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breeze

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of breeze

1 a slight or gentle movement of air
  • a warm spring breeze ruffled our hair
Synonyms of breeze

air, breath, puff, waft, zephyr
Words Related to breeze

current, draft, whiff

sea breeze

blast, blow, flurry, gale, headwind, northeaster, norther, northwester, southeaster, southwester, tailwind, westerly, wind

squall, tempest, tornado, windstorm

airflow
Near Antonyms of breeze

calm
2 something that is easy to do
  • that assignment will be a breeze
Synonyms of breeze

cake, cakewalk, childʼs play, cinch, cream puff, duck soup, kid stuff, picnic, pushover, roses, snap
Words Related to breeze

no-brainer, nothing

sitting duck

gimme, laugher, walkaway
Phrases Synonymous with breeze

piece of cake, walk in the park
Near Antonyms of breeze

brainteaser, poser, stumper, toughie (also toughy)

bother, nuisance, trouble
Antonyms of breeze

bear, beast, chore, headache, horror show, killer, labor, murder, pain, sticky wicket, stinker [slang]

breeze

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of breeze

1 to move or proceed smoothly and readily
  • we breezed through the line for customs at the airport
Synonyms of breeze

bowl, brush, coast, cruise, drift, flow, glide, roll, sail, skim, slide, slip, stream, sweep, whisk
Words Related to breeze

fly, race, rush, speed
Near Antonyms of breeze

limp, lumber, plod, stumble, trudge

shamble, shuffle

stamp, stomp, stump, tramp

labor, toil
Antonyms of breeze

flounder, struggle
2 to proceed or move quickly
  • the doctor breezed past the people in the waiting room, apparently on his way to an emergency
Synonyms of breeze

barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb [slang], bowl, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurry, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom
Words Related to breeze

beetle, dart, flit, scamper, scud, scuffle

stampede, streak, whiz (or whizz)

gallop, jog, sprint

accelerate, quicken, step out

catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake

arrow, beeline
Phrases Synonymous with breeze

beat it, get a move on, make tracks, shake a leg, step on it
Near Antonyms of breeze

dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, hang (around or out), lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry

amble, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stroll

decelerate, slow (down or up)
Antonyms of breeze

crawl, creep, poke

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