Antonyms for blow
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1. blow

   A blow is a sudden impact, as of a fist or a club; a stroke is a sweeping movement; as, the stroke of a sword, of an oar, of the arm in swimming. A shock is the sudden encounter with some heavy body; as, colliding railway-trains meet with a shock; the shock of battle. A slap is given with the open hand, a lash with a whip, thong, or the like; we speak also of the cut of a whip. A buffet or cuff is given only with the hand; a blow either with hand or weapon. A cuff is a somewhat sidelong blow, generally with the open hand; as, a cuff or box on the ear. A stripe is the effect or mark of a stroke. In the metaphorical sense, blow is used for sudden, stunning, staggering calamity or sorrow; stroke for sweeping disaster, and also for sweeping achievement and success. We say a stroke of paralysis, or a stroke of genius. We speak of the buffets of adverse fortune. Shock is used of that which is at once sudden, violent, and prostrating; we speak of a shock of electricity, the shock of an amputation, a shock of surprise. Compare BEAT.

   Synonyms:
   box, buffet, calamity, concussion, cuff, cut, disaster, knock, lash, misfortune, rap, shock, stripe, stroke, thump

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1. blow

   Antonyms:
   assuagement, consolation, relief, comfort, blessing, sparing

   Synonyms:
   puff, blast, breath, stroke, infliction, wound, disappointment, affliction, knock, shock, calamity, misfortune

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1. blownoun

   a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon

   "a blow on the head"

   Synonyms:
   bump, reverse, nose candy, blast, puff, gust, snow, reversal, black eye, shock, coke, setback

2. blow, bumpnoun

   an impact (as from a collision)

   "the bump threw him off the bicycle"

   Synonyms:
   swelling, nose candy, reversal, bump, setback, gibbousness, jut, snow, coke, shock, extrusion, black eye, bulge, reverse, protuberance, gibbosity, puff, protrusion, gust, prominence, hump, blast, excrescence

3. reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eyenoun

   an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

   Synonyms:
   nose candy, reversal, turnabout, puff, turnaround, setback, snow, about-face, opposite, change of mind, gust, shock, black eye, reverse, flip-flop, verso, policy change, volte-face, mouse, turn around, shiner, contrary, bump, transposition, coke, reversion, blast, reverse gear

4. shock, blownoun

   an unpleasant or disappointing surprise

   "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured"

   Synonyms:
   nose candy, reversal, bump, setback, snow, shock absorber, electrical shock, shock, jounce, black eye, jar, cushion, reverse, electric shock, stupor, puff, impact, seismic disturbance, gust, coke, daze, jolt, blast

5. gust, blast, blownoun

   a strong current of air

   "the tree was bent almost double by the gust"

   Synonyms:
   nose candy, reversal, bam, snow, bump, setback, bang, flak, clap, fire, black eye, coke, reverse, attack, shock, puff, good time, gust, eruption, flack, blast

6. coke, blow, nose candy, snow, Cnoun

   street names for cocaine

   Synonyms:
   degree centigrade, nose candy, reversal, deoxycytidine monophosphate, light speed, bump, setback, cytosine, snow, coke, vitamin C, shock, black eye, hundred, reverse, century, degree Celsius, ampere-second, coulomb, speed of light, puff, atomic number 6, gust, one C, ascorbic acid, carbon, blast, snowfall

7. blow, puffverb

   forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth

   "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"

   Synonyms:
   nose candy, reversal, hassock, drag, bump, setback, comforter, powderpuff, snow, coke, shock, comfort, black eye, reverse, puff of air, quilt, pull, puff, pouffe, gust, whiff, ottoman, blast

8. blowverb

   exhale hard

   "blow on the soup to cool it down"

   Synonyms:
   swash, gasconade, botch, bungle, muck up, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, tout, screw up, suck, waste, fumble, flub, fellate, ball up, bollocks up, burn out, bodge, mess up, shove off, louse up, squander, float, gas, bluster, vaunt, spoil, muff, shoot a line, blow out, foul up, fluff, drift, bobble, go down on, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, bollix, boast, bollocks

