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

Moscow continues to increase its production of glide bombs, which threaten Ukrainian military positions and terrorize cities close to the frontline—including regional capitals such as Zaporizhzhia or Sumy. — Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026

Russian forces also dropped three powerful glide bombs on an industrial zone in the southern city of Kherson, killing a 56-year-old man, local officials said. — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

More than 10,000 Americans marched against a force armed with machine guns and aerial bombs. — Elijah Tanall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026

Russian glide bombs struck the northeastern city of Kharkiv and 17 other places in the region of the same name over the previous 24 hours, wounding 11 people, the head of the regional military administration, Oleh Syniehubov, said. — ABC News, 29 July 2026

But Trump on Tuesday talking with journalists in the Oval Office acknowledged the possibility Iran may have moved centrifuges there, potentially at a depth that would challenge even the most-powerful bombs in America’s arsenal. — Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 24 July 2026

It is described as an add-on kit suitable for bombs from 2 to 20 pounds. — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Israeli officials said that their military used the two-thousand-pound bombs to destroy fortified tunnels, and although there are less indiscriminate ways to accomplish that objective, Republicans pounced. — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Although these training munitions closely resemble live bombs, they are filled with concrete instead of explosives, allowing crews to safely practice real-world weapons employment. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 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