picked up no unusual vibrations as to the envelope s contents. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “throb” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| ache | Feel intense sadness or compassion. She looked so tired that my heart ached for her. |
| be painful | Be identical or equivalent to. |
| be sore | Be priced at. |
| be tender | Have life, be alive. |
| beat | Beat through cleverness and wit. Beat one s foot rhythmically. |
| burn | Burn sear or freeze tissue using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent. Maple wood burns well. |
| cause discomfort | Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally. |
| cause pain | Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner. |
| drum | Play on a drum or drums. He channelled his energies into drumming with local groups. |
| go pit-a-pat | Be or continue to be in a certain condition. |
| hammer | Create by hammering. He got hammered for an honest mistake. |
| hurt | Hurt the feelings of. My back hurts. |
| palpitate | Cause to throb or beat rapidly. Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman s heart. |
| pinch | Irritate as if by a nip pinch or tear. Pinch out tips of shoots regularly. |
| pitter-patter | Rain gently. |
| pound | Place or shut up in a pound. The prisoners are safely pounded. |
| prickle | (of a person) react defensively or angrily to something. I hate the way the fibres prickle your skin. |
| pulsate | Produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses. Blood vessels throb and pulsate. |
| pulse | Modulate a wave or beam so that it becomes a series of pulses. A loudspeaker pulsed by a capacitor discharge. |
| quiver | Move back and forth very rapidly. Juliet s lower lip quivered. |
| reverberate | Spring back; spring away from an impact. Her deep booming laugh reverberated around the room. |
| shiver | Tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement. They shivered in the damp foggy cold. |
| shudder | Shake, as from cold. The building cracked and shuddered. |
| smart | Feel upset and annoyed. Her legs were scratched and smarting. |
| smarting | Be the source of pain. |
| spasm | Experience sudden involuntary muscular contractions; twitch convulsively. My body spasmed violently. |
| stab | Stab or pierce. He stabbed her in the stomach. |
| sting | Wound or pierce with a sting. A nettle stings if you brush it lightly. |
| stinging | Cause a stinging pain. |
| thrill | Cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input. I m thrilled to bits. |
| throbbing | Tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement. |
| thrum | Sound the strings of (a string instrument. The boat s huge engines thrummed in his ears. |
| thud | Make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants. Bullets were thudding against the wall. |
| thump | Move rhythmically. She picked up the kettle then thumped it down again. |
| twinge | Cause a stinging pain. Stop the exercises if the tummy twinges. |
| vibrate | Feel sudden intense sensation or emotion. The cabin started to vibrate. |
| ache | Feel physical pain. My legs ached from the previous day s exercise. |
| affliction | A condition of suffering or distress due to ill health. A crippling affliction of the nervous system. |
| agonize | Cause to agonize. I didn t agonize over the problem. |
| agony | The final stages of a difficult or painful death. An agony of doubt. |
| anguish | Cause emotional anguish or make miserable. She shut her eyes in anguish. |
| annoyed | Slightly angry; irritated. I got very annoyed watching the film. |
| distraught | Deeply agitated especially from emotion. He is terribly distraught. |
| distress | Bring into difficulties or distress especially financial hardship. The manner in which leather jackets are industrially distressed. |
| distressed | (of property) offered for sale cheaply due to mortgage foreclosure or because it is part of an insolvent estate. Distressed about her son s leaving home. |
| dolor | (poetry) painful grief. |
| exasperated | Greatly annoyed; out of patience. Felt exasperated beyond endurance. |
| grief | Intense sorrow, especially caused by someone’s death. Time heals griefs and quarrels. |
| headache | Something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness. An administrative headache. |
| hurt | Hurt the feelings of. Does acupuncture hurt. |
| miserable | Pitiably small or inadequate. Almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans. |
| misery | A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune. A man who had brought her nothing but misery. |
| pain | Cause mental or physical pain to. The patient developed severe pain and distension. |
| privation | A state of extreme poverty. Cold is the privation of heat. |
| pulsate | Expand and contract with strong regular movements. Bangkok is a cosmopolitan city that pulsates with life. |
| quiver | An almost pleasurable sensation of fright. The tree s branches stopped quivering. |
| sigh | Heave or utter a sigh breathe deeply and heavily. She let out a long sigh of despair. |
| suffering | Psychological suffering. Suffering refugees. |
| throes | Intense or violent pain and struggle, especially accompanying birth, death, or great change. Death throes. |
| torment | A feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented. The sinners will be tormented in Hell according to the Bible. |
| troubled | Characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need. His troubled private life. |
| upset | The act of upsetting something. The upset pitcher of milk. |
| vibrate | Quiver with (a quality or emotion. The bumblebee vibrated its wings for a few seconds. |
| woe | Misery resulting from affliction. The Everton tale of woe continued. |
| worried | Afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief. Worried parents. |
| wretchedness | The character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant. He has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness. |
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