Synonyms of blazing

blazing 1 of 3

adjective

ˈblā-ziŋ 

1

as in burning

being on fire

the blazing logs in the fireplace cast a warm glow on our holiday party

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burning
• flaming
• smoldering
• flickering
• lit
• fiery
• ignited
• aflame
• burned
• glowing
• afire
• kindled
• alight
• charred
• inflamed
• ablaze
• scorching
• combusting
• searing
• conflagrant
• hot
• live
• aglow
• flaring
• scorched
• sizzling
• broiling
• red-hot
• roasting
• seared
• scalding
• singed
• piping hot
• incinerated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dead
• smothered
• extinguished
• quenched
• choked
• stamped (out)
• damped
• snuffed (out)
• doused
• suffocated

2

as in warm

having or expressing great depth of feeling

a blazing speech affirming the value of every individual in this world

Synonyms & Similar Words

• warm
• passionate
• passional
• fervent
• intense
• glowing
• burning
• fiery
• charged
• emotional
• flaming
• ardent
• demonstrative
• incandescent
• enthusiastic
• religious
• impassioned
• torrid
• fervid
• red-hot
• superheated
• feverish
• vehement
• perfervid
• hot-blooded
• warm-blooded
• on fire
• sloppy
• sentimental
• sugary
• zealous
• histrionic
• mawkish
• melodramatic
• saccharine
• mushy
• uninhibited
• gushing
• sappy
• obsessed
• keen
• gung ho
• gushy
• infatuated
• enamored
• schmaltzy
• frenzied
• maudlin
• unrestrained
• unreserved
• orgiastic
• overheated
• overexcited
• overemotional

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cold
• cool
• dry
• dispassionate
• impassive
• objective
• detached
• impersonal
• unemotional
• emotionless
• reserved
• undemonstrative

blazing

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verb (1)

present participle of blaze

as in announcing

to make known openly or publicly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• announcing
• publishing
• declaring
• proclaiming
• posting
• blaring
• advertising
• flashing
• heralding
• promulgating
• trumpeting
• broadcasting
• disclosing
• running with
• promoting
• publicizing
• sounding
• releasing
• blazoning
• giving out
• spreading
• revealing
• enunciating
• annunciating
• beating the drum (for or about)
• reporting
• disseminating
• showing
• placarding
• crying
• barking
• ringing
• puffing
• featuring
• introducing
• calling (off or out)
• imparting
• manifesting
• tolling
• bulletining
• informing
• billing
• plugging
• knelling
• billboarding
• notifying
• divulging
• intimating
• communicating
• gazetting
• handing down
• apprising
• kithing
• blurbing
• pitching
• advising

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• concealing
• suppressing
• withholding
• silencing
• recalling
• revoking
• retracting
• hushing (up)
• recanting

blazing

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verb (2)

present participle of blaze

1

as in glowing

to be on fire especially brightly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glowing
• burning
• flaming
• shining
• gleaming
• firing
• flickering
• smoldering
• combusting
• igniting
• scorching
• melting
• going up in flames
• kindling
• glinting
• cooking
• glistening
• sweltering
• glittering
• baking
• flashing
• broiling
• wavering
• roasting
• lighting (up)
• sparkling
• shimmering
• enkindling
• radiating
• glimmering
• sparking
• beaming
• catching
• glaring
• sputtering
• charring
• flaring (up)
• deflagrating
• brightening
• beating (down)
• twinkling
• scintillating
• guttering

2

as in glaring

to shine with a bright harsh light

the spotlight blazed through my window

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burning
• glowing
• glaring
• gleaming
• flashing
• flaming
• flaring
• glinting
• beating
• glancing
• sparkling
• glistening
• radiating
• glittering
• beaming
• shimmering
• glimmering
• twinkling
• blinding
• scintillating
• dazzling
• glistering
• bedazzling
• dazing

3

as in speeding

to proceed or move quickly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speeding
• racing
• rushing
• hurrying
• flying
• trotting
• scurrying
• driving
• traveling
• zipping
• chasing
• running
• buzzing
• jumping
• blowing
• blasting
• darting
• dashing
• tearing
• scooting
• stepping
• whirling
• ripping
• scuttling
• barreling
• hurtling
• shooting
• zooming
• ramming
• bolting
• rocketing
• hurling
• bowling
• jogging
• hustling
• careering
• hastening
• breezing
• careening
• coursing
• galloping
• rustling
• bustling
• pelting
• haring
• humping
• belting
• jetting
• cracking (on)
• motoring
• bundling
• nipping
• whisking
• cannonballing
• beating it
• highballing
• bombing
• hying
• scampering
• flitting
• stepping on it
• streaking
• sprinting
• scudding
• whizzing
• making tracks
• shaking a leg
• accelerating
• getting a move on
• hotfooting (it)
• scuffling
• stampeding
• quickening
• beetling
• outrunning
• overtaking
• outstripping
• outpacing
• stepping out
• arrowing
• catching up
• beelining
• fast-forwarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creeping
• crawling
• lingering
• poking
• dragging
• hanging (around or out)
• lagging
• poking
• strolling
• dawdling
• loitering
• sauntering
• shuffling
• ambling
• plodding
• dallying
• lumbering
• slowing (down or up)
• tarrying
• dillydallying
• decelerating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blazing

Adjective

Its most striking feature, however, is tied to Houston’s blazing 12-season NBA career. — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 24 June 2026

The unexpected design adds instant intrigue to the space while still serving the functional role of offering a cool respite from the sun's blazing rays. — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 23 June 2026

Verb

But on Monday one of the bigger beasts of Wall Street, Goldman Sachs Chief Economist Jan Hatzius, came out guns blazing at Warsh. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026

In the film, his signature use of colors— blazing red, forest green, deep blue, golden yellow, lavender pink — and intimate chamber-drama staging transform domestic interiors into spaces of moral clarity. — Vanessa Rampton, STAT, 5 Aug. 2026