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

So the average curve still looks calm while the variance underneath it blows wide open. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 20 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

Trade a groan with the person behind you when the bullpen blows a lead. — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2026

Some of the flames come close to licking the glass, as the wildfire blows across the tracks. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 15 July 2026

Soccer world roasts Thomas Tuchel after England blows semifinal to Argentina. — Alex Connor, USA Today, 15 July 2026

And what better way to do that than with a stellar sale that blows the competition right off the pitch? — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 15 July 2026

Canes are tied to support structures to keep them in place when the wind blows. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 July 2026

Eleni riding in the backseat of a convertible as the wind blows through her curls. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 9 July 2026

Noun

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

Holloway, even a Holloway who is nearing the end of his career with a somewhat suspect chin and ability to absorb heavy blows, wins this fight more times than not. — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

This year, those teams decided to deliver critical blows well ahead of October. — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026

That led to Karakatal stepping in and getting into an argument before the pair came to blows, the victim’s stepson and cops said. — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026

Hers is a voice that ought to have a lifetime’s staying power, bolstered by a lyrical and musical sensibility that provide everything her instrument needs to deliver a happy succession of knockout blows. — Chris Willman, Variety, 3 July 2026

Despite the blows to Eurovision’s finances and viewership from the boycott, the contest is eyeing expansion, with a spinoff Eurovision Song Contest Asia due to take place in Bangkok in November. — ABC News, 1 July 2026