Synonyms of blows

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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
• dubs
• mangles
• murders
• fluffs
• bungles
• ruins
• muffs
• flubs
• spoils
• injures
• damages
• screws up
• goofs (up)
• fouls up
• bobbles
• butchers
• mucks up
• mars
• buggers (up)
• bumbles
• louses up
• foozles
• wrecks
• bollixes (up)
• hurts
• impairs
• flaws
• 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

Grucci fireworks are stored in cement-block structures in rural Virginia—well spaced, in case one blows. — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Peter trying to have a normal holiday while grieving Tony, Mysterio’s deception, and the post-credits scene that blows Peter’s life apart — all of it feeds into where the new film finds him. — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Unbridled spending at a level that blows competitors out of the water, as Chelsea and Manchester City did after takeovers by Roman Abramovich and Sheikh Mansour respectively in the 2000s, is simply not possible in the era of financial regulation. — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

If 2026 passes without a young star graduating into that elite tier — much less many — San Francisco will have no choice but to continue redlining this aging machine until the engine blows. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2026

And no doubt compromise, frustration, and countless blows to his dignity. — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

That area, as much for necessity as anything, becomes highly populated once the final practice whistle blows. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 27 July 2026

But anyone who understands sports beyond using them as a vehicle for political commentary knows that athletes routinely play through pain while the action is still live, then react once the whistle blows. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026

That blows Nolan’s old record for The Dark Knight Rises($249 million) out of the wine-dark water. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 July 2026

Noun

After the dustups, the offense went from taking blows from the defense to delivering some of its own. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026

During the less than a minute-long elevator ride, the duo trading blows, according to the video. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026

Duke delivers a crushing sequence of blows to claim the championship belt, and both brothers’ dreams come true at once. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 July 2026

The girlboss era took a few blows—the big one being Hillary Clinton’s defeat in 2016—and was ultimately brought down by reality. — Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

Both sides traded tit-for-tat blows for weeks until hostilities intensified in July. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 27 July 2026

The eighth and final reprieve followed an extraordinary meeting of the Board of Pardons at which a State Police major, who believed Smith was innocent, nearly came to blows with Smith’s prosecutor, who was just as convinced of Smith’s guilt. — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026

In a little corner of my mind, however, history will always mean the tragic smashing of individual lives by its cruel hands and the scattering of bewildered people reeling from its blows. — Literary Hub, 14 July 2026

One way to look at the Washington Nationals’ kick-in-the-groin sweep at the hands of the New York Yankees — three leads in the eighth inning, three dizzying losses — is that none of the previous blows this team has taken have permanently felled it. — Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 13 July 2026