Synonyms of pops

pops 1 of 3

noun (1)

plural of pop

as in claps

a loud explosive sound

the soda can opened with a sharp pop

Synonyms & Similar Words

• claps
• bangs
• booms
• blasts
• crashes
• slams
• cracks
• roars
• thwacks
• snaps
• whacks
• thunderclaps
• knocks
• reports
• smashes
• taps
• whomps
• whumps
• clangs
• thunks
• clashes
• clanks
• howls
• whams
• blares
• raps
• clamors
• outcries
• clangors
• uproars
• tumults
• hue and cries
• hubbubs
• hullabaloos

pops

2 of 3

noun (2)

plural of pop

as in dads

a male human parent

ask your pop if he knows where the keys to the shed are

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dads
• fathers
• daddies
• poppas
• pas
• papas
• paters
• old men
• sires
• patriarchs
• father figures
• patresfamilias
• stepfathers
• father images

pops

3 of 3

verb

present tense third-person singular of pop

1

as in explodes

to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure

a balloon popped suddenly and startled us all

Synonyms & Similar Words

• explodes
• detonates
• blows
• bursts
• goes off
• blows up
• crumps
• shatters
• smashes
• fragments
• fires
• mushrooms
• splinters
• shoots
• discharges
• balloons
• burgeons
• bourgeons

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapses
• implodes
• fizzles

2

as in snaps

to break suddenly with an explosive sound

the last strand popped, causing the chandelier to drop to the floor with a great crash

Synonyms & Similar Words

• snaps
• explodes
• crackles
• cracks
• bursts
• splits
• shatters
• clicks
• hisses
• rends
• sputters
• sizzles
• clatters
• rives
• clacks

3

as in shatters

to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive

popping popcorn over a campfire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shatters
• smashes
• demolishes
• blows
• explodes
• bursts
• destroys
• blasts
• detonates
• blows up
• annihilates
• decimates
• wrecks
• dynamites
• ruins
• fragments
• discharges
• splinters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapses
• implodes

4

as in shoots

to strike with a missile from a gun

went into the woods hoping to pop the rabbit that was eating our vegetables

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shoots
• drills
• drops
• guns
• plugs
• kills
• destroys
• slays
• slaughters
• blows away
• picks off
• brings down
• peppers
• blazes
• fires (at)
• blasts (at)
• shoots down
• pistols
• dispatches
• decimates
• tommy-guns
• annihilates
• croaks
• wipes out
• butchers
• shotguns
• machine-guns
• snipes (at)
• massacres
• fells
• blots out
• ices
• does in
• potshots