Synonyms and Antonyms of explosive
1
extreme in degree, power, or effect
- there's been an explosive interest in the sport since the Olympics
acute, almighty, blistering, deep, dreadful, excruciating, exquisite, fearful, fearsome, ferocious, fierce, frightful, furious, ghastly, hard, heavy, heavy-duty, hellacious, intense, intensive, keen, profound, terrible, vehement, vicious, violent
accentuated, aggravated, concentrated, deepened
emphasized, enhanced, heightened, intensified, magnified
stressed
exhaustive, thorough
harsh, rigorous, severe
feeble, weak
shallow, superficial
moderated, qualified
alleviated, eased, lightened, toned (down)
abated, decreased, diminished, lessened, reduced, subdued
2
marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity
- one of the most explosive storms to hit that area of the coast in some time
bang-bang, blood-and-guts, convulsive, cyclonic, ferocious, fierce, furious, hammer-and-tongs, hot, knock-down, drag-out (or knock-down-and-drag-out), paroxysmal, rabid, rough, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, violent, volcanic
barbarous, brutal, savage, vicious
antagonistic, hostile
aggressive, assertive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, gladiatorial, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent
combustible, volatile
agitated, frantic, frenzied, mad
cataclysmal (or cataclysmic), destructive, ruinous