9. blowverb

   be blowing or storming

   "The wind blew from the West"

   Synonyms:
   swash, gasconade, botch, bungle, muck up, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, tout, screw up, suck, waste, fumble, flub, fellate, ball up, bollocks up, burn out, bodge, mess up, shove off, louse up, squander, float, gas, bluster, vaunt, spoil, muff, shoot a line, blow out, foul up, fluff, drift, bobble, go down on, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, bollix, boast, bollocks

10. blowverb

    free of obstruction by blowing air through

    "blow one's nose"

    Synonyms:
    swash, gasconade, botch, bungle, muck up, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, tout, screw up, suck, waste, fumble, flub, fellate, ball up, bollocks up, burn out, bodge, mess up, shove off, louse up, squander, float, gas, bluster, vaunt, spoil, muff, shoot a line, blow out, foul up, fluff, drift, bobble, go down on, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, bollix, boast, bollocks

11. float, drift, be adrift, blowverb

    be in motion due to some air or water current

    "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"

    Synonyms:
    swash, rove, vagabond, botch, ramble, bungle, muck up, range, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, stray, tout, burn out, screw up, suck, gasconade, roll, fumble, flub, fellate, cast, ball up, err, freewheel, bollocks, wander, shoot a line, mess up, shove off, waste, louse up, bollocks up, float, gas, bollix, bluster, vaunt, swan, muff, tramp, blow out, swim, foul up, boast, fluff, drift, bobble, go down on, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, squander, spoil, roam, bodge

12. blowverb

    make a sound as if blown

    "The whistle blew"

    Synonyms:
    swash, gasconade, botch, bungle, muck up, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, tout, screw up, suck, waste, fumble, flub, fellate, ball up, bollocks up, burn out, bodge, mess up, shove off, louse up, squander, float, gas, bluster, vaunt, spoil, muff, shoot a line, blow out, foul up, fluff, drift, bobble, go down on, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, bollix, boast, bollocks

13. blowverb

    shape by blowing

    "Blow a glass vase"

    Synonyms:
    swash, gasconade, botch, bungle, muck up, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, tout, screw up, suck, waste, fumble, flub, fellate, ball up, bollocks up, burn out, bodge, mess up, shove off, louse up, squander, float, gas, bluster, vaunt, spoil, muff, shoot a line, blow out, foul up, fluff, drift, bobble, go down on, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, bollix, boast, bollocks

14. botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck upverb

    make a mess of, destroy or ruin

    "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

    Synonyms:
    vitiate, stammer, mud, plunder, impair, drift, pamper, hot up, flub, suck, featherbed, mar, gasconade, squander, ruffle up, boast, heat up, vaunt, itch, screw up, ball up, mire, frustrate, corrupt, bluster, gas, deflower, spoil, muck up, rape, tease, grope, violate, bollocks, mollycoddle, bungle, bollocks up, fumble, muck, shove along, shove off, foil, stutter, bollix, rumple, coddle, cosset, shoot a line, scotch, go bad, ruffle, baby, cross, louse up, fellate, float, botch up, bodge, mess up, brag, bobble, baffle, muff, be adrift, fluff, mess, mishandle, tout, foul up, swash, blunder, indulge, despoil, waste, go down on, stumble, blow out, bollix up, botch, thwart, bilk, bumble, falter, cocker, burn out, misconduct, mismanage

15. waste, blow, squanderverb

    spend thoughtlessly; throw away

    "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

    Synonyms:
    rot, swash, gasconade, ravage, botch, neutralise, liquidate, ware, neutralize, muck up, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, scourge, burn out, lay waste to, suck, waste, fumble, shove along, flub, fellate, desolate, ball up, bluster, do in, run off, bollocks, macerate, mess up, shove off, louse up, squander, float, gas, bollix, languish, vaunt, screw up, muff, devastate, shoot a line, blow out, emaciate, bollocks up, foul up, pine away, knock off, fluff, drift, bobble, go down on, be adrift, bungle, consume, bollix up, tout, spoil, boast, bodge

