Synonyms of blowing

blowing 1 of 2

verb (1)

present participle of blow

1

as in panting

to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty

that horse was really blowing after the race

Synonyms & Similar Words

• panting
• gasping
• puffing
• heaving
• wheezing
• snoring
• choking
• hyperventilating
• being out of breath
• huffing
• gulping
• stifling
• asphyxiating
• gagging
• exhaling
• strangling
• smothering
• snuffling
• expiring

2

as in spending

to use up carelessly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spending
• losing
• wasting
• dissipating
• squandering
• lavishing
• throwing away
• running through
• trifling (away)
• frittering (away)
• misspending
• fiddling away
• playing ducks and drakes with
• depleting
• consuming
• exhausting
• impoverishing
• disbursing
• indulging
• overspending
• splurging
• expending
• shooting
• laying out
• overindulging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conserving
• protecting
• preserving
• saving
• economizing
• skimping
• scrimping
• hoarding
• laying up

3

as in exploding

to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure

a huge crater was formed when the volcano last blew

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exploding
• detonating
• popping
• bursting
• blowing up
• going off
• crumping
• shattering
• smashing
• firing
• fragmenting
• splintering
• discharging
• mushrooming
• shooting
• burgeoning
• ballooning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• imploding
• collapsing
• fizzling

4

as in shattering

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

• shattering
• smashing
• demolishing
• destroying
• exploding
• blasting
• popping
• bursting
• detonating
• blowing up
• wrecking
• ruining
• dynamiting
• decimating
• annihilating
• discharging
• fragmenting
• splintering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapsing
• imploding

5

as in flying

to proceed or move quickly

that car blew past us as if we were standing still

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

6

as in fumbling

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

he keeps blowing every job interview that comes his way

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumbling
• murdering
• ruining
• destroying
• boggling
• fluffing
• botching
• mangling
• booting
• dubbing
• spoiling
• bungling
• damaging
• butchering
• wrecking
• screwing up
• muffing
• injuring
• bobbling
• flubbing
• foozling
• fouling up
• marring
• mucking up
• goofing (up)
• bumbling
• impairing
• buggering (up)
• mutilating
• messing (up)
• bollixing (up)
• harming
• muddling
• blundering
• lousing up
• blighting
• gumming (up)
• hurting
• flawing
• mismanaging
• piffling
• vitiating
• blemishing
• mishandling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improving
• helping
• enhancing
• reforming
• refining
• rectifying
• ameliorating
• remedying
• bettering
• repairing
• fixing
• meliorating
• patching
• renovating
• revamping
• reconditioning
• doctoring

7

as in boasting

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

• boasting
• bragging
• displaying
• exhibiting
• crowing
• vaunting
• swaggering
• blowing smoke
• vaporing
• puffing
• bulling
• blustering
• gushing
• gasconading
• exposing
• priding
• haranguing
• maximizing
• parading
• exulting
• flaunting
• glorying
• rejoicing
• brandishing
• showing off
• magnifying
• glorifying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minimizing
• diminishing
• discounting
• belittling
• undervaluing
• underrating
• playing down
• deprecating
• shrugging off
• regretting
• lamenting
• laughing off
• pooh-poohing
• mourning
• bemoaning

blowing

2 of 2

verb (2)

present participle of blow

as in blooming

to produce flowers

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blooming
• flowering
• blossoming
• unfolding
• burgeoning
• leaving
• efflorescing
• leafing
• budding
• opening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fading
• withering
• drying up
• dying
• dropping
• wilting
• expiring
• shriveling
• perishing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blowing

Verb

Try to find a place that will block blowing or falling debris. —Southern California Weather Report, Daily News, 2 Mar. 2026

Another underestimated hazard is blowing dust. —Doyle Rice, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026

As reports trickled out about the death, eyewitnesses in Tehran told The Associated Press that some residents were rejoicing, blowing whistles and letting out ululations. —Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2026

Try to find a place that will block blowing or falling debris. —Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 1 Mar. 2026

The bar’s named was changed from The Bullpen Bar to The Oak Tavern as part of the makeover, but not before his financial woes were described as blowing through $14 million in career earnings and taking a $250,000 loan from his parents. —Jessica Hill, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026

Most hotel treatments are nice but not mind blowing—these were. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2026

In addition, winds are blowing branches onto power lines and into the roads. —Matt Schooley, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026

The weather service warned that travel will be treacherous, with blowing snow causing low visibility. —Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2026