Synonyms of blows

blows 1 of 4

verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of blow

1

as in gasps

to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty

that horse was really blowing after the race

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gasps
• pants
• wheezes
• heaves
• puffs
• snores
• chokes
• hyperventilates
• is out of breath
• huffs
• gulps
• smothers
• exhales
• stifles
• strangles
• gags
• asphyxiates
• expires
• snuffles

2

as in spends

to use up carelessly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spends
• loses
• wastes
• dissipates
• runs through
• throws away
• squanders
• lavishes
• misspends
• fritters (away)
• trifles (away)
• plays ducks and drakes with
• fiddles away
• consumes
• exhausts
• depletes
• impoverishes
• indulges
• disburses
• shoots
• expends
• splurges
• lays out
• overspends
• overindulges

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conserves
• protects
• saves
• preserves
• economizes
• skimps
• scrimps
• lays up
• hoards

3

as in explodes

to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure

a huge crater was formed when the volcano last blew

Synonyms & Similar Words

• explodes
• detonates
• pops
• bursts
• blows up
• goes off
• crumps
• shatters
• smashes
• fires
• fragments
• splinters
• discharges
• mushrooms
• shoots
• balloons
• burgeons

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapses
• implodes
• fizzles

4

as in shatters

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

• shatters
• smashes
• demolishes
• explodes
• destroys
• pops
• bursts
• blasts
• detonates
• blows up
• annihilates
• wrecks
• decimates
• ruins
• dynamites
• fragments
• discharges
• splinters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapses
• implodes

5

as in rushes

to proceed or move quickly

that car blew past us as if we were standing still

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rushes
• speeds
• hurries
• flies
• travels
• scurries
• drives
• races
• trots
• chases
• zips
• jumps
• buzzes
• runs
• blasts
• rips
• tears
• scoots
• darts
• whirls
• scuttles
• rams
• hurls
• shoots
• zooms
• dashes
• breezes
• barrels
• hurtles
• jogs
• steps
• bowls
• hustles
• rustles
• blazes
• cracks (on)
• bolts
• jets
• hastens
• motors
• whisks
• bombs
• nips
• beats it
• belts
• humps
• courses
• bustles
• rockets
• careens
• hies
• pelts
• bundles
• careers
• steps on it
• hares
• makes tracks
• gallops
• cannonballs
• gets a move on
• shakes a leg
• flits
• highballs
• hotfoots (it)
• accelerates
• scampers
• whizzes
• streaks
• sprints
• scuds
• beetles
• overtakes
• stampedes
• outruns
• scuffles
• outstrips
• quickens
• steps out
• outpaces
• arrows
• catches up
• beelines
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pokes
• crawls
• drags
• creeps
• lingers
• lags
• hangs (around or out)
• pokes
• loiters
• shuffles
• dawdles
• tarries
• strolls
• saunters
• ambles
• slows (down or up)
• dallies
• plods
• decelerates
• lumbers
• dillydallies

6

as in fumbles

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

he keeps blowing every job interview that comes his way

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumbles
• boggles
• destroys
• boots
• botches
• mangles
• dubs
• fluffs
• murders
• bungles
• ruins
• muffs
• flubs
• spoils
• injures
• screws up
• goofs (up)
• damages
• fouls up
• bobbles
• butchers
• mucks up
• buggers (up)
• bumbles
• mars
• louses up
• foozles
• wrecks
• bollixes (up)
• impairs
• flaws
• hurts
• messes (up)
• mutilates
• muddles
• harms
• blunders
• blights
• vitiates
• gums (up)
• piffles
• mismanages
• blemishes
• mishandles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improves
• helps
• enhances
• reforms
• refines
• rectifies
• ameliorates
• remedies
• betters
• repairs
• meliorates
• doctors
• fixes
• reconditions
• renovates
• patches
• revamps

