GASES Synonyms: 142 Similar and Opposite Words

gases 1 of 2

noun

variants also gasses

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plural of gas

as in joys

slang a source of great satisfaction that movie with the spectacular special effects was a gas

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verb

variants or gasses

present tense third-person singular of gas

as in chats

to engage in casual or rambling conversation a group of kids in the mall, gassing about their favorite music

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as in delights

slang to give satisfaction to a swinging jazz set that really gassed the crowd

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Recent Examples of gases

Noun

Today, two small new volcanoes are growing out of its bay, and another one called Kolumbo — capable of producing fearsome tsunamis and clouds of suffocating gases — lurks underwater just offshore. —

Quanta Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026 The heat produced by the reactor is transformed into electricity and this is what ionizes (electrically charges) the propellant gases for use in the ion engine. —

Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2026 The goal is to design, manufacture, and test a prototype thruster capable of stable operation with Earth’s atmospheric gases (N₂/O₂ mixtures), achieving at least 50% electrical efficiency and a minimum specific impulse of 4200 s. —

Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026 The agency determined that gases that built up in the shield’s outer material did not vent properly, allowing pressure to accumulate. —

Denise Chow, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2026 Manufacturers create fiber optic silicon dioxide, called silica, by chemically reacting gases that contain silicon with oxygen, leading to an ultrapure glass. —

John Ballato, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026 VOCs are gases emitted by everything from carpets and shower curtains to cosmetics and cleaning products. —

Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026 The satellite also hosts the European Union’s Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, which aims to monitor key air quality trace gases and aerosols over Europe in support of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) at high spatial resolution and with a fast revisit time. —

Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026 Mizuho's note echoes what Jim Cramer has been saying about Linde, which does business in all kinds of other industrial gases as well, like oxygen for hospitals and cryogenics to keep food fresher. —

Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026

Verb

Using new transit spectra from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the researchers argued that the data were consistent with dimethyl sulfide, and possibly dimethyl disulfide — gases that on Earth are strongly associated with marine biology. —

Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Dec. 2025 Mia, who is now in the inner circle and has enlisted her ex, Andre, to retrieve Bradley when she is released, will attend the opera separately so Alex can meet with Ivanov to talk about a deal while Mia gasses up the mistress. —

Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gases

Noun

At home, the family still enjoys the simple joys of cooking.

— Jenna Thompson March 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
Among the best-selling books of all time (after the Bible, naturally), Harry Potter is a cultural touchpoint and lingua franca for tens of millions of readers worldwide — one that, for many of the attendees, served as their first introduction to the joys of reading.

— Séamas O'Reilly, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026