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

The Russian attack on Kyiv included three ballistic missiles carrying cluster munitions -- bombs that open in the air and release scores of smaller bomblets, Zelenskyy said. — Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026

But more crucial was the American nuclear umbrella, which spared countries such as Germany, Japan and South Korea the need to develop their own bombs. — Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

The Russian attack on Kyiv included three ballistic missiles carrying cluster munitions — bombs that open in the air and release scores of smaller bomblets, Zelensky said. — Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Both nuclear power and nuclear bombs require a lighter, rarer kind of uranium, U-235, rather than the more common, heavier U-238. — Nick Bockelman, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

The war continues Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Russia has launched more than 4,000 strike drones, bombs and missiles against his country over the past week. — Kristin Wright, NPR, 18 Oct. 2026

Zelensky does not appear to be in a rush to hold elections and the public has shown little enthusiasm for heading to the polls as bombs fly overhead. — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026

Replica explosives, including fake bombs and grenades, are not allowed in carry-on or checked luggage, according to TSA guidance. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

And, not surprisingly, that is exactly what happened — the day after the easing of sanctions, 20 people, including three children, ⁠⁠were killed when Russian aerial bombs hit residential buildings in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia. — Joel R. Levin, Chicago Tribune, 14 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