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

Monday's attacks on a shelter and former school with bunker-busting bombs came as people were lined up for aid in Komyshuvakha, a village in the Zaporizhzhia region. — Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026

Special tools were then used to carry out the delicate operation, and extra caution was exercised to avoid any vibrations while approaching the wreck that may set off the unexploded bombs still inside the wreck. — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026

Zelenskyy said Russia dropped nine bombs on an old school being used to distribute humanitarian aid in Ukraine's southeast Zaporizhzhia region on Monday. — CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Russian forces first dropped aerial ⁠bombs on an underground school building being used as a distribution point as people arrived to collect aid, then struck the ​shelter with ⁠more bombs. — Reuters, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2026

Monday’s attacks on a shelter and former school with bunker-busting bombs came as people were lined up for aid in Komyshuvakha, a village in the Zaporizhzhia region. — Derek Gatopoulos, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

Semikin told Ukraine’s national TV broadcast on Tuesday that Russia used KAB-500 and FAB-3000 bombs in the attack. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026

With the ceasefire over, residents will again face drones, artillery, glide bombs and airdropped mines. — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

Its songs are littered with black holes, disasters, nuclear bombs; there are guttural screams and onslaughts of distorted guitar. — Marissa Lorusso, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 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