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
• flashes
• eruptions
• outbursts
• flares
• flushes
• storms
• gusts
• rages
• gushes
• fits
• spasms
• ebullitions
• gales
• flare-ups
• paroxysms
• agonies
• frenzies
• firestorms
• blowups
• tantrums
• raptures
• grouches
• ecstasies
• deliriums
• transports
• 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
• gleams
• lights
• glares
• glints
• shines
• illuminations
• flares
• beams
• flashes
• luminescences
• sparkles
• twinkles
• sunlights
• glimmers
• radiances
• shimmers
• fluorescences
• rays
• incandescences
• scintillations
• reflections
• sunshines
• streams
• streaks
• haloes
• glitters
• moonlights
• aureoles
• auroras
• daylights
• glistens
• sunbeams
• lusters
• aurorae
• polishes
• sheens
• afterglows
• halos
• aureolae
• shafts
• glosses
• lustres

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shadows
• glooms
• nights
• dusks
• darks

• shadows
• glooms
• nights
• dusks
• darks

blazes

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

• conceals
• silences
• suppresses
• 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

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

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

3

as in speeds

to proceed or move quickly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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