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

Green cabbage tends to be more common for fermenting, a process by which microorganisms (bacteria, yeast, or fungi) break down sugars and starches in food, producing acids, gases, or alcohol as byproducts. —

Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 24 Apr. 2026 In the industrial revolution, emissions from factories and eventually cars began polluting our air, trapping atmospheric gases and warming our planet, pushing temperatures to dangerous levels. —

Brandon Goldner, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026 Once gases, such as carbon dioxide (CO2) or nitrogen oxides (NOx), come into contact with the system, they are adsorbed onto the electrode surface. —

Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 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, 19 Apr. 2026 Trends in recent decades point to an overall warming of average temperatures in Chicago and Illinois across all seasons, most rapidly in winter, due to human activities such as fossil-fuel burning that release heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere. —

Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026 The excited gases release energy as shimmering light, also known as the northern lights. —

Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 16 Apr. 2026 Wang and team were cleared to approach the capsule after divers in special safety gear checked it for hazardous gases. —

Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026 When the particle stream interacts with gases in the planet's magnetic field, beautiful auroras are produced. —

Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 16 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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Co-created with local parents and their young children, the show explores the joys and impermanence of raising children, carrying children through life and witnessing a child’s journey.

— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
Lane was gifted with that kind of face and personality, too, replete with diagonal eyebrows that join his cheekbones in a quizzical demeanor that, throughout his career, has signaled the joys of life.

— Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026