Synonyms of blazes

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noun

plural of blaze

1

as in explosions

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

• explosions
• bursts
• eruptions
• outbursts
• flashes
• flares
• gusts
• flushes
• storms
• gales
• spasms
• fits
• gushes
• paroxysms
• rages
• agonies
• flare-ups
• frenzies
• ebullitions
• tantrums
• raptures
• transports
• ecstasies
• blowups
• firestorms
• grouches
• deliriums
• furors

2

as in glows

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

• glows
• glares
• lights
• gleams
• glints
• illuminations
• shines
• flares
• beams
• luminescences
• radiances
• flashes
• fluorescences
• twinkles
• glimmers
• sparkles
• sunlights
• shimmers
• rays
• incandescences
• scintillations
• reflections
• moonlights
• glitters
• streaks
• daylights
• streams
• auroras
• aureoles
• sunbeams
• sunshines
• lusters
• polishes
• sheens
• halos
• glosses
• shafts
• afterglows
• glistens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shadows
• nights
• glooms
• darks
• dusks

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verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of blaze

as in announces

to make known openly or publicly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• announces
• publishes
• declares
• proclaims
• advertises
• posts
• flashes
• runs with
• heralds
• broadcasts
• blares
• promulgates
• sounds
• publicizes
• releases
• discloses
• trumpets
• annunciates
• reveals
• enunciates
• gives out
• spreads
• promotes
• beats the drum (for or about)
• reports
• placards
• rings
• barks
• cries
• disseminates
• shows
• blazons
• bulletins
• features
• manifests
• introduces
• puffs
• tolls
• imparts
• informs
• bills
• calls (off or out)
• divulges
• plugs
• billboards
• notifies
• gazettes
• knells
• intimates
• kithes
• communicates
• hands down
• apprises
• blurbs
• advises
• pitches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conceals
• suppresses
• silences
• withholds
• recalls
• retracts
• revokes
• hushes (up)
• recants

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of blaze

1

as in burns

to be on fire especially brightly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glows
• burns
• flames
• fires
• gleams
• shines
• flickers
• combusts
• smolders
• ignites
• goes up in flames
• scorches
• kindles
• cooks
• sparks
• melts
• lights (up)
• bakes
• beams
• sputters
• wavers
• roasts
• flashes
• flares (up)
• sparkles
• deflagrates
• brightens
• chars
• catches
• glistens
• beats (down)
• glints
• enkindles
• swelters
• shimmers
• radiates
• glitters
• glares
• broils
• twinkles
• glimmers
• gutters
• scintillates

2

as in flames

to shine with a bright harsh light

the spotlight blazed through my window

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burns
• glows
• flames
• flares
• gleams
• glares
• flashes
• beats
• sparkles
• glances
• beams
• radiates
• glints
• glistens
• shimmers
• glitters
• twinkles
• glimmers
• dazzles
• scintillates
• blinds
• glisters
• bedazzles
• dazes

3

as in races

to proceed or move quickly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blazes

Noun

While wildfire season in California has been more mild so far compared to years past, the Pacific Northwest has battled a historic number of blazes. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Indonesian authorities have intensified firefighting operations across several provinces in an effort to contain the blazes. — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

Tropical peatland blazes are among the most dangerous on Earth. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Officials, however, said favorable weather in the coming days could help in the battle to control the blazes. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Dry grass and brush remain abundant fuels, leaving parts of Texas vulnerable to new fires even as crews work to contain existing blazes. — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

Since last year’s fires in Los Angeles, thousands of people have remained displaced or stuck in temporary housing, even though many of them own homes that survived the blazes. — Evan Bush, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026

Wildland firefighters commonly work in smoke without the kind of protection that firefighters use when fighting blazes inside buildings. — Julian L. Gallegos, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

Utilities have raised rates to pay for wildfire prevention and recovery as climate change has made the blazes more intense and frequent. — Sophie Austin, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

Verb

As the flames approached the community in July, the majority of the village’s 3,500 residents were forced to flee their homes, as hundreds of firefighters were deployed to tackle blazes more violent and unpredictable than in previous years. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

Calmer winds and cooler temperatures assisted fire crews in their battle against the Spokane blazes Monday, but temperature are anticipated to climb back into the 90s by Wednesday and continue to push firefighters to their limits. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026

As such, the trio hired Fede Alvarez to direct 2013’s Evil Dead, Lee Cronin to helm Evil Dead Rise in 2023 and Sébastien Vaniček to direct Evil Dead Burn, which blazes its way into theaters this weekend. — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Fewer, but more ‘devastating’ blazes That the world suffered fewer acres torched by wildfires in 2025 likely comes as little relief to the countries and cities that battled the infernos last year. — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 1 June 2026

That’s the two-seamer that kind of blazes a trail in. — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 29 May 2026

Officials are spreading the word in the wake of deadly fires within the last month that killed five people in Manhattan and the Bronx, blazes that could have been more easily contained if doors were used to help snuff out the flames. — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 8 May 2026

Studies have shown that rising temperatures due to climate change are fueling longer wildfire seasons, and making blazes both more frequent and more destructive. — Kathryn Prociv, NBC news, 23 Apr. 2026

Once Orion blazes through Earth's atmosphere, the protective heat shield will be cast off to make way for parachutes to deploy and slow the vehicle down. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026