BOWLS Synonyms: 142 Similar and Opposite Words

bowls 1 of 2

noun

plural of bowl

as in stadiums

a large usually roofless building for sporting events with tiers of seats for spectators a new bowl for the football team

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bowls

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of bowl

as in flows

to move or proceed smoothly and readily bowling along in my spiffy new car

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as in races

to proceed or move quickly bowled through the test and was the first one to hand in the booklet

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Recent Examples of bowls

Noun

My countertop bowls have strawberries and blueberries on them. — Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 15 Sep. 2026 The hotel operates its own heli-ski program, giving guests exclusive access to three private ski zones in the Uinta and Wasatch Mountain ranges, including more than 200,000 acres of empty alpine bowls and steep chutes. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026 Once a week, empty items that hold water such as tires, buckets, planters, toys, pools, birdbaths, pet bowls, flowerpots and trash containers. — Susan Bromley, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2026 There are even measurement markings inside the bowl to make portioning ingredients easier, and the bowls nest inside each other for more compact storage. — Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2026 The city advises residents to check things like flowerpots, pet bowls, bird baths, pool covers and other items a couple of times a week for standing water that needs to be dumped. — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026 The pasta—a hair clump of noodles in a soupy, sweetish tomato sauce—came in one of those parsimonious bowls with a small hollow in the middle and a rim as broad as Saturn’s rings. — Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026 The Wu Wei Tea Temple offers tea, kava and tarot card readings and is down the street from the Barefoot Cafe (new American cuisine), Cafe Lotus (organic Indian fare) and Mana Bowls (organic acai bowls and smoothies). — Ben Davidson, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026 Shirataki noodles work well in soups, stir-fries, hot pots, cold noodle dishes, and ramen-style bowls. — Michiko Tomioka, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026

Verb

Or head to a street with local shops and look for water bowls out front. — Jen Reeder, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 This summer’s menu will include items like hitsumabushi (a Donburi bowl with sliced eel or wagyu); chazuke with salmon and ikura; rice bowls with baby sardines and futomaki (a fat sushi roll). — Connie Ogle july 30, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026 Fresh corn, tomatoes, and avocado make these easy-to-pull-together dinner bowls the perfect light meal for hot summer days. — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 17 July 2026 On the corner of Potomac Street, Cannonball Deli serves sandwiches, salads, and bowls at breakfast and lunchtime. — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2026 And avoid leaving pet food bowls out overnight, as this gives mice an easy meal when the house is quiet. — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 14 June 2026 President Richard Nixon bowls at the Executive Office Building in 1971. — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 11 June 2026 The news station reported that Henderson bowls most days after school, and that his goal is to one day play in a professional bowlers league. — Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026 Kai is also set to offer a special lunch menu featuring sandwiches from $13 to $15, rice bowls from $16 to $19 and bento boxes starting at $15, the latter of which come with miso soup, the choice of one sushi roll and the choice of two sides. — R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bowls

Noun

Macklemore was scheduled to open for Sheeran at seven more stadiums in the US.

— Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
Now, Styles is adding 25 stops for 2027 at 12 different stadiums.

— Trisha Easto, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of stadiums

Verb

Doubt and conflict flows through not just her searching eyes but also, in this case, a shrinking, defensive posture.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
After all, if cellular biology flows from physics and chemistry through a set of logical laws and processes, maybe there is only one path between the three.

— Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of flows

Verb

In its breathless finale, Curry races through the mansion reconstructing every murder, flinging himself through doors and corridors while maintaining the verbal precision of a stage actor performing at double speed.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
Finn Gomez / Getty Images Kirkwood, who races for Andretti Global, started second but took the lead on the opening lap with a daring maneuver around the outside of pole-sitter and championship leader Alex Palou in front of the National Archives.

— Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of races

Verb

There’s optimism Kansas could have an underrated defense, TCU cruises to a relative easy 30-plus points.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Aug. 2026
Traveling such vast distances between our solar system's most remote objects means New Horizons often cruises for months at a time with little to do other than passively collect data.

— Brett Tingley, Space.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of cruises

Verb

Put more simply, QBI takes into account passes, rushes, scrambles, sacks, turnovers and anything else that happens when the football is in the quarterback’s hands.

— Austin Mock, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
An already small venue has been reduced in size even further as the club rushes through expansion to reach the league minimum of 15,000 capacity by the spring.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026