7

as in boasts

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

• boasts
• brags
• displays
• blows smoke
• vapors
• bulls
• swaggers
• vaunts
• exhibits
• crows
• blusters
• gushes
• puffs
• gasconades
• prides
• harangues
• exposes
• exults
• maximizes
• flaunts
• rejoices
• shows off
• brandishes
• glories
• parades
• magnifies
• glorifies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minimizes
• diminishes
• discounts
• belittles
• plays down
• underrates
• deprecates
• shrugs off
• undervalues
• laughs off
• regrets
• laments
• mourns
• pooh-poohs
• bemoans

blows

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of blow

as in flowers

to produce flowers

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flowers
• blooms
• blossoms
• unfolds
• leaves
• effloresces
• burgeons
• buds
• opens
• leafs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fades
• dies
• dries up
• withers
• drops
• shrivels
• expires
• wilts
• perishes

blows

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noun (1)

plural of blow

as in punches

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

• punches
• slaps
• hits
• knocks
• thumps
• swipes
• thuds
• whacks
• smacks
• strokes
• pounds
• pokes
• licks
• spanks
• bangs
• slams
• beats
• claps
• clips
• kicks
• hooks
• chops
• swats
• hands
• smashes
• lashes
• switches
• bashes
• socks
• thwacks
• pelts
• bops
• whams
• haymakers
• belts
• biffs
• raps
• hacks
• plumps
• fillips
• picks
• bats
• cuffs
• knees
• wallops
• cracks
• douses
• buffets
• clouts
• welts
• slugs
• stripes
• lickings
• whops
• busts
• stingers
• swings
• boxes
• dabs
• beatings
• larrups
• shivers
• counterpunches
• counterblows
• body blows
• sucker punches
• whips
• lefts
• rabbit punches
• uppercuts
• counters
• counterstrokes
• roundhouses
• batterings
• rights
• thrashings
• knockdowns
• whippings
• drubbings
• KOs
• kayos
• sidewinders
• crunchers
• right-handers
• pastings
• bastinadoes
• knockouts
• one-twos
• wallopings

blows

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noun (2)

plural of blow

as in gusts

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

• gusts
• breezes
• blasts
• tornadoes
• scuds
• flurries
• windblasts
• gales
• hurricanes
• zephyrs
• williwaws
• breaths
• wafts
• airs
• puffs
• currents
• whiffs
• tempests
• windstorms
• drafts
• squalls
• westerlies
• northers
• northeasters
• bluster
• northerlies
• southeasters
• northwesters
• southwesters

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blows

Verb

While the 44-6 vote effectively blows a $75 million hole in the mayor's 2027 budget proposal, alders argued the funds were always intended to continue chipping away at the city's $36 billion pension debt, not to help balance next year's budget. — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

That means that the part of the fan that blows air out needs to be on the exterior of your cube, and the back side of the fan that pulls in air needs to be on the inside of your cube. — John Alexander, Popular Science, 1 Nov. 2026

Paul Nord blows releases smoke from bubbles as people look on during the Haunted Science Lab held at Valparaiso University Saturday, October 31, 2026. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

The inescapable reality is that neither country can deliver any knockout blows against the other without doing grievous damage to itself. — Ali Wyne, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2026

Morgan blows a meeting with a publisher (Poorna Jagannathan, in her third of four high-profile TV role this year. — Judy Berman, Time, 22 Oct. 2026

Miami fans had plenty to stress about as the UM offense misfired and Florida State responded to potential knockout blows with huge plays. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026

But when the final whistle blows, another job is often waiting for them the next morning. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

The dark wind of a fatal illness blows through these letters and journals. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026

Noun

Elsewhere, investors are absorbing the blows from a selloff in artificial intelligence stocks on Thursday, which saw the Nasdaq, S&P 500, and Russell 2000 all log their worst one-day loss since April 2025, according to FactSet data. — Sarah Min,sawdah Bhaimiya,sean Conlon, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026

Since the breakdown of a truce in July, Saudi Arabia has traded blows with the Houthis, who have retaliated with strikes on Saudi airports, energy infrastructure and military sites that killed at least 20 people in October. — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026

Mohammed’s view Abu Dhabi’s annual energy exhibition is buzzing, tangible proof that the UAE has absorbed the blows of the Iran war and has its eye on the future. — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2026

From there, both teams were trading blows, and the lead, on the scoreboard. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026

There are really no blows to be given him but defensive ones. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

Along the way, Chrissy comes to blows with Klara, but then learns the robot is the best thing in her daughter’s life. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026

The company has suffered from several high-profile legal blows this year that have resulted in multibillion-dollar penalties. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

The incident, four years ago, was the culmination of a time when Udal suffered more blows than anyone can feasibly expect in a lifetime. — Paul Newman, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026