16. blowverb

    spend lavishly or wastefully on

    "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater"

    Synonyms:
    swash, gasconade, botch, bungle, muck up, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, tout, screw up, suck, waste, fumble, flub, fellate, ball up, bollocks up, burn out, bodge, mess up, shove off, louse up, squander, float, gas, bluster, vaunt, spoil, muff, shoot a line, blow out, foul up, fluff, drift, bobble, go down on, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, bollix, boast, bollocks

17. blowverb

    sound by having air expelled through a tube

    "The trumpets blew"

    Synonyms:
    swash, gasconade, botch, bungle, muck up, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, tout, screw up, suck, waste, fumble, flub, fellate, ball up, bollocks up, burn out, bodge, mess up, shove off, louse up, squander, float, gas, bluster, vaunt, spoil, muff, shoot a line, blow out, foul up, fluff, drift, bobble, go down on, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, bollix, boast, bollocks

18. blowverb

    play or sound a wind instrument

    "She blew the horn"

    Synonyms:
    swash, gasconade, botch, bungle, muck up, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, tout, screw up, suck, waste, fumble, flub, fellate, ball up, bollocks up, burn out, bodge, mess up, shove off, louse up, squander, float, gas, bluster, vaunt, spoil, muff, shoot a line, blow out, foul up, fluff, drift, bobble, go down on, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, bollix, boast, bollocks

19. fellate, suck, blow, go down onverb

    provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

    Synonyms:
    swash, gasconade, take in, botch, suck up, bungle, shove along, muck up, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, squander, burn out, flub, suck, waste, give suck, fumble, shove off, fellate, soak up, bluster, ball up, bollocks, suckle, bobble, mess up, nurse, louse up, bollocks up, float, gas, bollix, imbibe, vaunt, screw up, muff, shoot a line, blow out, breastfeed, draw, foul up, tout, fluff, sop up, drift, absorb, go down on, be adrift, lactate, bollix up, wet-nurse, take up, spoil, boast, bodge, suck in

20. blowverb

    cause air to go in, on, or through

    "Blow my hair dry"

    Synonyms:
    swash, gasconade, botch, bungle, muck up, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, tout, screw up, suck, waste, fumble, flub, fellate, ball up, bollocks up, burn out, bodge, mess up, shove off, louse up, squander, float, gas, bluster, vaunt, spoil, muff, shoot a line, blow out, foul up, fluff, drift, bobble, go down on, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, bollix, boast, bollocks

21. blowverb

    cause to move by means of an air current

    "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard"

    Synonyms:
    swash, gasconade, botch, bungle, muck up, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, tout, screw up, suck, waste, fumble, flub, fellate, ball up, bollocks up, burn out, bodge, mess up, shove off, louse up, squander, float, gas, bluster, vaunt, spoil, muff, shoot a line, blow out, foul up, fluff, drift, bobble, go down on, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, bollix, boast, bollocks

22. blowverb

    spout moist air from the blowhole

    "The whales blew"

    Synonyms:
    swash, gasconade, botch, bungle, muck up, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, tout, screw up, suck, waste, fumble, flub, fellate, ball up, bollocks up, burn out, bodge, mess up, shove off, louse up, squander, float, gas, bluster, vaunt, spoil, muff, shoot a line, blow out, foul up, fluff, drift, bobble, go down on, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, bollix, boast, bollocks

23. shove off, shove along, blowverb

    leave; informal or rude

    "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!"

