Synonyms of bombs

bombs 1 of 2

noun

plural of bomb

as in disasters

something that has failed

her tell-all book was a bomb that landed on the remainder tables with a thud

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disasters
• failures
• catastrophes
• disappointments
• busts
• losers
• shipwrecks
• misses
• frosts
• duds
• flops
• lemons
• washouts
• fiascoes
• clinkers
• turkeys
• debacles
• clunkers
• messes
• fizzles
• dogs
• bummers
• hashes
• near misses
• shambles
• botches
• has-beens
• nonevents
• muddles
• also-rans
• nonstarters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hits
• successes
• winners
• blockbusters
• smashes
• phenomena
• crackerjacks
• corkers
• dandies
• jim-dandies

bombs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of bomb

1

as in floods

to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once

following the reporter's obscene outburst, viewers bombed the television station with an unprecedented number of complaints

Synonyms & Similar Words

• floods
• barrages
• bombards
• pumps
• questions
• interrogates
• grills
• quizzes
• examines
• queries
• annoys
• harasses
• debriefs
• inundates
• hounds
• pesters
• catechizes
• cross-examines

2

as in races

slang to proceed or move quickly

skiers bombing down the slope vied for the coveted gold medal

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in collapses

to be unsuccessful

the chichi restaurant bombed big-time, lasting only six months

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapses
• fails
• flops
• tanks
• misses
• folds
• struggles
• strikes out
• craters
• flames out
• falls short
• lays an egg
• comes to grief
• founders
• comes a cropper
• washes out
• flunks
• falls flat
• crashes
• comes up empty
• dies on the vine
• declines
• skids
• slips
• crumbles
• falls on one's face
• misfires
• slumps
• flounders
• sinks
• wanes
• miscarries
• implodes
• goes under
• self-destructs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• succeeds
• goes
• delivers
• works out
• comes off
• clicks
• goes over
• flourishes
• cooks
• pans out
• thrives
• wins
• prevails
• triumphs
• prospers

4

as in whips

to defeat by a large margin

it's no surprise that the inexperienced baseball team got totally bombed in its first game

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whips
• dusts
• throws
• buries
• masters
• tops
• upsets
• smokes
• routs
• beats
• pastes
• overcomes
• blows away
• creams
• annihilates
• scores
• skins
• flattens
• wallops
• trims
• clobbers
• overwhelms
• smothers
• sweeps
• snows under
• drubs
• thrashes
• waxes
• dispatches
• whomps
• skunks
• shellacs
• destroys
• whups
• eats alive
• beats the pants off
• whops
• takes
• caps
• succeeds
• crushes
• surpasses
• runs circles around
• conquers
• wipes the floor with
• exceeds
• licks
• trounces
• tromps
• overbears
• slaughters
• hurdles
• wins (against)
• prevails (over)
• subdues
• finishes
• triumphs (over)
• overmatches
• overthrows
• eclipses
• vanquishes
• bests
• knocks over
• surmounts
• knocks off
• overpowers
• overtops
• subjugates
• transcends
• outstrips
• flourishes
• outdistances
• excels
• noses out
• sinks
• outdoes
• outshines
• edges (out)
• upends
• betters
• worsts
• outfights
• breaks
• pips
• aces (out)
• does in

5

as in shells

to use bombs or artillery against

the enemy has bombed the city again

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shells
• attacks
• batters
• bombards
• cannonades
• blitzkriegs
• blitzes
• pounds
• ravages
• assaults
• hits
• rakes
• strafes
• enfilades
• strikes
• assails
• devastates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bombs

Noun

Stephanie Leshney, founder of Dabble & Dollop, harnessed her more than two decades in the natural ingredient industry to create her line of minimal ingredients, especially bath bombs. — Faye Brookman, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026

Witnesses say fighter jets dropped two bombs minutes apart on Swel Le Oh village, near Mandalay, as more than 100 worshipers gathered, forcing survivors to flee after cremating victims. — Grant Peck, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Everything from electric vehicle batteries to electronics and even bombs. — Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Demining groups say that without international support, Southeast Asia’s unfinished work clearing land mines and unexploded bombs will continue to endanger communities, maiming and killing people and slowing development for years to come. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

Angel’s son Connor has his own version of the Willow crisis, wiring a bunch of civilian hostages up to bombs, including a comatose (but still showing up for work) Cordelia. — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026

The Russian bombs hit a pipe and the area was flooded in knee-deep water. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2026

But decades of asymmetric warfare in the Middle East, in which the United States relied largely on drones and bombs, had led some to believe the days of artillery battles were waning. — Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2026

From Tokyo’s perspective, there was no way of knowing whether the United States possessed two bombs—or twenty. — James M. Scott, Time, 10 Aug. 2026

Verb

The campus is eerily silent, even as Israel attacks Lebanon and the United States bombs Iran. — Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026

The United States bombs Iran's nuclear facilities days later. — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026

If Venezuela and its region instead spiral into chaos and suffering, Trump will merely look like a bully, a president who cowers when facing the mighty — in Moscow or Beijing, say — but bombs those who can’t return fire, whether in Nigeria, Yemen or Venezuela. — Andreas Kluth, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026

Above, South Lake Tahoe ripper Emma Dayberry bombs through Kirkwood’s fabled Finger chutes, a quick traverse off of the Cornice Express six-pack chairlift. — Drew Zieff, Outside, 7 Nov. 2025

Ukraine bombs Russian energy infrastructure to defend civilians and destroy the Kremlin war machine. — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025

Remind them their worth is non-negotiable When your child fails — gets cut from the team, bombs a test — remind them their value isn't up for debate. — Jennifer Breheny Wallace, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025