Synonyms of blaze

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noun

ˈblāz 

1

as in explosion

a sudden intense expression of strong feeling

she felt a blaze of resentment upon hearing that she had been passed over for promotion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• explosion
• burst
• outburst
• eruption
• flash
• flare
• gust
• gale
• storm
• flush
• spasm
• agony
• frenzy
• paroxysm
• fit
• gush
• flare-up
• ebullition
• rage
• ecstasy
• tantrum
• rapture
• firestorm
• transport
• blowup
• delirium
• furor
• grouch

2

as in glow

the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible

temporarily blinded by the blaze of dozens of camera lights

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glow
• glare
• light
• gleam
• glint
• illumination
• sunlight
• beam
• radiance
• flare
• luminescence
• fluorescence
• incandescence
• shine
• glimmer
• twinkle
• flash
• moonlight
• ray
• sparkle
• shimmer
• sunshine
• reflection
• glitter
• scintillation
• daylight
• lustre
• aurora
• streak
• stream
• aureole
• halo
• sunbeam
• sheen
• afterglow
• shaft
• aureola
• luster
• gloss
• polish
• glisten

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• night
• darkness
• dark
• blackness
• shadow
• dusk
• gloom
• dimness
• duskiness

blaze

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verb (1)

as in to announce

to make known openly or publicly

the White House didn't waste a minute in blazing the lower unemployment figures

Synonyms & Similar Words

• announce
• publish
• declare
• proclaim
• post
• advertise
• flash
• broadcast
• herald
• promulgate
• run with
• publicize
• disclose
• spread
• blare
• sound
• release
• give out
• reveal
• promote
• blazon
• beat the drum (for or about)
• trumpet
• report
• disseminate
• bark
• cry
• enunciate
• annunciate
• ring
• placard
• bulletin
• toll
• puff
• show
• impart
• call (off or out)
• manifest
• feature
• introduce
• billboard
• bill
• divulge
• notify
• gazette
• inform
• knell
• hand down
• kithe
• intimate
• communicate
• plug
• apprise
• pitch
• blurb
• advise

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conceal
• silence
• suppress
• withhold
• recall
• revoke
• hush (up)
• retract
• recant

blaze

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verb (2)

1

as in to glow

to be on fire especially brightly

the house blazed for over three hours in the late-night fire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glow
• burn
• flame
• fire
• flicker
• shine
• gleam
• combust
• smolder
• ignite
• go up in flames
• kindle
• scorch
• cook
• melt
• light (up)
• beam
• roast
• spark
• flare (up)
• enkindle
• char
• bake
• smoulder
• broil
• flash
• deflagrate
• beat (down)
• brighten
• sparkle
• waver
• catch
• glisten
• sputter
• glitter
• glare
• radiate
• glint
• shimmer
• glimmer
• twinkle
• swelter
• gutter
• scintillate

2

as in to burn

to shine with a bright harsh light

the spotlight blazed through my window

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burn
• glow
• flame
• flare
• glare
• flash
• gleam
• beat
• beam
• sparkle
• glance
• radiate
• glisten
• glint
• glitter
• twinkle
• shimmer
• glimmer
• blind
• dazzle
• scintillate
• glister
• daze
• bedazzle

3

as in to speed

to proceed or move quickly

an extreme skier went blazing down the ski slope at a reckless pace

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speed
• race
• rush
• hurry
• chase
• scurry
• trot
• drive
• fly
• travel
• jump
• zip
• buzz
• blow
• run
• blast
• tear
• scoot
• dash
• dart
• step
• rip
• scuttle
• rocket
• jog
• career
• jet
• crack (on)
• zoom
• bolt
• shoot
• ram
• whirl
• breeze
• motor
• bundle
• hustle
• hasten
• course
• hurtle
• hurl
• bowl
• hare
• pelt
• hie
• beat it
• gallop
• rustle
• bomb
• belt
• step on it
• barrel
• careen
• nip
• hump
• bustle
• highball
• whisk
• get a move on
• cannonball
• make tracks
• streak
• shake a leg
• hotfoot (it)
• scamper
• stampede
• flit
• beetle
• sprint
• accelerate
• scuffle
• outrun
• overtake
• whiz
• step out
• scud
• quicken
• whizz
• catch up
• outstrip
• outpace
• arrow
• fast-forward
• beeline

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creep
• crawl
• drag
• hang (around or out)
• linger
• poke
• tarry
• lag
• dawdle
• stroll
• poke
• loiter
• amble
• shuffle
• saunter
• slow (down or up)
• plod
• lumber
• dillydally
• decelerate
• dally

Examples of blaze in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Firefighters from Rogers, Springdale, Bentonville, Lowell, Benton County, Pea Ridge, Cave Springs, Prairie Grove and Little Flock responded around 3 p.m. to the blaze at the recycling plant. —Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 17 Oct. 2024

Xcel Energy, which faces nearly 300 lawsuits over the fire, disputes that its equipment started one of the blazes that merged into one massive wildfire. —Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2024

Verb

By Halloween, the sun will blaze through your sign, and Mercury will meet with Neptune in a dreamy trine. —Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024

The planned restart at Palisades blazed a path for Constellation Energy’s recent decision to bring Three Mile Island back online by 2028. —Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2024

Phrases Containing blaze

• blaze (up)