Synonyms of puffs

puffs 1 of 2

noun

plural of puff

as in breezes

a slight or gentle movement of air

felt a puff of wind on his face

Synonyms & Similar Words

• breezes
• breaths
• wafts
• zephyrs
• airs
• blows
• winds
• whiffs
• currents
• sea breezes
• gales
• drafts
• northers
• westerlies
• squalls
• flurries
• tornados
• headwinds
• tornadoes
• blasts
• tempests
• airflows
• windstorms
• northeasters
• southeasters
• northwesters
• tailwinds
• southwesters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calms

puffs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of puff

1

as in pants

to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty

he came running up the stairs puffing and wheezing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pants
• gasps
• heaves
• wheezes
• snores
• blows
• huffs
• chokes
• hyperventilates
• gulps
• is out of breath
• exhales
• gags
• smothers
• stifles
• asphyxiates
• strangles
• expires
• snuffles

2

as in strokes

to praise too much

a talk show host who can be counted on to puff up the celebrities who readily consent to be interviewed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strokes
• massages
• praises
• applauds
• commends
• congratulates
• coaxes
• overpraises
• butters up
• flatters
• honeys
• adulates
• belauds
• soft-soaps
• cajoles
• compliments
• wheedles
• woos
• blarneys
• sucks (up to)
• extolls
• kowtows
• fawns
• eulogizes
• extols
• idolizes
• sweet-talks
• gushes
• toadies
• blandishes
• hero-worships
• slobbers
• ingratiates
• worships
• lauds
• romances
• felicitates
• endears
• drools
• slavers
• courts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• puts down
• decries
• disparages
• depreciates
• belittles
• bad-mouths