Synonyms for blast
blæst, blɑst

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. blastverb

   Synonyms:
   blight, shrivel, destroy, wither

   Antonyms:
   restore, expand, swell

2. blastnoun

   Synonyms:
   breeze, efflation, explosion, blight, burst, blaze, frustration, destruction, squall, gale, tempest, hurricane, affiliation

   Antonyms:
   zephyr, gentle breeze, neutralization

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. blastnoun

   a very long fly ball

   Synonyms:
   attack, blow, flak, clap, fire, bang, good time, gust, bam, eruption, flack

2. bang, clap, eruption, blast, bamnoun

   a sudden very loud noise

   Synonyms:
   flak, hit, belt, gonorrhoea, fringe, smash, blow, knock, bam, volcanic eruption, fire, clap, strike, eruption, boot, attack, gonorrhea, smasher, outbreak, thrill, gust, charge, flack, flush, bang, bash, extravasation, rush, eructation, kick, irruption, good time, clack

3. 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, blow, gust, eruption, flack

4. blastnoun

   an explosion (as of dynamite)

   Synonyms:
   attack, blow, flak, clap, fire, bang, good time, gust, bam, eruption, flack

5. good time, blastnoun

   a highly pleasurable or exciting experience

   "we had a good time at the party"; "celebrating after the game was a blast"

   Synonyms:
   attack, blow, flak, clap, fire, bang, good time, gust, bam, eruption, flack

6. fire, attack, flak, flack, blastverb

   intense adverse criticism

   "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"

   Synonyms:
   ardour, antiaircraft gun, flaming, fervour, ardor, flak, tone-beginning, antiaircraft, onslaught, attempt, blow, fervidness, flak catcher, bam, onset, flack catcher, flack, clap, flame, ack-ack gun, eruption, attack, fire, gust, ack-ack, approach, firing, onrush, fervency, bang, fervor, pom-pom, plan of attack, good time

7. blast, blareverb

   make a strident sound

   "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone"

   Synonyms:
   shoot, beep, toot, crucify, shell, blare, boom, savage, knock down, claxon, pillory, smash, nail, honk

8. smash, nail, boom, blastverb

   hit hard

   "He smashed a 3-run homer"

   Synonyms:
   boom out, cop, shoot, crush, bankrupt, complete, thunder, nail, nail down, pass with flying colors, smash, arrest, bang up, nab, din, smash up, ruin, boom, demolish, pillory, break, breeze through, ace, blare, sweep through, sail through, pinpoint, collar, apprehend, savage, peg, thrive, pick up, expand, flourish, crucify, dash, knock down, shell

9. blast, shellverb

   use explosives on

   "The enemy has been shelling us all day"

   Synonyms:
   vanquish, shoot, knock down, beat, crush, crucify, blare, pillory, husk, nail, savage, trounce, boom, beat out, shell, smash

10. blastverb

    apply a draft or strong wind to to

    "the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us"

    Synonyms:
    shoot, crucify, shell, blare, boom, savage, knock down, pillory, smash, nail

11. blast, shellverb

    create by using explosives

    "blast a passage through the mountain"

    Synonyms:
    vanquish, shoot, knock down, beat, crush, crucify, blare, pillory, husk, nail, savage, trounce, boom, beat out, shell, smash

12. blastverb

    make with or as if with an explosion

    "blast a tunnel through the Alps"

    Synonyms:
    shoot, crucify, shell, blare, boom, savage, knock down, pillory, smash, nail

13. blast, shootverb

    fire a shot

    "the gunman blasted away"

    Synonyms:
    shoot, scud, germinate, blare, sprout, hit, nail, film, smash, crucify, take, pullulate, fool, bourgeon, boom, pillory, scoot, fool away, fritter, dissipate, dart, frivol away, burgeon forth, fritter away, charge, inject, savage, shoot down, buck, snap, photograph, dash, knock down, flash, pip, spud, tear, shell

14. savage, blast, pillory, crucifyverb

    criticize harshly or violently

    "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

    Synonyms:
    crucify, dun, savage, bedevil, subdue, gibbet, shoot, blare, pillory, nail, mortify, rag, boom, knock down, frustrate, shell, torment, smash

15. blast, knock downverb

    shatter as if by explosion

    Synonyms:
    crucify, coldcock, knock down, dump, deck, down, cut down, blare, pillory, push down, pull down, nail, savage, shoot, floor, boom, shell, smash

16. blastverb

    shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly

    Synonyms:
    shoot, crucify, shell, blare, boom, savage, knock down, pillory, smash, nail

Matched Categories

1. • Baseball
   • Blow
   • Bombard
   • Create
   • Criticize
   • Cut
   • Experience
   • Explosion
   • Fire
   • Fly
   • Make Noise
   • Shrivel
   • Smash
   • Wind

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. blastnoun

   Synonyms:
   gust, squall, sudden breeze

2. blastnoun

   Synonyms:
   peal, blare, clang

3. blastnoun

   Synonyms:
   explosion, outbreak, burst, discharge

4. blastnoun

   Synonyms:
   blight, pestilential influence

5. blastverb

   Synonyms:
   blight, kill, destroy, ruin, annihilate, wither, shrivel

6. blastverb

   Synonyms:
   rend by explosion

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. blastnoun

   Synonyms:
   squall, gust, peal, blare, clang, explosion, discharge

2. blastverb

   Synonyms:
   blight, destroy, frustrate, ruin, explode, rend, open

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "blast":

   explosion, bombing, explodes, bomb, exploded, detonation, blowout, blasts, explosions, explode, breath, deflagration, blasting, exploding

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. BLAST

   Synonyms:
   Basic Local Alignment Search Tool

How to pronounce blast?

How to say blast in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use blast in a sentence?

1. liam mahone:

   if you fart in a jar and give it to someone with a note saying,"open for a blast ftom the past." that would count as a present item with a past-tence gift in it--of which holds no value, unless you can make it into an alternative energy source... then everybody wins, apart from the one who opened it of course.

2. Rihannas Meyers:

   She was so much fun and shes the nicest person in the world, it was a blast.

3. Gavin Parry:

   It's nice to see the Nikkei blast up above 17,000 points but it's hard to imagine that we'll hold this level with so much global uncertainty and geopolitical risk, it's only a matter of time before we see another exogenous shock that sends the yen higher due to its status as a safe-haven currency.

4. Mario Andretti:

   I had a blast, obviously it seemed like I was part of every situation that was happening out there but other than that I thoroughly enjoyed it.

5. Seyoum Teshome:

   It was a grenade. Someone tried to hurl it to the stage where the prime minister was in, i saw some five people injured following the blast.

Images & Illustrations of blast