Synonyms of breezes

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noun

plural of breeze

1

as in puffs

a slight or gentle movement of air

a warm spring breeze ruffled our hair

Synonyms & Similar Words

• puffs
• breaths
• zephyrs
• winds
• airs
• blows
• wafts
• gales
• currents
• whiffs
• sea breezes
• westerlies
• flurries
• drafts
• tornadoes
• northers
• windstorms
• headwinds
• tempests
• airflows
• squalls
• blasts
• tailwinds
• northeasters
• northwesters
• southeasters
• southwesters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calms

2

as in picnics

something that is easy to do

that assignment will be a breeze

Synonyms & Similar Words

• picnics
• cakes
• roses
• snaps
• cream puffs
• walks in the park
• pieces of cake
• kid stuff
• cakewalks
• duck soup
• cinches
• child's play
• pushovers
• gimmes
• sitting ducks
• laughers
• walkaways
• no-brainers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pains
• chores
• headaches
• beasts
• murders
• labors
• killers
• bears
• stinkers
• horror shows
• troubles
• nuisances
• sticky wickets
• posers
• toughies
• brainteasers
• stumpers
• bothers

breezes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of breeze

1

as in flows

to move or proceed smoothly and readily

we breezed through the line for customs at the airport

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flows
• sails
• drifts
• glides
• cruises
• sweeps
• streams
• slips
• slides
• races
• flies
• speeds
• brushes
• rolls
• bowls
• coasts
• rushes
• whisks
• skims

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• struggles
• stumbles
• flounders
• shuffles
• trudges
• limps
• plods
• lumbers
• stamps
• toils
• labors
• stomps
• stumps
• tramps
• shambles

2

as in speeds

to proceed or move quickly

the doctor breezed past the people in the waiting room, apparently on his way to an emergency

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speeds
• races
• flies
• rushes
• travels
• hurries
• trots
• scurries
• zips
• blows
• drives
• buzzes
• chases
• jumps
• runs
• tears
• blasts
• scoots
• darts
• rustles
• jogs
• whirls
• steps
• rips
• scuttles
• bowls
• dashes
• barrels
• motors
• jets
• hustles
• zooms
• cracks (on)
• rams
• blazes
• bustles
• hurtles
• courses
• shoots
• nips
• hastens
• bolts
• hurls
• whisks
• hares
• hies
• humps
• careers
• belts
• pelts
• bundles
• beats it
• rockets
• gallops
• steps on it
• bombs
• makes tracks
• careens
• highballs
• flits
• cannonballs
• hotfoots (it)
• shakes a leg
• gets a move on
• beetles
• sprints
• streaks
• scampers
• scuds
• whizzes
• accelerates
• stampedes
• quickens
• scuffles
• steps out
• overtakes
• outruns
• arrows
• catches up
• outpaces
• outstrips
• beelines
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creeps
• crawls
• lingers
• pokes
• lags
• hangs (around or out)
• drags
• pokes
• strolls
• loiters
• dawdles
• tarries
• saunters
• shuffles
• ambles
• dallies
• slows (down or up)
• plods
• lumbers
• dillydallies
• decelerates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of breezes

Noun

Some fall in love with the cool ocean breezes and relaxed quality of life and find ways to stay in town after graduation. — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Sunshine all day, cool breezes at night, board games after homemade feasts. — Hannah Sampson, Washington Post, 5 July 2026

Protected from the oppressive sun outside, anyone enjoying a tour inside Raccoon Mountain can expect to fully exhale, relax, and enjoy the cool breezes while touring a gorgeous natural resource lit from within by a knowledgeable guide. — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 4 July 2026

The terrain is rocky, with vineyards clinging to steep limestone slopes, simultaneously warmed by the sun and cooled by salty Adriatic breezes. — Tia Lovisa Moreira, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026

Coastal Southern California, conversely, is facing average wildfire potential, fire weather analysts say, thanks to monsoon breezes bringing damp air from the tropics. — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Knicks celebrate Fresh-off-the-title darlings Deuce McBride and Tyler Kolek swap confetti for ocean breezes at Montauk’s hot spot Bounce Beach. — Nancy Kane, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026

Outside, breezes help keep leaves dry and plant diseases at bay. — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2026

Altitudes range between 1,332 and 1,400 feet, offering cool breezes at night that allow the grapes to reach phenolic maturity. — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 26 June 2026

Verb

Instead, the film breezes past them. — Adam Frank, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

And when country-pop star Skylar Stone breezes into their rugged mountain town, the heat gets turned way up in this romantic family drama. — Joe Otterson, Variety, 11 May 2026

On a winter day, country singer-songwriter Megan Moroney breezes into the Manhattan bistro Frenchette wearing a tiger-print jacket with a matching dress and boots. — Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 4 Mar. 2026

Anderson breezes through monumental shifts from there — Perfidia’s deepening romantic relationship with Pat, her subsequent pregnancy and postpartum depression, the beginnings of a psychosexual dynamic with Lockjaw, the downfall of the French 75, and the splintering of the lives associated with it. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025

Potholes, sinkholes a recurring issue along promenade Even on overcast autumn days, fishermen, cyclists and pedestrians make use of the waterfront breezes along the Shore Parkway Promenade. — Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025

Its powered by an Intel Celeron dual-core chip with 4GB RAM, which breezes through docs, Zoom meets, or YouTube tabs. — PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025

Wind is a recurring variable at Yokohama; breezes off Tokyo Bay can push approach shots. — Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025