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

Hundreds of firefighters battled blazes in Portugal, Greece and Spain on Sunday, with Spain and Italy sending reinforcements to Portugal to help with a massive blaze burning for more than three days. — Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026

The Aspen Acres fire is one of about 40 uncontained large blazes burning mostly in the West, fueled by months of dry weather and a record lack of snow this past winter in some places. — ABC News, 3 July 2026

Firefighters halted the forward progress of the Happy Fire, a collection of small blazes burning Tuesday along a roadside southeast of Placerville, and evacuation orders affecting about 300 area residents had been downgraded to warnings. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026

Both fires have been overtaken by the Jones and Snyder Mesa blazes that started on the western side of the Colorado-Utah border Saturday and burned their way into Colorado. — Logan Smith, CBS News, 28 June 2026

And from Alaska to Florida, crews worked Saturday to contain dozens of blazes, including around three dozen classified as large and uncontained. — Willem Marx, NPR, 28 June 2026

Dangerous fire conditions in the Southwest are threatening to worsen blazes in Utah, Nevada and New Mexico, putting many communities on high alert this weekend. — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 27 June 2026

Verb

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

While prosecution witnesses have refused to delineate between the Lachman and Palisades blazes, Haney has repeatedly described them as two distinct incidents that ignited days apart. — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 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

Low toward the west blazes Venus, which serves as a convenient celestial landmark to make a sighting of Mercury, which will be hovering not far from it. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026