BLOCKBUSTER Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

blockbuster

noun

ˈbläk-ˌbə-stər

Definition of blockbuster

as in success

a person or thing that is successful the movie is expected to be the biggest blockbuster of the summer

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as in whale

something that is unusually large and powerful a blockbuster of a fighter plane

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Recent Examples of blockbuster At its Capital Markets Day on Monday, the company promised a pipeline of potential blockbuster products, including drugs that would diversify from its core area of obesity and diabetes. — Annika Kim Constantino,elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026 Universal’s impressive theatrical year has been bolstered by such blockbusters as The Odyssey, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and Michael, which represent three of the five movies this year to have reached $1 billion globally. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026 In this summer’s record-breaking blockbuster, Bruce loses control and is unable to stop from transforming into the Hulk when his mind is controlled by Jean Grey (Sadie Sink). — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026 The uplifting sci-fi movie, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, went on to make about $685 million worldwide at the box office; an impressive feat for a non-franchise blockbuster these days. — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for blockbuster

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blockbuster

Noun

Every dollar poured in weaves the technology’s success and the US economy tighter and tighter together.

— Yerbol Orynbayev, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2026
During an onstage conversation earlier in the week following a Los Angeles screening of Digger, Cruise discussed his pursuit of success throughout his career after having started in the business at a young age.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of success

Noun

The leading hypothesis is that the whale calves are suffering infections from marine bacteria that can enter their bodies through injuries inflicted by kelp gulls, Uhart said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
The set moves in and out, another set rolls over, and another is on a gimbal that sways as the whale moves.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of whale

Noun

Suzuki got his 234th hit, breaking the previous rookie mark set by Shoeless Joe Jackson with Cleveland in 1911.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
With Cregger’s Resident Evil movie now out and a hit, this is the filmmaker’s next movie to go.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of hit

Noun

Andersen predicts security concerns will ultimately keep China’s turbine giants from conquering the continent.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
The tech giant vowed to publish its energy and water use annually, and spend more than $1 billion over five years on free community college, trades training, and home energy-efficiency upgrades in data center counties.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of giant

Noun

The main three projects — The Mummy, The Loudest Voice and Unabomber — each involve monsters in various forms.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2026
The world has seen many hurricanes rapidly intensify in recent years, strengthening from relatively weak storms into destructive monsters in a matter of hours.

— Chanh Kieu, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of monster

Noun

Abrams has also led dinosaur digs for 16 years and prepared hundreds of fossils.

— Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026
Gonzo invites questions Two of the three biologists ended up putting Gonzo on the branch that produced theropod dinosaurs and birds, but by different routes.

— Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of dinosaur

Noun

In ancient California, they are believed to have existed alongside other extinct native species, including bison-sized Jefferson’s ground sloths, Columbian mammoths and western camels.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
See fossils of the 14-foot, 20,000-pound mammoths that used to roam around Texas.

— Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of mammoth

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