Synonyms of crashing

crashing 1 of 2

adjective

ˈkra-shiŋ 

as in sheer

having no exceptions or restrictions

a crashing bore, he can turn any party into a funeral

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sheer
• utter
• complete
• unconditional
• absolute
• pure
• simple
• outright
• total
• damn
• damned
• perfect
• definite
• very
• deadly
• real
• endless
• huge
• dreadful
• constant
• clean
• dead
• blank
• regular
• downright
• unmitigated
• profound
• flat
• flat-out
• unadulterated
• blooming
• straight-out
• thorough
• all-out
• out-and-out
• horrible
• thoroughgoing
• stark
• consummate
• unqualified
• terrible
• fair
• stone
• categorical
• rank
• plumb
• perpetual
• eternal
• genuine
• veritable
• unalloyed
• arrant
• unremitting
• extreme
• main
• classic
• bodacious
• authentic
• hopeless
• unrestricted
• undying
• confirmed
• terrific
• extraordinary
• supreme
• habitual
• surpassing
• frightful
• inveterate
• superlative

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uncertain
• questionable
• restricted
• doubtful
• dubious
• qualified
• equivocal

crashing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of crash

1

as in shattering

to cause to break with violence and much noise

crashed the vase against the wall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shattering
• smashing
• destroying
• demolishing
• fracturing
• wrecking
• splitting
• splintering
• fragmenting
• breaking down
• cracking
• crushing
• ruining
• wasting
• vaporizing
• devastating
• pulverizing
• annihilating
• crunching
• bashing
• totaling
• shivering
• snapping
• tearing down
• decimating
• busting
• nuking
• wracking
• desolating

2

as in bumping

to come into usually forceful contact with something

the speeding car crashed into the tree with horrifying results

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bumping
• colliding
• slamming
• banging
• smashing
• knocking
• hitting
• ramming
• thudding
• impinging
• impacting
• bashing
• bouncing
• swiping
• striking
• glancing
• scraping
• skipping
• contacting
• ricocheting
• rebounding
• landing
• pushing
• sweeping
• touching
• brushing
• kissing
• caroming
• skimming
• clunking
• grazing
• nudging
• shaving
• jostling
• pressing
• bulldozing
• muscling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• skirting

3

as in dying

to stop functioning

my computer crashed yet again

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dying
• failing
• stalling
• breaking
• cutting out
• breaking down
• giving out
• malfunctioning
• sputtering
• wheezing
• conking (out)
• jamming
• fizzling
• acting up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• starting (up)

4

as in pushing

to force one's way

fleeing animals crashed through the forest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pushing
• squeezing
• jamming
• shoving
• jostling
• pressing
• elbowing
• bulldozing
• boring
• muscling
• shouldering
• thrusting
• ramming
• bulling

5

as in falling

to go to a lower level especially abruptly

sales of that phone have crashed since the competing version came out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• falling
• plunging
• tumbling
• declining
• dipping
• dropping
• plummeting
• skidding
• sinking
• descending
• decreasing
• lowering
• diving
• cratering
• nose-diving
• retreating
• diminishing
• subsiding
• dying (down)
• drooping
• ebbing
• dwindling
• waning
• moderating
• lessening
• tapering off
• receding
• abating
• letting up
• de-escalating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rising
• ascending
• mounting
• arising
• soaring
• lifting
• increasing
• growing
• building
• spiking
• expanding
• swelling
• accumulating
• escalating
• intensifying
• enlarging
• upping
• burgeoning
• picking up
• snowballing
• mushrooming
• ballooning
• waxing

6

as in retiring

slang to go to one's bed in order to sleep

I'm so exhausted that I'm just going to crash as soon as we get home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• retiring
• settling
• sleeping
• napping
• bedding
• turning in
• dossing (down)
• hitting the hay
• dozing
• bunking
• dropping off
• nodding
• roosting
• lying (down)
• snoozing
• perching
• slumbering
• reclining
• couching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rising
• arising
• uprising
• waking
• getting up
• awakening
• awaking
• rousing
• stirring
• arousing
• wakening
• shifting
• reawakening
• bestirring
• reawaking

7

as in staying

slang to reside as a temporary guest

I'm going to crash at my sister's apartment when I'm in New York

Synonyms & Similar Words

• staying
• visiting
• sojourning
• coming over
• stopping (by)
• haunting
• occupying
• running in
• dropping in
• tarrying
• hanging (around or out)
• inhabiting
• frequenting
• coming by
• dropping by
• stepping in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• living
• residing
• dwelling
• abiding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of crashing

Adjective

The sputtering and crashing synth sounds are present, though, showing his vision of industrial rock arrived fully formed. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2025

But on Saturday afternoon, the college football world expects the Bulldogs’ little streak to come to a crashing end. — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 30 Oct. 2025

In practice, that means Facebook finds significantly more crashing bugs in a shorter amount of time. — Sebastian Anthony, Ars Technica, 22 Aug. 2017

Verb

But alas, eventually all involved have to get down to business and actually contend with the plot beats of Hoover’s story, which is when the movie careens off a cliff, plummeting past so-bad-it’s-good and crashing on the rocks of agonizingly dumb. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026

Earlier test flights ventured no farther than the Indian Ocean halfway around the world, often crashing in flames and briefly skimming space. — Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026

If that wasn’t bad enough, the dead satellites would start crashing into things, creating cascades of high-speed debris that could destroy most remaining satellites in a catastrophic domino effect called Kessler syndrome. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026

Campus social experiments are officially crashing headfirst into federal civil rights law, setting up a showdown over the future of female athletics. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Surveillance video shows a car flipping through the air before crashing into a far North Dallas business early Monday morning. — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

The earlier test flights ventured no farther than the Indian Ocean halfway around the world, often crashing in flames and briefly skimming space. — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Later, this same organic material hitched a ride on crashing meteorites to seed a young, barren Earth. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026

And the only sounds were crickets and waves crashing far below. — David G. Allan, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026