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

Fire officials said an open door can allow toxic smoke and deadly gases to spread throughout a building in a matter of minutes. —

Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 8 May 2026 Any gases the probe encounters are vacuumed in and collected, then sealed in a canister. —

Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026 One possibility, the researchers suggested, is that a cosmic event brought frozen or liquid gases from deep inside the body to the surface. —

Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 6 May 2026 However, such activity is known to release gases such as carbon dioxide or sulfur dioxide, which were not detected by MIRI, the study notes. —

Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 4 May 2026 Or, another Kuiper Belt object such as a comet might have struck 2002 XV93, also releasing gases from the subsurface. —

Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 May 2026 The standard method for identifying when an SPE occurred is measuring carbon-14, produced when high-energy photos penetrate the Earth’s magnetic field (usually near the poles) and collide with gases in the atmosphere. —

ArsTechnica, 2 May 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, 1 May 2026 The excited gases release energy as shimmering light, also known as the northern lights. —

Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 30 Apr. 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

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Noun

And for that reason, hormonal contraception has in recent years been presented as a harmful disruptor of the natural joys of womanhood.

— Andréa Becker, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026
Don also introduced me to the joys of hiking in Griffith Park and the Santa Monica Mountains.

— Martha L. Thompson, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026