Synonyms for drum

a musical percussion instrument (noun)

• membranophone
• tympan

a bulging cylindrical shape (noun)

• barrel

a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids (noun)

a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes (noun)

small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise (noun)

• drumfish

make a rhythmic sound (verb)

• beat
• thrum

study intensively, as before an exam (verb)

• cram
• swot
• bone