Synonyms of blowing

blowing 1 of 2

verb (1)

present participle of blow

1

as in panting

to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty

that horse was really blowing after the race

Synonyms & Similar Words

• panting
• gasping
• puffing
• heaving
• wheezing
• snoring
• choking
• hyperventilating
• being out of breath
• huffing
• gulping
• stifling
• asphyxiating
• gagging
• exhaling
• strangling
• smothering
• snuffling
• expiring

2

as in spending

to use up carelessly

each year he blows his holiday bonus on a trip to Las Vegas

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spending
• losing
• wasting
• dissipating
• squandering
• lavishing
• throwing away
• running through
• trifling (away)
• frittering (away)
• misspending
• fiddling away
• playing ducks and drakes with
• depleting
• consuming
• exhausting
• impoverishing
• disbursing
• indulging
• overspending
• splurging
• expending
• shooting
• laying out
• overindulging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conserving
• protecting
• preserving
• saving
• economizing
• skimping
• scrimping
• hoarding
• laying up

3

as in exploding

to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure

a huge crater was formed when the volcano last blew

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exploding
• detonating
• popping
• bursting
• blowing up
• going off
• crumping
• shattering
• smashing
• firing
• fragmenting
• splintering
• discharging
• mushrooming
• shooting
• burgeoning
• ballooning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• imploding
• collapsing
• fizzling

4

as in shattering

to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive

one false move and we would be blown to bits

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shattering
• smashing
• demolishing
• destroying
• exploding
• blasting
• popping
• bursting
• detonating
• blowing up
• wrecking
• ruining
• dynamiting
• decimating
• annihilating
• discharging
• fragmenting
• splintering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapsing
• imploding

5

as in flying

to proceed or move quickly

that car blew past us as if we were standing still

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flying
• speeding
• rushing
• hurrying
• traveling
• driving
• scurrying
• racing
• zipping
• chasing
• trotting
• buzzing
• jumping
• running
• blasting
• tearing
• ripping
• darting
• scooting
• stepping
• dashing
• whirling
• ramming
• scuttling
• blazing
• zooming
• barreling
• bolting
• shooting
• hurling
• breezing
• hustling
• hurtling
• rustling
• pelting
• humping
• careering
• bowling
• careening
• jogging
• jetting
• bundling
• rocketing
• cracking (on)
• nipping
• hastening
• whisking
• coursing
• belting
• haring
• motoring
• bustling
• bombing
• galloping
• beating it
• cannonballing
• hying
• highballing
• flitting
• stepping on it
• making tracks
• getting a move on
• shaking a leg
• scampering
• whizzing
• hotfooting (it)
• scudding
• accelerating
• streaking
• scuffling
• stampeding
• sprinting
• overtaking
• outrunning
• quickening
• beetling
• outstripping
• stepping out
• outpacing
• catching up
• arrowing
• beelining
• fast-forwarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• poking
• creeping
• crawling
• dragging
• lingering
• hanging (around or out)
• poking
• lagging
• strolling
• loitering
• dawdling
• shuffling
• sauntering
• dallying
• ambling
• slowing (down or up)
• plodding
• decelerating
• lumbering
• tarrying
• dillydallying

6

as in fumbling

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way

he keeps blowing every job interview that comes his way

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumbling
• murdering
• ruining
• destroying
• boggling
• fluffing
• botching
• mangling
• booting
• dubbing
• spoiling
• bungling
• damaging
• butchering
• wrecking
• screwing up
• muffing
• injuring
• bobbling
• flubbing
• foozling
• fouling up
• marring
• mucking up
• goofing (up)
• bumbling
• impairing
• buggering (up)
• mutilating
• messing (up)
• bollixing (up)
• harming
• muddling
• blundering
• lousing up
• blighting
• gumming (up)
• hurting
• flawing
• mismanaging
• piffling
• vitiating
• blemishing
• mishandling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improving
• helping
• enhancing
• reforming
• refining
• rectifying
• ameliorating
• remedying
• bettering
• repairing
• fixing
• meliorating
• patching
• renovating
• revamping
• reconditioning
• doctoring

7

as in boasting

to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess

another self-made millionaire blowing about how much he'd achieved

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boasting
• bragging
• displaying
• exhibiting
• crowing
• vaunting
• swaggering
• blowing smoke
• vaporing
• puffing
• bulling
• blustering
• gushing
• gasconading
• exposing
• priding
• haranguing
• maximizing
• parading
• exulting
• flaunting
• glorying
• rejoicing
• brandishing
• showing off
• magnifying
• glorifying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minimizing
• diminishing
• discounting
• belittling
• undervaluing
• underrating
• playing down
• deprecating
• shrugging off
• regretting
• lamenting
• laughing off
• pooh-poohing
• mourning
• bemoaning

blowing

2 of 2

verb (2)

present participle of blow

as in blooming

to produce flowers

longing for a grassy field in some far-off land where the wildflowers blow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blooming
• flowering
• blossoming
• unfolding
• burgeoning
• leaving
• efflorescing
• leafing
• budding
• opening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fading
• withering
• drying up
• dying
• dropping
• wilting
• expiring
• shriveling
• perishing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blowing

Verb

In addition, strong winds over desert areas could result in briefly lowered visibilities to well under a mile at times in blowing dust or blowing sand. —Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2026

This kind of build-up is unusual because volatile elements like sodium, which can get exposed after an object is blasted with micrometeorites, are usually later depleted by solar winds blowing from the sun and the general influence of space. —Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2026

But, with the Hawks on the verge of blowing the game open late in the first half, New York closed the the period on a 12-2 run. —Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026

Cars rushed down Grand Boulevard on Friday, blowing a slight breeze onto a small group of customers standing on the sidewalk. —Jenna Thompson april 24, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026

The week will be breezy, with winds blowing 10 mph to 15 mph from the northeast. —Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026

Winds are blowing northeast at 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph along the coast, thanks to a cold front over the region, according to NWS Melbourne. —Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026

Continue reading … CHOKEPOINT CRISIS — Footage shows US Navy 'blowing hole' in Iranian cargo ship violating blockade. —FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026

Occasional raking keeps gravel looking neat, and leaf-blowing a few times a season clears fallen leaves. —Elizabeth Jardina, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2026