Synonyms of blustery

blustery

adjective

as in gusty

marked by strong wind or more wind than usual

it can be a bit risky to drive across the bridge on a blustery day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gusty
• windy
• breezy
• blowy
• squally
• drafty
• stormy
• tempestuous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calm
• still
• motionless
• breathless

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blustery

The blustery conditions, combined with king tides in the area -- the highest high tides of the year -- have prompted coastal flood alerts through Tuesday from Miami to North Carolina's Outer Banks. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

Wednesday won't be as blustery, but there is still a dangerous high risk of rip currents along our Atlantic beaches. — Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Tens of thousands of residents were still without power Saturday due to the blustery conditions, ongoing fires and precautionary power shutoffs intended to prevent new blazes, according to utility providers. — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

Houston is in for a much cooler weekend after its first fall cold front, but blustery winds will arrive first. — Newsroom Meteorologist, Houston Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2026

Fabric that moves through a downward dog and still holds its shape on a blustery commute is genuinely hard to find. — Zoë MacKay, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026

Pick something neutral-toned that packs easily, like this windproof and waterproof REI Rainier Rain Jacket, which works equally well for blustery days in Mykonos and stargazing on a mountaintop in Crete. — Helen Iatrou, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026

The smell of grilling sausage is snatched away on the breezes of a blustery, late-summer day. — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2026

On a spring morning so blustery that the National Weather Service issued a small craft advisory, a Samish Indian Nation research boat, called the Chinook (Yómech), set out from Anacortes, Washington, just east of the San Juan Islands. — John Ryan, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026