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

Pinkas said that before the war, Iran was isolated under sanctions that choked its oil exports, dealing blows to its economy. —Pamela Avila, CNN Money, 18 June 2026

Both the England and Croatia fans boo as the referee blows for the hydration breaks. —Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2026

Referee Nicolae Rainea blows his whistle. —Nick Miller, New York Times, 17 June 2026

Also, eye doctors, get rid of that thing that blows a puff of air in your eyes. —Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026

This Cannes Directors’ Fortnight prizewinner sets out its pitch-black-comic stall early with a prologue in which, after a brief contretemps, local man Raoul Brun (Jean-Louis Coulloc’h) blows his supercilious neighbor’s head off with a shotgun and then disappears. —Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 June 2026

Ferrari is likely to regain ground as the Italian company blows past concerns over its latest product offerings and broader growth prospects, according to Morgan Stanley. —Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 15 June 2026

As with other members of the poplar family such as quaking aspen, the part of the tree that attaches the leaf to the branch is several inches long, causing leaves to flap rapidly from side to side when the wind blows. —Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026

The camera then cuts to the driver, who blows her a quick kiss and flashes a smile before setting his trophy down on the podium and cheering for his fellow champions. —Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026

Noun

Feminism was anti-gerontocratic, too, striking blows against old men and their old ways. —Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 12 June 2026

The biggest blows came from Garcia and Starling Marte. —Kansas City Star, 7 June 2026

Suddenly, Brooks began raining down blows on Sumner with a gutta-percha cane while an accomplice warded off lawmakers who tried to intervene. —Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026

Stewart, a Republican who served for 12 years as mayor before leaving office in November to campaign for governor, has suffered a succession of recent blows from an investigation of spending during her administration by her successor, current Mayor Bobby Sanchez, a Democrat. —Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2026

Some medical professionals believed that it could have been triggered by too many blows to the head in the boxing ring. —Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026

From there, the two schools traded blows until intermission. —Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 2 June 2026

Washington and Tehran again traded blows, driving oil higher and raising questions over the viability of peace talks that had seemed near the finish line. —Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 1 June 2026

Inconspicuous blows against Denver escalated to skirmishes. —Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 31 May 2026