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

Small armies of residents still gather to observe federal officers from cars or on foot – honking horns and blowing whistles to alert neighbors. —Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026

After blowing a 22-point lead in Friday’s loss to the Celtics in Boston, the Heat closed its quick two-game trip at 1-1. —Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2026

Quit blowing the whistle on ICE. —Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026

Try to find a place that will block blowing or falling debris. —Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 7 Feb. 2026

And if the surfing isn’t blowing your mind? —Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026

They’ve been burned enough by blowing leads this season. —Josh Yohe, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026

Wilkerson treated him like a traffic cone, blowing by and bullying him for baskets. —Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 1 Feb. 2026

That’s right—no more icy air blowing on the back of your neck! —Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026