    Synonyms:
    swash, gasconade, botch, bungle, muck up, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, tout, burn out, screw up, suck, waste, fumble, flub, fellate, ball up, bollocks up, bollocks, mess up, shove off, louse up, squander, float, gas, bluster, vaunt, spoil, muff, shoot a line, blow out, foul up, fluff, drift, bobble, go down on, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, bollix, boast, bodge

24. blowverb

    lay eggs

    "certain insects are said to blow"

    Synonyms:
    swash, gasconade, botch, bungle, muck up, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, tout, screw up, suck, waste, fumble, flub, fellate, ball up, bollocks up, burn out, bodge, mess up, shove off, louse up, squander, float, gas, bluster, vaunt, spoil, muff, shoot a line, blow out, foul up, fluff, drift, bobble, go down on, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, bollix, boast, bollocks

25. blowverb

    cause to be revealed and jeopardized

    "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side"

    Synonyms:
    swash, gasconade, botch, bungle, muck up, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, tout, screw up, suck, waste, fumble, flub, fellate, ball up, bollocks up, burn out, bodge, mess up, shove off, louse up, squander, float, gas, bluster, vaunt, spoil, muff, shoot a line, blow out, foul up, fluff, drift, bobble, go down on, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, bollix, boast, bollocks

26. boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconadeverb

    show off

    Synonyms:
    swash, gasconade, botch, splatter, bungle, muck up, splash, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, burn out, flub, suck, waste, fumble, shove off, fellate, muff, ball up, sport, bollocks, mess up, feature, louse up, bollocks up, float, gas, bollix, plash, vaunt, screw up, spoil, tout, shoot a line, go down on, swagger, foul up, fluff, blow out, drift, bobble, bluster, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, squander, splosh, boast, bodge, spatter

27. blowverb

    allow to regain its breath

    "blow a horse"

    Synonyms:
    swash, gasconade, botch, bungle, muck up, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, tout, screw up, suck, waste, fumble, flub, fellate, ball up, bollocks up, burn out, bodge, mess up, shove off, louse up, squander, float, gas, bluster, vaunt, spoil, muff, shoot a line, blow out, foul up, fluff, drift, bobble, go down on, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, bollix, boast, bollocks

28. blow out, burn out, blowverb

    melt, break, or become otherwise unusable

    "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew"

    Synonyms:
    swash, gasconade, botch, bungle, muck up, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, tout, screw up, suck, waste, fumble, flub, fellate, ball up, bollocks up, burn out, quench, shove off, extinguish, snuff out, louse up, squander, float, gas, bluster, vaunt, spoil, muff, shoot a line, blow out, mess up, foul up, fluff, drift, bobble, go down on, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, bollix, boast, bodge, bollocks

29. blowverb

    burst suddenly

    "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire"

    Synonyms:
    swash, gasconade, botch, bungle, muck up, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, tout, screw up, suck, waste, fumble, flub, fellate, ball up, bollocks up, burn out, bodge, mess up, shove off, louse up, squander, float, gas, bluster, vaunt, spoil, muff, shoot a line, blow out, foul up, fluff, drift, bobble, go down on, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, bollix, boast, bollocks

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1. blownoun

   Synonyms:
   blossom, bloom, whack, knock, thwack, rap, thump, assault, stroke, buffet, calamity, disaster, reverse, misfortune

2. blowverb

   Synonyms:
   blossom, bloom, pant, puff, gasp, spout, inflate, puff up, distend, explode, shatter, boast, brag, bluster, vaunt, gasconade, rant, scold, censure

How to use blow in a sentence?

1. Micha Goldberg:

   If you can take loans with much less tight control you will have a huge amount of consumer credit, which could blow up.

2. Tyrone Corbin:

   Defensively, we did n’t take anything away from these guys, they got blow-bys, transition baskets and they ran on us on makes. They got it all and when we’re rebuilding we have to understand that we ca n’t give up effort baskets.

3. Ed Warner:

   If ever Seb ever truly wanted to prove himself, now's his chance, he has all the necessary credentials and I'm convinced that had he at any time been aware of corruption within the organization then he would have blow the whistle.

4. Hindu Drama:

   The worse the ill that fate on noble souls Inflicts, the more their firmness; and they arm Their spirits with adamant to meet the blow.

5. The Pentagon:

   He posed a major threat to the region and the international community and was connected to the West Gate Mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya. His death has dealt another significant blow to the al Shabaab terrorist organization in Somalia.

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