Synonyms for boom
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1. boom, roar, roaring, thunder(noun)

   a deep prolonged loud noise

   Synonyms:
   thunder, microphone boom, nose drops, bellowing, bellow, scag, hollo, gravy, godsend, bonanza, holla, yowl, big H, hell dust, hollering, holler, gold rush, windfall, smack, manna from heaven, roar, bunce, roaring, holloa, skag

2. boom(noun)

   a state of economic prosperity

   Synonyms:
   thunder, bonanza, roar, microphone boom, windfall, gravy, gold rush, godsend, manna from heaven, roaring, bunce

3. boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce(noun)

   a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)

   "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"

   Synonyms:
   miraculous food, thunder, bonanza, roar, microphone boom, windfall, gravy, pan gravy, gold rush, godsend, manna from heaven, manna, roaring, bunce

4. boom, microphone boom(noun)

   a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set

   Synonyms:
   thunder, bonanza, roar, microphone boom, windfall, gravy, gold rush, godsend, manna from heaven, roaring, bunce

5. boom(verb)

   any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring

   Synonyms:
   thunder, bonanza, roar, microphone boom, windfall, gravy, gold rush, godsend, manna from heaven, roaring, bunce

6. boom, din(verb)

   make a resonant sound, like artillery

   "His deep voice boomed through the hall"

   Synonyms:
   thunder, blast, thrive, din, expand, smash, nail, boom out, flourish

7. smash, nail, boom, blast(verb)

   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, demolish, pillory, break, breeze through, ace, blare, sweep through, sail through, pinpoint, collar, apprehend, savage, peg, thrive, pick up, expand, flourish, crucify, blast, dash, knock down, shell

8. thunder, boom(verb)

   be the case that thunder is being heard

   "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed"

   Synonyms:
   thrive, flourish, thunder, blast, din, expand, smash, nail, roar, boom out

9. boom, boom out(verb)

   make a deep hollow sound

   "Her voice booms out the words of the song"

   Synonyms:
   thunder, blast, thrive, din, expand, smash, nail, boom out, flourish

10. boom, thrive, flourish, expand(verb)

    grow vigorously

    "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming"

    Synonyms:
    elaborate, wave, fly high, expound, exposit, flourish, spread out, blast, amplify, lucubrate, blow up, thrive, din, extend, inflate, expatiate, nail, brandish, flesh out, dilate, thunder, enlarge, prosper, expand, boom out, smash

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1. boom(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   roar, resound

2. boom(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   rush, bound, dash forward

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

1. boom(v)

   Synonyms:
   resound, roar

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

1. List of paraphrases for "boom":

   auge, prosperity, thump, bonanza, bam, bang, explosion, bim, surge, expansion, boum, rebound, apogee, -bam, booming, trough, recovery, upsurge, rebounds, arrow, upturn, tree, rise, rally

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1. List of known nicknames for "Boom":

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How to use boom in a sentence?

1. Willie Euper:

   At about 5:30 this morning, we heard a big boom on the side of our house, then all of a sudden it came in like a tidal wave, they told us about the big flood coming and everybody was kind of skeptical cause Ive been out here for 11 years and Ive never seen this.

2. Christopher Wheaton:

   The U.S. shale industry boom has been built on debt.

3. Darren Huston:

   There's an entrepreneur right now, scared to death, making excuses, saying, 'It's not the right time just yet.' There's no such thing as a good time. I started an apparel manufacturing business in the tech-boom years. I mean, come on. Get out of your garage and go take a chance and start your business.

4. cassandra enge:

   Get a life, sonic boom

5. Jerrard Skipper:

   My dad woke me up. He was like,' I think it's a' tornado,' i went to Jerrard Skipper room and then the next thing I know, I heard a big boom noise, and a tree came crashing down right in the bedroom and just took the whole ceiling out -- you can see the sky.

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