BLOCKBUSTERS Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

blockbusters

noun

plural of blockbuster

as in successes

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

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

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Recent Examples of blockbusters In the eighties, cinema would gravitate toward clear messages and sleek blockbusters, many of them action movies. — Leo Lasdun, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026 Summer blockbusters typically experience significant second-weekend declines, particularly after record-breaking openings. — David Deal, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 So what better place to fight off alien invaders in a battle that would go on to define the following decade’s worth of blockbusters? — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026 Although the country has been hit-or-miss with recent Hollywood blockbusters, Peter Parker still resonates with mainland audiences. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 Aug. 2026 Two of the studio’s 11 entries have been animated, embracing a comic-book visual style unlike anything else in Hollywood blockbusters. — Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026 As Tom Holland’s summer blockbusters take over the big screen, X has spoiled yet another one of the actor’s theatrical releases. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 31 July 2026 Per Greenlight, audience interest in Dune 3 rose by 9 percentage points between June and July, while Doomsday plateaued, which Katz noted is not uncommon for blockbusters this far from release. — Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 30 July 2026 Unlike many modern blockbusters with a single central villain, nearly every stop on this journey brings a new monster or supernatural threat. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026

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Investors are also curious to hear more about the Starship rocket launches after some hurdles – and successes – in July.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Investing in areas across finance, technology and real estate, as well as diverse sustainability initiatives in areas such as urban development and renewable energy, requires constant reinvention, rather than remaining focused on past successes.

— David Henkin, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of successes

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One trip might involve spotting whales in a coastal fjord, while another centers on hiking through alpine wilderness or watching bears catch salmon.

— Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2026
Alex Forrest, a volunteer drone pilot with the Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia (ORRCA), recorded the moment on July 28 during the whales’ northbound migration.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 30 July 2026

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Perkins allowed six runs and nine hits in 5 1-3 innings as the A's have lost 11th straight series for just the third time in the last 110 seasons.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Springs allowed four hits, five walks and two runs in four innings and fell to 0-11 in his last 18 starts.

— CBS News, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of hits

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In a scene where Odysseus and his crew come into contact with the Laestrygonians, a tribe of man-eating giants, Dalton, who‘s four and a half feet tall, doubled for Damon.

— Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Fabrizio Romano confirms the final decision rests with Rodri, with both Spanish giants prepared to offer similar transfer fees.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of giants

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There are also plenty of trainers – two-time Triple Crown winner Bob Baffert among them – who rarely balk at running Derby winners back two weeks later in the Preakness.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
By contrast, the clearest long-term winners treated the creation of customer value as primary and used digital technology, and later AI, as means to that end.

— Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of winners

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Steven Spielberg first brought to life the pages of Michael Crichton’s novel about a disastrous attempt to create a theme park with dinosaurs.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 6 Aug. 2026
So, yes, there’s a reason most of us are right handed and no, dinosaurs have never actually spit venom.

— Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of dinosaurs

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But Kova is shocked to discover her sweetheart taking up with someone new, who may be linked to the monsters dragging Stormwatch’s inhabitants into the ocean.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026
For additional context, the war against the Locust kicks off only a few weeks after the 79-year conflict between human factions known as the Pendulum Wars, which explains why the COG wasn't in the best of conditions when the monsters attacked.

— Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 2 Aug. 2026

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