Synonyms of bowls

bowls 1 of 2

noun

plural of bowl

as in coliseums

a large usually roofless building for sporting events with tiers of seats for spectators

a new bowl for the football team

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coliseums
• stadiums
• parks
• stadia
• circuses
• colosseums
• domes
• gymnasiums
• ballparks
• gyms
• gymnasia
• spas
• arenas
• hippodromes

bowls

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of bowl

1

as in flows

to move or proceed smoothly and readily

bowling along in my spiffy new car

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flows
• cruises
• brushes
• streams
• drifts
• glides
• sails
• slides
• races
• slips
• rolls
• sweeps
• speeds
• flies
• rushes
• whisks
• coasts
• breezes
• skims

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• struggles
• stamps
• flounders
• limps
• stumbles
• trudges
• shuffles
• stumps
• plods
• lumbers
• stomps
• labors
• tramps
• toils
• shambles

2

as in races

to proceed or move quickly

bowled through the test and was the first one to hand in the booklet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• races
• speeds
• rushes
• travels
• trots
• zips
• scurries
• flies
• drives
• hurries
• chases
• darts
• runs
• jumps
• scoots
• barrels
• dashes
• buzzes
• courses
• belts
• rams
• steps
• blows
• jets
• tears
• bolts
• scuttles
• motors
• zooms
• blasts
• whisks
• cracks (on)
• whirls
• rips
• bundles
• rockets
• hares
• humps
• shoots
• blazes
• jogs
• careers
• highballs
• pelts
• rustles
• hurls
• bombs
• nips
• hustles
• breezes
• beats it
• bustles
• hies
• steps on it
• cannonballs
• hurtles
• makes tracks
• hastens
• shakes a leg
• careens
• gallops
• beetles
• hotfoots (it)
• gets a move on
• sprints
• streaks
• scampers
• flits
• scuds
• whizzes
• stampedes
• arrows
• steps out
• scuffles
• accelerates
• overtakes
• beelines
• outruns
• catches up
• outstrips
• outpaces
• quickens
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawls
• pokes
• creeps
• hangs (around or out)
• drags
• lingers
• lags
• pokes
• strolls
• loiters
• saunters
• shuffles
• tarries
• dawdles
• dallies
• ambles
• dillydallies
• slows (down or up)
• lumbers
• plods
• decelerates