Synonyms of bombs

bombs 1 of 2

noun

plural of bomb

as in disasters

something that has failed

her tell-all book was a bomb that landed on the remainder tables with a thud

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disasters
• failures
• catastrophes
• disappointments
• busts
• shipwrecks
• losers
• misses
• frosts
• duds
• flops
• lemons
• washouts
• fiascoes
• clinkers
• turkeys
• débâcles
• fizzles
• debacles
• clunkers
• messes
• dogs
• bummers
• hashes
• near misses
• shambles
• botches
• nonevents
• has-beens
• muddles
• also-rans
• nonstarters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hits
• successes
• winners
• blockbusters
• smashes
• phenomena
• crackerjacks
• dandies
• corkers
• phenomenons
• crackajacks
• jim-dandies

bombs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of bomb

1

as in floods

to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once

following the reporter's obscene outburst, viewers bombed the television station with an unprecedented number of complaints

Synonyms & Similar Words

• floods
• barrages
• bombards
• pumps
• questions
• interrogates
• grills
• quizzes
• examines
• queries
• annoys
• harasses
• debriefs
• inundates
• hounds
• pesters
• catechizes
• cross-examines

2

as in races

slang to proceed or move quickly

skiers bombing down the slope vied for the coveted gold medal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• races
• speeds
• flies
• rushes
• travels
• zips
• hurries
• drives
• scurries
• trots
• chases
• jumps
• buzzes
• blows
• darts
• blasts
• runs
• barrels
• rockets
• bowls
• scoots
• jets
• tears
• dashes
• steps
• rams
• bolts
• motors
• scuttles
• shoots
• rips
• zooms
• blazes
• belts
• courses
• hurls
• careers
• whirls
• cracks (on)
• jogs
• hurtles
• pelts
• breezes
• bundles
• hustles
• cannonballs
• beats it
• whisks
• hies
• hares
• rustles
• humps
• nips
• bustles
• steps on it
• hastens
• careens
• makes tracks
• highballs
• hotfoots (it)
• shakes a leg
• gallops
• scuds
• gets a move on
• beetles
• flits
• sprints
• streaks
• scampers
• whizzes
• stampedes
• accelerates
• scuffles
• arrows
• steps out
• outstrips
• overtakes
• outruns
• outpaces
• quickens
• catches up
• beelines
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pokes
• crawls
• creeps
• lags
• lingers
• drags
• hangs (around or out)
• pokes
• loiters
• strolls
• tarries
• dawdles
• dallies
• shuffles
• slows (down or up)
• saunters
• ambles
• dillydallies
• plods
• lumbers
• decelerates

3

as in collapses

to be unsuccessful

the chichi restaurant bombed big-time, lasting only six months

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapses
• fails
• flops
• tanks
• misses
• folds
• struggles
• strikes out
• craters
• flames out
• falls short
• lays an egg
• comes to grief
• founders
• comes a cropper
• washes out
• flunks
• falls flat
• crashes
• comes up empty
• dies on the vine
• declines
• skids
• slips
• crumbles
• falls on one's face
• misfires
• slumps
• flounders
• sinks
• wanes
• miscarries
• implodes
• goes under
• self-destructs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• succeeds
• goes
• delivers
• works out
• comes off
• clicks
• goes over
• flourishes
• cooks
• pans out
• thrives
• wins
• prevails
• triumphs
• prospers

4

as in whips

to defeat by a large margin

it's no surprise that the inexperienced baseball team got totally bombed in its first game

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whips
• throws
• dusts
• masters
• buries
• tops
• routs
• smokes
• beats
• pastes
• overcomes
• upsets
• blows away
• creams
• annihilates
• drubs
• skins
• scores
• flattens
• wallops
• whomps
• skunks
• shellacs
• whaps
• trims
• whups
• clobbers
• overwhelms
• whops
• smothers
• snows under
• sweeps
• dispatches
• thrashes
• runs rings around
• waxes
• eats alive
• trounces
• beats the pants off
• destroys
• caps
• tromps
• takes
• surpasses
• succeeds
• runs circles around
• crushes
• conquers
• wipes the floor with
• exceeds
• licks
• wipes the ground with
• overmatches
• overbears
• slaughters
• hurdles
• finishes
• wins (against)
• prevails (over)
• subdues
• triumphs (over)
• overthrows
• eclipses
• vanquishes
• bests
• knocks over
• surmounts
• knocks off
• overpowers
• overtops
• subjugates
• transcends
• worsts
• outdistances
• outstrips
• outfights
• flourishes
• excels
• noses out
• outdoes
• sinks
• outshines
• edges (out)
• upends
• betters
• breaks
• pips
• aces (out)
• does in

5

as in shells

to use bombs or artillery against

the enemy has bombed the city again

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shells
• attacks
• batters
• bombards
• cannonades
• blitzkriegs
• blitzes
• pounds
• ravages
• assaults
• hits
• rakes
• strafes
• enfilades
• strikes
• assails
• devastates