Synonyms of blow

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verb (1)

ˈblō 

1

as in to gasp

to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty

that horse was really blowing after the race

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gasp
• pant
• puff
• heave
• hyperventilate
• choke
• wheeze
• snore
• be out of breath
• gulp
• huff
• stifle
• smother
• gag
• asphyxiate
• exhale
• strangle
• expire
• snuffle

2

as in to spend

to use up carelessly

each year he blows his holiday bonus on a trip to Las Vegas

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spend
• lose
• waste
• throw away
• dissipate
• squander
• run through
• lavish
• trifle (away)
• misspend
• fritter (away)
• exhaust
• fiddle away
• make ducks and drakes of
• splurge
• deplete
• play ducks and drakes with
• consume
• impoverish
• indulge
• shoot
• disburse
• expend
• lay out
• overspend
• overindulge

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conserve
• protect
• save
• preserve
• economize
• skimp
• scrimp
• lay up
• hoard

3

as in to explode

to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure

a huge crater was formed when the volcano last blew

Synonyms & Similar Words

• explode
• detonate
• pop
• burst
• blow up
• go off
• shatter
• crump
• smash
• fragment
• fire
• splinter
• shoot
• discharge
• balloon
• mushroom
• bourgeon
• burgeon

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapse
• implode
• fizzle

4

as in to shatter

to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive

one false move and we would be blown to bits

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shatter
• smash
• demolish
• destroy
• burst
• explode
• blast
• pop
• detonate
• blow up
• ruin
• annihilate
• wreck
• dynamite
• decimate
• fragment
• discharge
• splinter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapse
• implode

5

as in to speed

to proceed or move quickly

that car blew past us as if we were standing still

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speed
• hurry
• rush
• fly
• travel
• race
• drive
• scurry
• chase
• trot
• jump
• zip
• run
• blast
• buzz
• rip
• tear
• scoot
• dart
• scuttle
• step
• breeze
• shoot
• whirl
• dash
• ram
• hurl
• bolt
• zoom
• crack (on)
• jet
• blaze
• rocket
• hurtle
• motor
• course
• hustle
• career
• hasten
• jog
• bowl
• barrel
• bomb
• hump
• rustle
• hie
• bundle
• beat it
• belt
• nip
• get a move on
• pelt
• hare
• whisk
• step on it
• careen
• highball
• make tracks
• bustle
• gallop
• cannonball
• shake a leg
• flit
• hotfoot (it)
• streak
• accelerate
• scamper
• stampede
• whiz
• beetle
• sprint
• step out
• overtake
• whizz
• catch up
• outrun
• scuffle
• quicken
• scud
• outstrip
• outpace
• arrow
• fast-forward
• beeline

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creep
• poke
• drag
• crawl
• hang (around or out)
• poke
• linger
• lag
• loiter
• stroll
• dawdle
• tarry
• shuffle
• slow (down or up)
• saunter
• amble
• lumber
• decelerate
• plod
• dillydally
• dally

6

as in to fumble

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way

he keeps blowing every job interview that comes his way

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumble
• ruin
• destroy
• boot
• botch
• boggle
• spoil
• dub
• mangle
• murder
• damage
• screw up
• bungle
• muff
• butcher
• fluff
• foul up
• injure
• goof (up)
• muck up
• wreck
• mar
• flub
• bumble
• foozle
• impair
• bobble
• bugger (up)
• harm
• hurt
• louse up
• flaw
• bollix (up)
• mess (up)
• mutilate
• blunder
• gum (up)
• muddle
• blight
• blemish
• vitiate
• mismanage
• piffle
• mishandle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improve
• help
• better
• enhance
• ameliorate
• reform
• remedy
• rectify
• refine
• repair
• fix
• patch
• meliorate
• renovate
• revamp
• recondition
• doctor

7

as in to brag

to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess

another self-made millionaire blowing about how much he'd achieved

Synonyms & Similar Words

• brag
• boast
• bull
• vapor
• display
• blow smoke
• crow
• vaunt
• exhibit
• swagger
• pride
• puff
• gasconade
• gush
• bluster
• expose
• harangue
• glory
• maximize
• parade
• show off
• flaunt
• rejoice
• exult
• brandish
• magnify
• glorify

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minimize
• diminish
• discount
• pooh
• laugh off
• play down
• shrug off
• belittle
• underrate
• undervalue
• deprecate
• regret
• mourn
• pooh-pooh
• lament
• bemoan

blow

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verb (2)

as in to flower

to produce flowers

longing for a grassy field in some far-off land where the wildflowers blow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flower
• bloom
• blossom
• unfold
• leave
• effloresce
• bourgeon
• leaf
• burgeon
• bud
• open

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fade
• wilt
• die
• wither
• drop
• dry up
• shrivel
• perish
• expire

blow

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noun (1)

as in knock

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument

he was dizzy for the rest of the day after the blow to his head

Synonyms & Similar Words

• knock
• hit
• slap
• punch
• thump
• whack
• stroke
• thud
• swipe
• smack
• poke
• pound
• bang
• lick
• beat
• slam
• spank
• clip
• chop
• clap
• kick
• hook
• lash
• smash
• switch
• crack
• swat
• pick
• bat
• belt
• hack
• fillip
• bop
• bash
• sock
• bust
• pelt
• box
• slug
• wallop
• wham
• knee
• cuff
• clout
• plump
• haymaker
• pounding
• rap
• stripe
• thwack
• welt
• buffet
• douse
• dab
• stinger
• biff
• licking
• swing
• beating
• hand
• whap
• whop
• left
• larrup
• right
• body blow
• hammering
• counterblow
• shiver
• sucker punch
• counter
• whip
• counterstroke
• whipping
• roundhouse
• uppercut
• knockdown
• thrashing
• battering
• pummeling
• one-two
• knockout
• KO
• drubbing
• counterpunch
• rabbit punch
• pummelling
• flogging
• sidewinder
• cruncher
• pasting
• bludgeoning
• clobbering
• cudgelling
• bastinado
• walloping
• cudgeling
• right-hander
• lambasting
• kayo
• bastinade

blow

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noun (2)

as in gust

a sudden brief rush of wind

the ocean blows that sweep over the island are so strong that only the hardiest shrubs can grow there

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gust
• breeze
• blast
• tornado
• flurry
• scud
• windblast
• gale
• breath
• hurricane
• puff
• waft
• zephyr
• whiff
• williwaw
• current
• windstorm
• tempest
• air
• draft
• squall
• norther
• northeaster
• westerly
• southeaster
• bluster
• southwester
• northwester
• northerly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blow

Verb

Shiver me timbers and blow me down. —Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025

No man has blown more saves than the nine games that Scott has this season. —Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025

Noun

After the Department of Transportation issued a stinging blow to consumers by rolling back a rule requiring airlines to compensate passengers for delays, the agency has upgraded its airline complaint system. —AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025

Hopes of a comeback took a significant blow seven minutes later when Inter Miami was reduced to 10 men. —Franco Panizo, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2025

Phrases Containing blow

• Joe Blow
• blow (out)
• blow a gasket
• blow away
• blow off
• blow one's cool
• blow one's mind
• blow one's stack
• blow one's top
• blow smoke
• blow the whistle (on)
• blow up